Comparing Romeo And Juliet In Franco Zeffirelli's Film
Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest love stories ever written, so of course the love story was made into movie films. Two examples would be the Zeffirelli version which was made in 1968 and a more modern version that was made in 2013, the Carlei version. Despite all the similarities between the characterization during the death scene in Franco Zeffirelli’s and Carlo Carlei’s films, there are easily scene differences. In Romeo and Juliet at the beginning of the play they tell you about the death of Romeo and Juliet, so the death scene is one of the scenes that has everyone on the edge of their seats from the very beginning. In the Zeffirelli version the emotion of the characters is very sorrowful. Right when Romeo sees Juliet laying on her tomb dead he
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For an example the Romeo in the Zeffirelli version tends to show much emotion. When he sees Juliet dead he begins to cry and weep. In the Carlei version Romeo tends to keep his emotions together. He doesn’t cry and weep. Another thing that is very different between the two is how Friar reacts. Friars emotion in the Zeffirelli movie was very worried. He knew that he made a mistake and the death of Juliet and Romeo was partially his fault. On the other hand in the Carlei version the Friar doesn’t appear to worried at all. He just leaves Juliet there to kill herself. One of the main different things between the two during the death scene is when Juliet wakes up. In the Carlei version Juliet wakes up just as Romeo takes the poison, so she is with him as he dies. In the Zeffirelli version Romeo is already dead when Juliet wakes up. In Romeo and Juliet there are many different emotions that are going on. In the death scene the main emotion seems to be mournful. Both the Zeffirelli version and the Carlei version brings out the emotion. Even though they both bring out the emotion, it is shown in different
For an example the Romeo in the Zeffirelli version tends to show much emotion. When he sees Juliet dead he begins to cry and weep. In the Carlei version Romeo tends to keep his emotions together. He doesn’t cry and weep. Another thing that is very different between the two is how Friar reacts. Friars emotion in the Zeffirelli movie was very worried. He knew that he made a mistake and the death of Juliet and Romeo was partially his fault. On the other hand in the Carlei version the Friar doesn’t appear to worried at all. He just leaves Juliet there to kill herself. One of the main different things between the two during the death scene is when Juliet wakes up. In the Carlei version Juliet wakes up just as Romeo takes the poison, so she is with him as he dies. In the Zeffirelli version Romeo is already dead when Juliet wakes up. In Romeo and Juliet there are many different emotions that are going on. In the death scene the main emotion seems to be mournful. Both the Zeffirelli version and the Carlei version brings out the emotion. Even though they both bring out the emotion, it is shown in different