Differences Between Romeo and Juliet the Play and the Movie Essay

My first difference I noticed between the movie and the play was the choice of weapons. In the play the characters fought with swords but in the movie they had guns. This is important because since there was a difference in time period from the movie to the play they had to switch the swords for guns.also the important e of switching the weapons of choice was because swords are more dangerous, when you had a sword you had to be t close range to kill r even fight somebody whereas the guns you…

The 1996 movie was a little like the 1968 movie. In the 1968 movie they used swords to fight. In the movie in 1996 they used pistols that said sword on the side of them to fight. In both movies Romeo and Juliet died. One of the most notable differences is the death scene near the end of the play. In the play Romeo dies beside Juliet the priest enters the tomb, and Juliet awakes to find him cold. She talks with the priest but refuses to leaves she stabs herself with a dagger. In the movie…

Australian director who modernized the film Romeo and Juliet- written by the famous writer William Shakespeare in 1597 for a 21st century audience. Luhrmann uses techniques to help make the Shakespearian play understandable to a modern audience. This feature article will show why Baz Luhrmann made this Shakespearian play understandable for a modern audience through his use of different techniques. A very well-known and discussed theme in Romeo and Juliet was love. Shakespeare presents love in…

Romeo and Juliet has been a popular story for over 400 years. The story of Romeo and Juliet is about two young teenagers who fall deeply in love. However due to their feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets their love is forbidden. Their love is only accepted and their families unite after the death of Romeo and Juliet. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays to audiences of all ages. In 1996…

Romeo and Juliet is a classic play written in the 1590's by William Shakespeare. It's read in classrooms all over the world including the St. Charles High Gifted English 2 class. Classic literature is defined as "the literature of any language in a period notable for the excellence and enduring quality of its writer's' works" "Classical Literature." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2016. . At this moment, Romeo and Juliet is still considered classic…

Romeo and Juliet: Play vs. Movie One difference I noticed stood out the most was time. I thought the differences between time periods were completely different. For one Verona looked a lot like New York or another big city. There were a lot of flashing lights and tall buildings. Another difference I caught was that in the original Romeo and Juliet wasn’t in the time period with cars. In the 1996 movie the Capulets and the Montegues had super nice cars that you would see here in 2016. To add on…

The “Romeo and Juliet” 1996 film co-written and directed by Baz Luhrmann, is the adaptation from the William Shakespeare’s Play “Romeo and Juliet” of late 1590’s. The screenplay is written by Craig Pearce in early 1990’s. The success of adaptation depends on how the director visualize through his ideas. Baz Luhrmann has cut the dialogue by almost one-third but its essence has been kept intact (Gyde, July 1997). The costume has been designed well to illuminate an important element of the…

In Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet the nurse is presented as a very bubbly person as she is not particularly sensitive or clever but she is naive. Within this essay I will explore the ways in which the nurse is presented by analysing her personality. Also I will explain the significance of act 1 scene 3 finally I will examine how or if the nurse is contrasted in the movie version by Baz Luhrmann. The nurse is one of the major characters in the play and like the friar she is a neutral character…

Romeo and Juliet was written in 1595 and 1595. Three different versions of Romeo and Juliet and the differences and comparisons that the Romeo and Juliets had. In the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, it was a movie type. The movie was actually filmed a couple miles from Verona, Italy. The movie was filmed in 1968. Back then the girls wore dresses so thick I don’t see how they didn’t have a heat stroke in the blistering heat. Men on the other hand, wore leggings with a dress like the type…

A Tragedy Told by Two Twisted Tales Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy written by the renowned William Shakespeare, depicts two star-crossed lovers overcoming a dangerous feud between their opposing families. The story takes place in Verona, Italy where Juliet, the only daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet, and Romeo, the only son of Lord and Lady Montague, meet by fate and fall in love at first sight. Unfortunately, the family disputes never fail to keep them apart. A chain of events guided by chance,…