Discuss Zeffirelli's Use Of Color In Romeo And Juliet

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Zeffirelli uses colors and camera angles as one of the main aspects in the scene to show the characteristics and the rivalry between the two houses. The warm colors represent the Capulets and the cold colors represent the Montagues. The citizens are in neutral colors, making the Capulet and Montague colors stand out from the rest of the crowd. The audience is being impacted by this because the audience are able to clearly tell the two characters, but that is not the only reason. There is also a hidden meaning that ties in the setting, plot line, camera angles, and colors. So what was Shakespeare's original intent of the colors? Zeffirelli uses warm colors to characterize the Capulets warm fiery personality. In the beginning there was a scene