Romeo And Juliet Comparative Essay

“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” (2.2.35-36). Regarded as one of the most famous plays in the history of playwright, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare explores the beauty and ignorance of young love between two individuals in dueling households. While there are many similarities between the portrayal of the character Romeo in Baz Luhrmann’s and William Shakespeare’s version of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, there are also many differences. First of all, the portrayal of Romeo in both Shakespeare’s and Luhrmann’s has many similarities. For instance, in both Luhrmann and Shakespeare’s version, Romeo explains to Juliet how he was able to find her and says, “With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls;

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