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    The Ideal Husband Romeo‚ the lover of Verona‚ and Count Paris‚ the ideal partner in marriage‚ are intertwined in fate and are seemingly made opponents of love in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Romeo‚ son of Lord and Lady Montague‚ falls in love with Juliet‚ daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. Due to the fact that the Montagues and Capulets still sustain an ancient feud between their households‚ Romeo and Juliet keep their love a secret. Unaware of their daughter’s love to Romeo‚ Lord and Lady Capulet

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    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

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    key role in Romeo and Juliet. There are conflicts starting from the beginning to end.The conflicts include: Man vs.man‚ Man vs. self‚ and Man vs. society. Both of the families are in conflict‚ and have been since they can remember (Man vs. man).In fact the first scene in the play is a brawl between the Montigue and Capulet servants. Romeo is in love with Roseline‚ but Roseline wants nothing to do with him. Romeo then falls into a deep depression‚ that is one of the first conflicts ( man vs. self ).

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    Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with the same character in Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation. Romeo and Juliet is generally believed to have been a poem based on a real Italian love story from the 3rd century‚ Shakespeare wrote his version of the poem as a play in 1594. Baz Luhrmann then created his version of Shakespeare’s play as a movie in 1996‚ this adaptation of Shakespeare’s play was a commercial success‚ proving particularly popular with teenage film viewers. Baz Luhrmann’s theatrical film adaptation

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    29 April 2013 Movie vs. Play The play Romeo and Juliet is a very long play written by Shakespeare. The play is written about two star crossed lovers that in the end of the play kill themselves. The play‚ written in the 16th century was bound to be a little different than its recreation as a film 400 years later. There are major differences in the movie and the play such as‚ some people are visual learners and the movie is a good visual‚ in the movie the places where things happen are

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    ROMEO AND JULIET i) What is the theme of the film/play Romeo & Juliet? There are many themes in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Different people find many different themes; it all depends on ones point of view. Some common themes are: Love‚ Fate and Hatred. Each of these themes is discussed below in relation to the film/play. LOVE Love in Romeo and Juliet is not that really‚ idealized emotion. The love Romeo and Juliet share is beautiful and passionate. It is pure‚ exhilarating‚ and transformative

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    Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare is a romance tragedy play that displays the theme love. However‚ hate and fate are other themes that are also revealed throughout the play through various Shakespearean and film techniques. Love is one of the main ideas in the play. The play revolves around the romantic and mutual love between the protagonists; Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. This love is displayed in Act 1‚ Scene 4 where Romeo meets Juliet at the Capulet feast. A sonnet is used to show

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    Romeo + Juliet Romeo + Juliet is a film based on the well-known play written by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet. It was directed by Baz Luhrmann and is set in Verona‚ a city in Italy. In this essay‚ I will be describing the first scene in the film (the prologue)‚ and explaining how verbal and visual features were used in this scene to suggest what the film would be about‚ things like violence and romance. I will do this by; describing what happened in the scene‚ I will then go on to explain

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    English 1/31/2014 Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare was an amazing writer and performer in London during the 16th century. He created many successful plays; one of his most famous is Romeo and Juliet. The play is known particularly for its spectacular balcony scene. Romeo and Juliet has also been recreated or incorporated into popular movies by numerous people. The two most famous recreations were made by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1997‚ both doing their own version of the balcony

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    Romeo and Juliet In my opinion‚ the superior film was the older version of Romeo and Juliet. I think the older version was better than the newer one because it fit the setting of the book more. It was more realistic and actually looked like Verona‚ Italy. The newer version of the film was very unrealistic because they were speaking the lines from the book (which took place a long time ago when people spoke differently) even though the setting of the movie was very modern. I did not

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