Romeo And Juliet Balcony Scene Analysis

Romeo and Juliet is a play conforming around the context of tragedy, it is about a tragic love story coinciding a pair of star-crossed admirers from rival families. Following on, the play has been illustrated in films as well as plays and novels. One of many films (Romeo and Juliet) was directed by Baz Luhrmann and the original play was written and directed by William Shakespeare. In this essay I will be analysing the juxtaposition between the two.
One of the two scenes I will be scrutinizing is the ‘balcony scene’; it is the second scene of Act 2. In this scene, Shakespeare attempts to portray a charming and mellow Romeo, ‘It is the east and Juliet is the sun’, representing Romeo’s feelings for Juliet. Furthermore, it deciphers that Juliet
Shakespeare emphasises this context by writing “I 'll be new baptized” provoking the audience to produce an opinion of Romeo concerning his willingness and desperation for his love. On the other hand Luhrmann takes it further by showing that Romeo is willing to baptize (literally), this is shown when they fall into the water. Although, this isn 't clear as, when they fall into the water the dialogue isn 't complete. Thus, the audience would feel frustrated with Juliet for not accepting Romeo, as he is consequently trying to win over Juliet and has furthermore even baptized. From my observation Luhrmann 's and Shakespeare 's scenes differ as Luhrmann exploits his scene in a way which has more effect on the audience because of the fact that he includes religious factors which induces reality, such as the visual metaphor of baptism. However, Shakespeare displays the scene is plain words which decreases the effect it has on the
Shakespeare has portrayed Romeo in this recognition to display that he is enrage; he is furious at Tybalt. It also illustrates (indirectly) that Romeo is beginning to amend; he is no longer the obliging and gentle character he used to be; he is the inauguration of a vicious and fierce individual, engraving sadness amongst the audience. In Luhrmann 's Romeo it is not said, instead it is vividly portrayed in Romeo 's eyes; He is driving recklessly. We can visualize his eyes are full of sadness and resentment. The audience would feel that Romeo has developed a lot as he is now pugnacious, moreover a hint of sinister can be vividly perceived from his eyes. The audience would prefer Luhrmann 's scene as it is exhibited with emotions and movements, instead of actually saying words. Furthermore, this has more of an impact on the audience because sometimes we can acknowledge the characters personas more through their body