Essay Comparing Romeo And Juliet

William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," set in 16th century Verona, Italy shares differences with Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet," set in modern day Verona Beach. These stories contain the same characters and conflict, however major and minor discrepancies are galore in the story lines of both formats of William Shakespeare's creation. Some major inconsistencies occur, such as Mercutio dying at a beach, portrayed as a hero, instead of being at a bar, looking like a fool, Friar Lawrence's letter is successfully sent to Romeo by mail carriers, however he does not have the opportunity to read it, unlike in the play version, where Romeo does not get the letter from Friar John, and is told the news by Balthazar, and nobody

     Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story both have a lot in common as well as major differences that set them apart. Although West Side Story is a direct rendition of Shakespeare's original play, many of the themes and symbols are altered to fit the modern perspective. The characters have a direct correlation to each other, yet racial issues give them a new light. Many of the events also reflect each other, yet small differences give them uniqueness. West Side Story differs from Romeo and Juliet in characterizations, plot sequences, and themes.

     There are many similarities and differences between the sixties version of Romeo and Juliet and the modern version of Romeo and Juliet. It is very easy to spot these differences considering the time period each movie was set in. There are some things in the play that totally got cut from both movies. There are also some things that they added to the movies that weren’t in the play. Let us get on to the similarities and differences.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and most easily of all, the gates of fear” (Brainyquotes.com). In Romeo and Juliet, these emotions are portrayed throughout this love story. However, these emotions aren’t as present in modern day couples. There are many similarities and differences between Romeo and Juliet to modern day couples. These may include: the age, physical affection, marriage and divorce.

The original play Romeo and Juliet and the new movie are almost exactly alike in their script, but the

Romeo and Juliet is a very well known book that is loved by many. There numerous movies done on Romeo and Juliet like Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 version and Gnomeo and Juliet. There are many apparent differences like using guns instead of swords and using gnomes instead of people. Although there are many similarities, the differences between Luhrmann’s movie and Gnomeo and Juliet compared to the play Romeo and Juliet are evident. The similarities between the movie and the play only go down to the plot and language.

The clearest similarity is the feud between the two families. The classic story of Romeo and Juliet revolves around the two young lovers who struggle to stay together, because of the feud between their families. The two’s families have been in a feud for years, Romeo belongs to the Montague family and Juliet belongs to the Capulet family, and both families despise each other. Since the families hate each other so much Romeo and Juliet, or Gnomeo and Juliet, are forced to hide their love. In both the movie Gnomeo and Juliet and Romeo and Juliet the main characters are forced to hide their love due to the two families’ feud. In the movie

The first tragic similarity in Romeo and Juliet and To Kill A Mockingbird is they both have conflicts. For example, the conflict of the Capulets and the Montagues is stated at the very beginning of the play. These two families are of equal

‘Romeo and Juliet' and ‘The West Side Story' are both movies based on William Shakespeare's play. They are very similar in many ways, but different in others. It is about two teens that fall in love and see each other without their families knowing, because their families have a feud against each other. I will be discussing the differences and similarities between, Romeo and Tony, Juliet and Maria and finally, the families and the Gangs, which are in the movies, ‘Romeo & Juliet' and ‘West Side Story'. Event thought they seem different they have the same plot line.

Even though there are many similarities to the characters they are many differences to the plot that are not in Romeo and Juliet. For instance, from each household, there is only 1 parent instead of 2 (there is no wife to Lord redbrick, and no husband for lady Blueberry). Another difference to the movie is the theme. In this story, (in the ending) there is a lesson that love conquers all, and of course, having a happily ever after because they end up not dying and getting married with the 2 families (red and blue) joining together in

While in the movie the theme was more about revenge between the two houses. In the play Romeo was depressed or at great bliss when thinking about Juliet and the struggles they had to face. Then in the movie Romeo did not show as many emotions towards Juliet and what they were going through. Revenge is shown in the movie when Tybalt saw Romeo at the Capulet party and he wanted to confront Romeo right then. Prince Capulet did not let Tybalt and that then forced him to go find Romeo and get revenge on his own. When Tybalt goes out to find Romeo he ends up killing Mercutio in revenge against Romeo for not accepting the fight. After Mercutio dies in Romeo’s arms, he drives away seeking for Tybalt. Romeo finds him and gets the best revenge of the movie by murdering

The plot of Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy play written based on an Italian story by William Shakespeare early in his career about the two young star-crossed lovers vividly poetical that every feeling, every sentiment is reflected whose deaths ultimately resolve their clashing families. The Shakespeare play especially effects such as switching between comedy and tragedy to accelerate the tension, his expansion of minor characters, and his use of sub-plots to embroider the story, has been praised as an early sign of his dramatic skill. The plays in where the young Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are teenagers who fall deeply in love but their families are bitter enemies and as a result the two lovers cannot contrive their grievances to the

Romeo and Juliet was similar to The Hungers games, because in both stories the teenagers fell in love despite their major differences. In The Hunger Games it says “Katniss a survivor who fights to feed her sister prim and mom. Then it says” Peeta was the boy from the bakery who hardly noticed me in grade school.” Then in Romeo and Juliet it said that the Montagues and the Capulets had a feud between their families.

First, there are many differences that are able to be spotted from the written play versus the video of the play. The biggest difference that can be found from the two different versions of Romeo and Juliet is changes that take place throughout the plot. The play was written in a different time period than when the movie was filmed. The original play was written in the lake 1500’s by William Shakespeare whereas, the first movie was filmed in 1968. Therefore, the different time periods can be a part of the reason for differences found in the plot from the written play and film of the play. For example, in the book Romeo goes to

Romeo and Juliet compared to West Side Story can be contrasted and compared. These are the four different plot events that were taken in the movies (West Side Story) and (Romeo And Juliet.) One of the events that took place was at the beginning of the play where all the crews hated each other. They were similar because, in Romeo and Juliet, the Capulets and the Montagues hated each other for a while because they were constantly fighting over stupid things and did not get along well. Same with the Jets and the sharks except the Jets were constantly picking on them because they were different from the rest. Another event that took place was when the two lovers met for the first time. In Romeo and Juliet, They met at the masquerade ball where it was a Capulets party and people had to dress up fancy and put on a mask on their face which covered their face and could not tell who was a Montague and a Capulet. The Montagues were not invited but Romeo found out through a messenger and he was in “love” with Rosaline. Romeo brought his best friend, Mercutio, and his cousin, Benvolio. Romeo and Juliet met through a dance and they talked for a while privately. Later on, Romeo and his crew decided to leave because one of the Capulet found out that he and his crew were Montagues. There were guards everywhere but they did not get caught. This is Romeo and Juliet side of the story. In West Side Story, Tony and Maria meet for the first time at the neutral gym where the sharks and the jets