Romeo And Juliet Vs Zeffirelli's

Romeo and Juliet is a story of two starcrossed lovers’ tragedy, separated by the hatred between their two families. Many adaptations have been made for his world- renowned Shakespearean play, including Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet made in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet” made in 1996. Zeffirelli’s version was made generally faithful to the play, while Baz Luhrmann’s version was set in the ‘future’. The Luhrmann’s version of Romeo and Juliet is a better representation of the play, Romeo and Juliet, because it not only shows the major aspects but also additionally includes some extra parts that are fitting and that are significant. Firstly, in the 1996 version, the general storyline are available, while it also has a new setting

However, Luhrmann, after making so many major changes, he also keeps the overall idea of the play, making the adaptations to both the play and how it will represent in the ‘future’ type. “O she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night… For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” (Shakespeare, Act I, scene 5, lines 43-52). This occurs when Romeo and his friends go to the party and Romeo spots Juliet for the first time and appreciates her beauty and how she is way finer than Rosaline. In the play, it just shows how he likes and observes her and tells her about his feelings that were the same feeling he had for Rosaline, and just wanted to sleep with her and thinks that Juliet will agree with his feelings. But in the movie it shows more precise actions action and more directly. Additionally, in the movie when Romeo spots Juliet he realizes that she is better. “Romeo spots her near the fish tank, and then both look at each other and realizes how they are attracted to each other. While she dances with Paris,

A notable difference in the diegesis in the movie was in the last part when Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead. “Romeo comes to see Juliet, looking at her, he realizes that her cheeks are still pink and her lips are too. When he put on the ring and kissing her hand, she starts to wake up but Romeo doesn’t realize that, so he starts to drink the poison, while he does that Juliet opens her eyes and tries to stop Romeo but it was too late” (Luhrmann). Juliet wakes right after when Romeo drinks the poison. Putting this additional scene, it helps the readers to understand what shakespeare wanted to happen more clearly and more plainly. Shakespeare wanted to express that tension to the audience between that precious time of Romeo’s death and Juliet waking up from the counterfeit death, that the movie showed. This delineates the theme of bad luck and artifacts not going their means stronger than the play version. In the play, it's totally different. Friar Lawrence tells to himself as he walks in to see Juliet “ Romeo! Alack, alack, what blood is this stains...Ah, what an unkind hour Is guilty of this lamentable chance! The lady stirs.” (Shakespeare, Act 5, scene 3, lines 138- 147). Lawrence finds Romeo dead and realizes that Juliet was waking up. This texts shows the tension of Romeo’s death and how it was so close to plan