Romeo and Juliet is the tragic love-story of two teens, known by their families hate for each other. They are bound to one another by their throbbing love, and in the end it will slowly tear them apart. If I were to make my own Romeo and Juliet movie, Jodi Benson would play Juliet in the film. This is because they both share some characteristics: trusting easily and looking for love. Yet Jodi would bring a more playful aura to the character, which would help develop the movie.
Juliet is the heroine in the movie; she is the love interest to Romeo, and their love is thriving. She is a strong woman who is motivated by her love. We see her motivation in the story when she fakes her death so she can be with Romeo. “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die.”She takes Romeo’s dagger, stabs herself, and dies. (5.3.174-175)
She did not want to marry Paris, so she instead
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Jodi Benson should play Juliet in the movie because she already acts a lot like Juliet. In the movie, The Little Mermaid, Jodi Benson plays the princess Ariel. Ariel is like Juliet because they both give up something in order to pursue love. Ariel gives up her voice so she can hopefully make Prince Eric fall in love with her because she is already in love with him. Juliet fakes her death, therefore letting go of her family and past life, so that she can pursue her love with Romeo. Ariel/Jodi Benson is also qualified to play this character because they both also have parents that strictly setup borders between another type of people. In Romeo and Juliet, Capulet has a severe hatred for the Montagues and would never allow Juliet to marry one. In The Little Mermaid, Ariel’s father, King Triton, has set up a clear border between the humans and their mermaid community. This is because his wife was killed by humans. He would never allow Ariel to be near humans, let alone make herself
...se he believes Juliet to dead, drinks poison to take his own life as a last resort. What Romeo is unaware of is that Juliet is very much alive, so it is very ironic when he says, “Death, that has sucked the honey of thy breath,/ Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty:/ Thou art not conquered; beauty’s ensign yet/ Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,/ And death’s pale flag is not advanced there” (V iii 101-105). This is fate in the works in the play. When Juliet sees that her love has not rescued her and rather is dead, she kills herself with a dagger found in the proximity. “O happy dagger/ This is thy sheath; there rust and let me die” (V iii 182-183).
Romeo and Juliet is a play about two lovers who have to risk their lives in order to demonstrate their love and will to stay together, regardless the feud between their families. By the end, the death of Romeo and Juliet finally bring the reconciliation to these two families. It is fate that the two most shall-not meet people fall in love and it love that eventually won against hatred. Since then, there have been many different versions of Romeo and Juliet, whether it was for film, stage, musicals. These different recontextualised adaptions change the original play by many ways, some modernise the language, environment, props as well as changing the original characteristics of some characters. Out of all the different adaptions of Romeo and Juliet, two stood out the most. One was the Romeo and Juliet (1996) and directed by Baz Luhrmann and the other one was Romeo and Juliet Broadway (2013) play version,
Romeo, son of Montague and Lady Montague, is introduced into the story as a depressed, upset young man, moping over a girl who will never love him back. As he says to Benvolio, “She’ll not be hit with Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit, and, in strong proof of chastity well-armed, from Love’s weak childish bow she lives uncharmed” (Romeo and Juliet I i 203-206). Romeo states that his true love will not love him as he thinks of her, as she intends to stay chaste and turn into a nun, thus upsetting Romeo and putting him in a depressed state of mind. He is a very extreme person, and in a way, that contributes to the hastiness of the whole play, as Romeo is always at either of his two extremes; his mood either quite happy or relatively dismal. He shows that in his thoughts, as he is at first convinced he should never love another woman, but then he meets Juliet only days afterward and forgets about his previous love. His encounter with Juliet is hasty, but he claims he “never saw true beauty till this night” (Rom I v 52). Romeo reveals his personality, and how quickly he is able to get over someone whom he thought he was in love with. However, after encountering Juliet and falling in love once more, Romeo develops an obsession of sorts w...
Romeo and Juliet is a timeless, classic love story written by the incomparable William Shakespeare. Many of Shakespeare’s works are considered literary classics, but none are more loved than Romeo and Juliet. This play masterfully tells the love story of two teenagers in Elizabethan England. The title characters Romeo and Juliet are members of two feuding families, Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. There are different stylistic ways of portraying Romeo and Juliet, and the two most popular film versions portray two very different styles of this one play. Zeferelli's Romeo and Juliet was made in the 1970s, and is the film version most commonly shown in high school classrooms. The newest film version of this play is Baz Luhrmanns Romeo and Juliet. This version sets the classic story in a modern day setting. Both versions, while different stylistically, hold true to the basic story line of the play.
Romeo and Juliet is a play about two adolescents—Romeo and Juliet from two hostile families fall in love with each other. This prohibited love ultimately turns into a romantic tragedy, in which they commit suicide for each other. Both Franco Zeffirelli’s (1968) and Baz Lurhmann’s (1996) versions retained the dialogues written by William Shakespeare in their movies. However, these two movies are directed in their own unique ways, which have several distinctive differences.
