Mercutio In Romeo And Juliet

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Baz Luhrman’s interpretation of Romeo and Juliet illuminates the love and caring manner of Mercutio because of facial expressions, the camera angles, and the sound effects Mercutio. In this medium, of Romeo and Juliet it takes place on a bright sunny day on a beach in Verona. Romeo approaches the scene and asks for peace with Tybalt. But, tybalt declines the offer and approaches Romeo and starts to beat him up, Mercutio initially stands there shocked by Tybalt’s actions. Mercutio’s face turns angry and enraged to defend Romeo, as all he was asking for was peace. He could've just left Romeo there to get beat up, but he expresses his love and caring manner through his changes in his facial expressions. If Mercutio didn’t feel anything he would …show more content…

For instance, when Romeo is being beat up by Tybalt the camera angles zoom in on Mercutio, which indicates that he is important to Romeo. As Mercutio runs towards Romeo the camera still stays directly on him, indicating that he a friend who will always care for Romeo no matter what the situation. The camera angles zooms in on Mercutio personifies that he is selfish and will always defend his best friend no matter what and he is loving and caring. Baz Luhrmann keeps the camera on because it exemplifies his true personality that will help anyone in need. Another example of a way Baz Luhrmann projects Mercutio’s loving and caring manner is through sound effects. As Romeo is getting punched around he mutters to himself and the music softens up as the camera focus in on him. The music embodies Mercutio because as the music turns to a jovial, happy tone it focuses in on Mercutio rather than turning negative when the camera is shown on Tybalt. This further implies the fact that Mercutio is a loving and caring friend because as the music focuses on him it reveals his true personality of always being there for his best friends. In this interpretation of Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio portrays a loving and caring manner through his tense facial expressions, dramatic camera angles, and sound

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