Romeo and Juliet: A Twisted Story of Fate Written by William Shakespeare in 1597, Romeo and Juliet remains one of the most influential plays of modern society. A modern retelling of the play made in 1996 by Baz Luhrmann highlights the many different themes, one of them being fate. The concept of fate in both the play and the movie acts as a crucial driver in the progression of the plot. Ultimately, Baz Luhrmann’s modern retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet stays true in showing the role of fate true using many different filmmaking techniques. Romeo always seems to be fighting with fate; this is shown in two very key points in the story. The first one is just after he kills his love’s (Juliet) cousin Tybalt. Immediately after Romeo kills Tybalt, he yells ‘O, I am fortune’s fool,’ (Act 3 scene …show more content…
In the play Romeo kills Tybalt during the afternoon while in the movie it is during the night around 9pm. In the book within a few minutes many citizens are where Tybalt was killed. Romeo has run away and then goes to Friar Lawrence later in the day to find out his punishment for killing Tybalt. In the movie and play Romeo has gone to Friar Lawrence’s cell to learn of his punishment straight after the and find Tybalt’s dead body then he hears his punishment and goes to find Friar Lawrence to ask him what he should do. Also in the play we have no clue about the weather as it would be hard to show weather in a play. While during the movie, the weather gets worse. Because when Mercutio died, a storm came over. Then when Tybalt dies it goes from rain to thunderstorm. This was not planned as where the movie was being filmed was about to be hit by a hurricane. That is showing fates grasp over Romeo’s world. This is shown again when Juliet fakes her death and Romeo’s man tells him. Romeo yells out ‘I defy your stars.’ He is saying that despite what he believes, fate has instore for him. but he will go on to kill himself by Juliet and that is