In 1996’s film of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet written by Baz Luhrmann, the theme of heartbreak is exemplified by the characterization, setting, staging, deletions, additions, and music of the film.
Heartbreak is the theme because numerous happenings have taken place, in the text and in the film, to mold it as the theme that the 1996’s film of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet presents. In this movie, the characterization advances this theme. The characterization lets us see the journey of a character from the beginning to the end. Many character’s journeys allows the theme to arrive upon them. For example, Romeo’s characterization is unsteady. His personality is full of mistakes and contentment with life. As Romeo’s mistakes
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Another scene where Capulet is abusive is when Tybalt wants to not endure Romeo. Capulet disagrees, and punches him in the face. Juliet feels heartbreak dealing with her family. If she did not marry Paris, she would be neglected and discarded by her mother and father. This heartbreak of disappointment is what Juliet feels while dealing with numerous situations upon her parents. Furthermore into the theme of heartbreak, Romeo and Juliet’s characterization as a couple develops desperately. As a result, they become heartbroken without one another. This leads to extremely traumatic results. Romeo and Juliet kill themself because of heartbreak without one another. This heartbreak of loneliness is what Romeo and Juliet kill themselves over. As a result, Mercutio’s quotes emerges back into the film. “A plague on both your houses” is what he said. This change in the diction was to fit more modernly, and to express anger of war. He was heartbroken substantially to use this quote. Therefore, this quote was an important foreshadowing into further heartbreak. This plague on both of the houses rang true for Romeo and Juliet’s death. This meant this …show more content…
The deletions and additions make this theme stronger and clearer. As a result, the deletions and additions of the film cause it to become more heartbreaking and dramatic. Also, these parts change important events in the story. This is evidence that this film is extremely different from the text. First, the movie begins with a television news reporter covering the first line in the text. As she finishes the prologue of Romeo and Juliet” the movie flashes back into time. This prologue is about Romeo and Juliet’s heartbreaking love story. “A pair of star crossed lovers take their life” is what the lady, and the narrator says. This is said twice in the beginning. This introduction is heartbreaking because it tells of how Romeo and Juliet’s love each other proceeded into death. This is only the beginning of the film, and the most heartbreaking part of the film has been told. Another part that is different is that when the Prince, the leader of the cops, meet with the Capulets and Montagues, he announces that the starting quarrel at that gas station is their third civil brawl. This shows the theme of heartbreak because it describes the rival between the two families. This rival is heartbreaking because many people end up dying from it, including Romeo and Juliet. A difference is that Mercutio says “a plague on both your houses” three times instead of one. This is significant because
Reckless actions lead to untimely deaths. In Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”, both protagonists fight for their hopeless love. Bloodshed and chaos appear inevitable in fair Verona; Romeo and Juliet come from enemy households, the Montegues and the Capulets, who have sworn to defeat one another. The young and handsome Romeo weeps over his unrequited love for Rosaline, until he lays his eyes on Juliet. Strong and independent, Juliet seeks to escape her family’s will to marry her off to Paris, a kinsman of the Prince. Fate ties these adolescents’ lives together binding them to witness the ill-fortunes of Romeo and Juliet’s love. Romeo and Juliet prove themselves woefully impulsive through their words and actions, which ultimately
Many have said that romance brings love and affection, but when taken to the extreme, it can lead to tragedy and despair. In the literary play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare created a tragedy protagonist, Juliet, whose tragic death “buries their parents’ strife” (Prologue). The eternal feud between Montague and Capulets restraints the love between Romeo and Juliet and ultimately lead to their death. Juliet’s death has many different factors, and it’s hard to determine the truly blame of Juliet’s death. In all the important characters, Lord Capulet refuses to listen to Juliet’s request, which result in Juliet’s death. In the other hand, Romeo’s immature, impulsive and Friar Lawrence’s cowardice are all generate Juliet’s tragedy.
