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Comparing Baz Luhrmann's Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and fall deeply in love. But, their families hate each other. They think they will never get married. But, helped by Friar Laurence, they marry secretly. Unfortunately, right before their wedding, Romeo kills Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, in a duel, and in the morning he is banished and was told, if he ever returns to the city, he will be killed. Juliet's parents demand her to marry Paris. She refuses and refuses, but later agrees because she has a plan to fake her death and run away to be with Romeo forever. Juliet is given a sleeping potion. She appears to be dead and was put in a tomb. However, Romeo does not know about the plan and thinks she is dead and kills himself. When Juliet wakes up, she notices that Romeo …show more content…

Baz Luhrmann uses dialog in order to show the romance and connection that is between Romeo and Juliet. When Nurse reveals Romeo's identity: “My only love sprung from my only hate. Too early seen unknown, and known too late” (1.5 140-141). In this quote the viewer can hear Juliet say that her only hate became her only love. Which means that Juliet has an eye for Romeo and that’s who she wants to be with, even though their two families are in a major feud. Baz Luhrmann uses dialog in order to show the love and attraction that Romeo has for Juliet. When Romeo sees her arising from the window: “But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun” (2.2 1-3). Romeo is comparing Juliet as to the sun where Romeo is facing east and seeing her rise from her room to the window as a sun rises in the morning. Romeo is also stating that Juliet is glowing in beauty. With the use of amazing dialog in the 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet the viewer can see that the romance level is a little bit higher than the 1968 version because of the tone that is

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Luhrmann’s version of Romeo and Juliet shows the intense feud between the two groups the Capulets and the Montagues and he differentiates the two groups by the use of colors, how they're dressed, and the way they act throughout the fight. Luhrmann’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is the best because it shows the intensity of the fight and expresses the appearance of the Montagues and Capulets better than the other movies. Luhrmann’s interpretation of Romeo and Juliet is better than the other movies because it shows the intensity of the feud of the Montagues and the Capulets the best. In Luhrmann’s version the fights shows to be very intense because the characters were shooting guns, yelling, the loud music, and helicopters.

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Juliet is then forced to marry Paris, a nobleman, but she refuses and seeks the help of Friar Laurence once again. He gives Juliet a potion that will make her appear dead for 42 hours, allowing her to escape to Romeo's side when she wakes up. However, Romeo believes that Juliet is dead when he hears the news and he returns to Verona to kill himself next to her tomb. Juliet awakens to find Romeo dead beside her and kills herself as well. The tragic ending brings the two families together in grief and ends the feud between them.

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William Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest playwrights of all time. One of his most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet, written around 1595 was remade into a modern day movie. The movie, Romeo + Juliet by Baz Luhrmann, was released in 1996 and represented the story of Romeo and Juliet. There are many old stories that have been remade into modern day versions. An example is the Bible which has been remade into many different movies including The Ten Commandments by Cecil B. DeMille and The Passion of the Christ by Mel Gibson.

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Baz Luhrmann’s film developed a stronger interpretation of Shakespeare's text though imagery, symbolism, and with effective evidence to support the theme: perseverance is necessary for both love and hate and without it, death and despair seeks to overlook the outcome. Unlike Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 Romeo and Juliet, which demonstrates the situation through the actions that Shakespeare wrote, Luhrmann’s film of 1996 interprets what Shakespeare was trying to convey to the audience in a different way. Luhrmann’s depiction included more meaning, exaggerated the mood, and provided a different time era in which allowed a better understanding of the scenes. When Romeo was describing Juliet’s beauty, he states, “it is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon” (Shakespeare 2. 2).

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In Act two, Romeo is standing hidden beneath Juliet while she is on the balcony. She has no idea that Romeo is there, Romeo reveals that he loves her even though she can’t hear him " But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?/“It is the east, and Juliet is the sun./Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,/Who is already sick and pale with grief,/That

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She is not in love, and Zeffirelli should not have had her proclaim it so confidently. In Luhrmann's version, Romeo begins the balcony scene failing to sneak into Juliet’s home elusively, creating

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Juliet talking about how the two should abandon their family names shows how committed she was to being with Romeo. As soon as Juliet had finished speaking, the camera immediately zoomed onto Romeo to show him smirking; proving that he too was happy and committed enough to pursue the forbidden love which he had with Juliet. Romeo

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“These violent delights have violent ends…” (Friar Laurence). This quote very well sums up the ups and downs of Shakespeare's famous play, Romeo and Juliet. In this play, Two families, The montagues and the Capulets are in a relentless struggle against each other. Through this feud, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall deeply in love but have to conceal it from their feuding parents.

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Then Romeo sees Juliet lying there and believes that she is dead and drinks the poison and dies next to Juliet. Shortly after Juliet wakes up and the Friar tells her that Paris and Romeo are both dead and he tries to get her to leave the tomb but she refuses. She kisses his lips in hope

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Only a select few characters learn about the communication between the passionate lovers. One instance of this was when Romeo met with Juliet at night when Juliet was on her balcony. We know that they are alone because Juliet explains to Romeo that “if they see thee, they will murder thee.” Romeo stands in the dark, relatively far away from where Juliet is standing. It can be reasonably inferred that Shakespeare uses this scene to build a sense of foreboding and uncertainty about what may happen next.

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This demonstrates the disparity of their situation and makes it seem as an unrequited love story. Romeo does not tell Juliet about how he feels at all, and he only thinks it. This contrasts directly with “I am Offering This Poem to You” because the author is writing a letter to their lover to show their love while Romeo sits and watches his love. Romeo even thinks to himself “Her eye discourses; I will answer it. / I am too bold, ‘tis not to me she speaks:”(Shakespeare 13-14).

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Romeo then comes out of his hiding and Juliet is surprisingly charmed to see his presence. In their long conversation Juliet states how she is embarrassed and regrets that she declared her love for Romeo too quickly. However she does not once deny her love for him and is actually so happy that Romeo is here she is not able to leave him. In this scene Juliet does try to exit from the balcony

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