Romeo And Juliet And Franco Zeffirelli's

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Shakespeare has been known for years after his time and yet even though he’s gone his words are still with us. Over the years his words have changed into different ones and his stories have been modernized, however many of his words were remarkably matchless that even humanity couldn’t modify them. In 1968, Romeo and Juliet directed by Franco Zeffirelli was made that almost matched Shakespeare’s story and in 1996, a different version of Romeo and Juliet was created by Baz Luhrmann which made loads of further changes. In both these movies, there were some similarities and differences that spawned between them. between both these movies the settings and certain scenes that are portrayed in different ways. The comparisons of the two movies are

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