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Romeo And Juliet: Comparing The Book And The Movie

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The play Romeo And Juliet has been looked at and explored from many different points of views, and within this essay, will be explained the differences and similarities between the book and the movie. Looking at how many different points of views there really are and viewing the ways these two stories come together to paint a picture. Both the book and the movie were based on the original play written by WIlliam Shakespeare, both showing the different ways people saw this play. Many saw it as a lovers tale, and few saw it was an example of how many things don’t always go the way you want them to go. Not every romance ends with a happy ending, and this is shown through both the book and the movie. While watching the movie of this twisted love story, there were many times when there was thing’s in the movie that were not in the book. When Romeo is found sulking about being in love with someone who doesn’t love him, there is never, not once a mention of Roseline. In the scene when Romeo discovers that Juliet is dead, he goes to the tomb where she lays and magically, a bottle appears, poison drips from the cap of the bottle. In the movie it doesn’t explain how he got the poison, he just all of a sudden has the bottle of poison. To add to this idea of differences …show more content…

Romeo and Juliet whether it is the book or one of the movies, it shows that although you may think someone “the one,” sometimes it better to let fate takes its toll. While these two versions of this story show the many different aspects of the story, both show that love can make you do crazy things, love is the most powerful feeling to have towards someone. These two star-crossed lovers have so many ups and downs throughout the story. And both the book and the movie are the same, but different, and yet both so

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