Buzz Luhrmann directed “William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet” into a film in the year 1996. He brilliantly portrayed how the themes love and death were connected throughout the film. He showed that by conveying emotions, symbols, hard choices through the characters and the setting of scenes in the film. Romeo shows his love and attraction to Juliet by risking his life after the festival; he went back to the Capulet’s mansion after Tybalt got furious just to see his beloved Juliet. Another situation where love and death were connected is when Romeo took his own life, drinking a poison so deadly it stopped his breathing in an instant. He killed himself because he thought Juliet took her own life, but was actually in a long sleep due to the potion …show more content…
Every time they encountered each other, they became happier and their relationship got stronger. That was exposed when Romeo was leaving Juliet’s balcony, but unfortunately wanted to even stay together longer, but they didn’t have enough time. While romantic, soothing music was portrayed in the backround, Juliet said “a thousand times the worse to want thy light.” (II.ii.7). This reckless move to infiltrate the Capulet mansion was done because Romeo loves Juliet and he even risked dying just to see her for the second time in his life. Juliet said “The orchard walls are high and hard to climb, and the place death, considering who thou art. I would not for the world they saw thee here.” (II.ii). Juliet said this in the pool with Romeo and her filled with emotion. Not many people believe in love at first sight, but that wasn’t the case for Romeo and …show more content…
This makes it very clear how strongly connected love is to death in this film. This was demonstrated when Juliet tried to kiss Romeo’s lips to consume the poison after her love had died. She couldn’t live without him, so she was forced to shoot herself after the poison on Romeo’s lips did not have any effect on her. Juliet said “Poison i see hath been his timeless end,/ O churl, drunk all and left no friendly drop/ to help me after?.../to make me die with a restorative” (V.iii.162-164, 166). The setting of this scene was represented brilliantly in the midst of all the candles. The place where only Juliet was to be kept after death is now Romeo’s place as