“Romeo & Juliet” is a famous love story written by William Shakespeare. The play features two star-crossed lovers who are madly in love with each other, trying to make it through the afflictions of the Capulets and the Montagues, their feuding families. Franco Zeffirelli directed the first film in 1968, and then was later recreated by Baz Luhrmann in 1996. Both directors have focused on different elements, differentiating in technical and visual features. Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann both
other’s throats” is usually only used as an expression, the two families in Romeo and Juliet seem to take the phrase a tad bit too seriously. The Montagues and Capulets are feuding families that are almost constantly fighting. Romeo Montague is in a depressing slump over the love of his life, Rosaline, and after a deep conversation with Benvolio decides upon going to a feast being hosted by the Capulets. There, he meets Juliet, and falls in love with her, and vice versa. After quite a few quarrels between
In, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, and, ‘pride and prejudice’, Shakespeare and Jane Austen show that love can be based on romance, duty or financial consideration, it can be short lived and tragic love like Romeo’s love for Juliet and Rosaline. Yet regardless of both texts being completely different, one being a play and the other a novel, they both use a variety of techniques to portray feelings of love. In the beginning of, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Shakespeare in his prologue introduces, “star cross’d lovers
Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew may not be the first to come to mind. The former is an iconic tragedy about young love and death, ending in heartbreak, while the latter is a romping comedy filled with wit and sass. However, these two seemingly different plays show yes, some differences, such as gradual love versus immediate love, but also many similarities, including puns and witty dialogue, and themes of marriage and family. For Romeo and Juliet, it’s love at