In the end Romeo is responsible for five deaths, Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Juliet and himself. Juliet kills herself because she is under different circumstances and does what she feels is the only option left. Juliet is courageous and strong for seeking advice and not being overly sensitive. Romeo is not only weak and foolish but is responsible for the tragic death of his own and Juliet’s.
Romeo is surprised at what he did because Juliet awakes as he dies. To see him dead causes Juliet to stab herself with his dagger, straight through the heart. It's a bittersweet ending to such a famous and timeless love story. The fact that they both died for each other is romantic. The fact that they could have been together makes it all seem a greater tragedy.
In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Juliet fakes her own death. Some responsibility for this goes to a number of characters in the play, with some characters being more influential and others playing small parts in the matter. Three stand out as contributors to her decision: Tybalt, Capulet, and Nurse.
...e tragic celebration of young, forbidden love told by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, has been tailored for many motion picture adaptations. The most famous of these adaptations are Franco Zeffirelli’s version and Baz Lurhmann’s film produced in 1996. These two films applied Shakespeare’s most well-known work as a basis for their motion pictures. Both films had similarities, but the differences were much more apparent. Ever since William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been debuted, it has and forever will be an artistic influence for playwrights, directors, and other artists.
Juliet was a beautiful girl who was lovestruck and she would give her life away for love. She is obedient, eager and passionate young girl. She was deep in love with Romeo. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare.
Whether a zombie hunter, capulet daughter, or immigrant in love, Juliet is a timeless figure who constantly reoccurs in stories. Whether these stories are told through songs, poetry, or movies there will always be room for interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s finest characters, Juliet.
Throughout the play of Romeo and Juliet, I have learned several things about Juliet. During the play she is quite rash and bold. She made big choices and didn’t really bother thinking about the consequences. She made some choices, though about them, but still made bad choices in the end. She also falls in love very quickly.
Then you notice that Juliet doesn’t even know that he is their while she speaking her heart. So if you truly sit down and think about it, it’s kind of creepy, Romeo is spying on her. This is also all about Juliet and her trying to find her and become who she is and not who her family wants her to be. This is also best said by “Mansour, Wisam he Taming of Romeo in Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET Explicator p1”“Scene 2.2, known as the balcony scene, illuminates Juliet’s depth of personality and accentuates her struggle for selfhood. In this scene Juliet is conventionally perceived as happily and helplessly yielding to the tumults of juvenile love.1Contrary to all conventional assumptions that see Juliet as Romeo’s passive beloved, I believe Juliet demonstrates her independence and masculine mind-set through her words and deeds. Shakespeare makes this clearly evident through falconry imagery that reaches its zenith in this scene where he traces parallels, on the one hand, between Romeo and domesticated falcons (generally females) and, on the other hand, between the way Juliet handles Romeo and the techniques falconers (generally males) employ to train their falcons.2Here, the playwright inverts the gender roles, making Juliet engage in behavior normally exclusive to men.” This helps point out that there most loving scene is more for Juliet’s
When the friar hears of this, he devises a plan so that the two lovers can be together. The major climax of the play comes when the friar gives Juliet a potion that will make it seem as though she has died, when in fact she is alive the whole time. While in Mantua, Romeo mistakenly hears that Juliet has actually died and he goes to lay by her side. Just as he takes a vile poison and dies, Juliet awakens to find her love lying dead at her side. She cannot fathom living in a world without Romeo, so she takes his sword and ends her own life.
Shakespeare makes his characters contrast using their opposing viewpoints to balance their relationship. their viewpoints as a foil between them. Romeo continuously speaks of a shield of his love protecting him from this danger, while Juliet presents a mature view on how this could endanger their lives for a love that might not be true. Up in the Orchard, after the Capulet Ball, Romeo puts himself in danger to see Juliet. If caught by the watch, “they will murder thee [Romeo].” (2.2.70), yet Romeo exhibits desperation through “love’s light wings” (2.2.66) carrying him safely to Juliet. Romeo’s senses are blinded by his passion for Juliet as he continuously challenges his ability and luck through an undying thirst for love. This sets an immature standing point for Romeo only, using his heart to guide him rather to his head. Opposed to Romeo, Juliet’s views onto the situation come off as more realistic and matured examination of her prohibited love. She remains question the thought if Romeo only loved her of being “cunning[beautiful] than to be strange[reserved]”(2.2.101), at which she realizes that this love could quite possibly be of her beauty, than her character. Unlike her lover, Shakespeare makes Juliet out to become more idealistic to the idea of love and longing. Her character’s concise thoughts describe a mature theme of asking “What is a Montague?” (2.2.40) as if the names plagued onto the