Bobby Cremins once said, “They are differences but there are a lot of similarities.” This quote stands true for many aspects of life, especially the comparison between a work of literary and the movie produced from it. This stands true the story of two teenagers who fall in love and cause many unfortunate events has remained a lifelong favorite from the time it was published in 1595 to the time when a movie was released in 1968. The story and movie of Romeo and Juliet remains similar in many ways, but presents many differences throughout the many acts as well. At the beginning of Act I, there are Capulet and Montague servants walking the street that meet along the way and start a fight. In the play, the fight starts with a Capulet drawing
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During Act IV, a similarity happened when Paris and Juliet talked in Friar Laurence’s cell before she asked Friar for the way out of the marriage to Paris. A big difference that appeared was when Lord Capulet did not inform Juliet of the moved up wedding date in the movie but he did in the play. Also in Act IV, Juliet stays in her everyday clothes when she takes the poison in the play, unlike in the movie where she changes into her bed clothes. Act V includes major differences. In the play, Romeo goes to an apothecary to buy poison, but in the movie, it doesn’t show this part at all. Also in the play, Romeo comes to the Capulet tomb with tools to open it. Although, in the movie, he just picks up a big rock and hits the doors with it. Also not included in the movie but appears in the play is Paris being at the tomb when Romeo arrives. One more major difference is in the play at the ending Lord Montague informs everyone that Lady Montague died to the grief over their son. Meanwhile, it shows Lady Montague still alive at the end of the movie. Even with all the differences, some similarities remain present. For example, Balthasar is the one to tell Romeo of Juliet’s “death”. The play and movie of Romeo and Juliet may come with many differences and little similarities throughout, but one major aspect stands firm in both: the theme. Both the play and the movie included a quote said by Chorus,
During Act IV, a similarity happened when Paris and Juliet talked in Friar Laurence’s cell before she asked Friar for the way out of the marriage to Paris. A big difference that appeared was when Lord Capulet did not inform Juliet of the moved up wedding date in the movie but he did in the play. Also in Act IV, Juliet stays in her everyday clothes when she takes the poison in the play, unlike in the movie where she changes into her bed clothes. Act V includes major differences. In the play, Romeo goes to an apothecary to buy poison, but in the movie, it doesn’t show this part at all. Also in the play, Romeo comes to the Capulet tomb with tools to open it. Although, in the movie, he just picks up a big rock and hits the doors with it. Also not included in the movie but appears in the play is Paris being at the tomb when Romeo arrives. One more major difference is in the play at the ending Lord Montague informs everyone that Lady Montague died to the grief over their son. Meanwhile, it shows Lady Montague still alive at the end of the movie. Even with all the differences, some similarities remain present. For example, Balthasar is the one to tell Romeo of Juliet’s “death”. The play and movie of Romeo and Juliet may come with many differences and little similarities throughout, but one major aspect stands firm in both: the theme. Both the play and the movie included a quote said by Chorus,