When talking about Romeo’s agency, Koffman makes a statement that can apply very well to R in Warm Bodies, saying that without love, “Romeo lives emptily, as if dead.” I can use this quote to talk about how R uses love to fight against his zombie/non-human tendencies. The Scott article mostly focuses on Juliet’s agency, but states that in the film Romeo + Juliet, the role of with the most emotional capacity instead of being given, as it is traditionally, to Juliet it is given to Romeo. Warm Bodies makes the same switch, which is a decision that effects R’s agency.
I had not originally considered discussing Julie/Juliet’s agency in my paper, but Koffman makes statements in his article about Juliet rebelling against her father which are very
I had not originally considered discussing Julie/Juliet’s agency in my paper, but Koffman makes statements in his article about Juliet rebelling against her father which are very