Love, in 'Romeo and Juliet' has its own importance in the theme of inner struggle between the two protagonists, Romeo and Juliet. Juliet is torn between staying loyal to her family and therefore obeying her parents to marry Paris or staying married to an enemy, Romeo, “My husband lives, that Tybalt has slain; / And Tybalt's dad, that would have slain my husband: / All this is comfort; wherefore weep I then?” (3:2). On the other hand, Romeo has his struggles too. He juggles between the idea of banishment from Verona and not being able to see his beloved Juliet again and that of death, “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say 'death'.” (3:3). The secret marriage between Romeo and Juliet is also one of the outcomes due to love. It is because of love that Juliet risked her parents' disapproval to not marry Paris and Romeo risked the danger of being killed by Capulet's kinsmen to go to see her. Yet again, this shows the inner struggle of Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a tragic love story about two young lovers who are forced to be estranged as a result of their feuding families. The play is about their struggle to contravene fate and create a future together. As such, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood would try and emulate Shakespeare’s masterpiece. This had been done before in many films. Prominent among them were, Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 “Romeo and Juliet” and Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 “William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.” Both films stay true to the themes of Shakespeare’s original play. However, the modernised Luhrmann film not only maintains the essence of Shakespeare’s writings, Luhrmann makes it relevant to a teenage audience. This is
“William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet”, as portrayed in Luhrmann’s 1997 film, reveals that the cause of love will always lead to the consequence of death. Luhrmann focuses on highlighting this connection through the usage of props, costumes, and symbols, the foreshadowing of Romeo’s and Juliet’s fate, and Romeo’s compassion for his friends and family throughout the film. These aspects of the film emphasize the connection of love and death and explore the harsh realities and truths relating to this connection.
The tragedy that happens in Romeo and Juliet is inevitable because of the many different themes of love, hate, character and destiny. These themes are essential to the play in order to be an interesting play. For example with love you have hatred, with love you would have character and with love you will also get destiny. All of the themes link to the main point love.
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet focus on the two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who fall in love and die within a span of three days. Romeo and Juliet illustrate how the love brings them together to over power the control of their relationship. The moment that Romeo and Juliet declare their love for one another, they try to keep their love a secret since they are the children of the feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Initially their families would be outraged against their relationship that Romeo and Juliet propose to hide the truth of their love. Once Romeo and Juliet reveal to the Nurse and Friar Lawrence their plans to marry, their relationship is nothing but a risk of problems. Romeo is unafraid to show his love that he teases Tybalt teasing him about falling in love with Juliet, although not explicitly. However, the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt, occur when Romeo and Juliet take actions to protect themselves, but they are not however, protected. Juliet protects her relationship by committing a false death only for Romeo to believe it as true. As a result, the act to protect Romeo and Juliet’s relationship a secret are examples of the failed actions both Romeo and Juliet try to prevent; however, it is not ‘fate’ that control their lives and deaths.
Romeo and Juliet, one of William’s Shakespeare most famous classic works, is a heart-wrenching tale which is composed of passionate love and anger. It is a timeless piece of literature that has lasted to this century. The beautiful story is set in the remote town of Verona. This play recounts a tale of two star-crossed lovers, forbidden to pursue their inescapable love due to the long history of a violent family feud. Passion is strongly represented in Romeo and Juliet’s undying romance. As the story continues, passionate and uncontrolled anger is clearly expressed, fuelled by the noxious hatred of the family’s feud, intensifying as the plot progresses.
Romeo and Juliet , written by Shakespeare, is a novel about two teenagers, Romeo and Juliet, who came from feuding families and fell in love against their parents’ wishes. The adolescents belong to the Capulets and the Montagues which are the two rival families in Verona. In the novel during Act 3 scene 1, Mercutio, who is Romeo’s friend, got in a brawl with Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. The result of the fight left Mercutio dead and Tybalt considered a murderer. Mercutio’s last words before his death were “A plague a’ both your houses!” (3.1.88.) Both families, the Capulets and the Montagues were at fault for the death of Mercutio. {{The last sentence of the introduction should address the prompt directly, this is your thesis statement.
Heartbreak is the actions that are caused by young love and a family that will not change. Romeo and Juliet know their families are rivals and that their chances of being together are slim to none. Romeo is a Montague and she is a Capulet. Their families have a long history of violence against each other. It’s their own fault for their own deaths.
Shakespeare ironically sets the setting of their blossom of love at the Capulet’s party, a place where if Romeo is seen, “they will murder thee”, in order to show his sacrifice for their love. Contrary in Juliet’s soliloquy she begs Romeo to “deny thy father and refuse thy name.” Shakespeare explains that if it was not for Juliet being a Capulet and similarly, Romeo a Montague, there love would be free to flourish. On the flip side it also shows the tension between families for their love must be kept secret. “A plague o’ both your houses” foreshadows bad things to come of Romeos love with Juliet in the future that will see both fighting families suffer great loss.
The author, William Shakespeare, efficiently employs various events and characters in the play, Romeo and Juliet, to convey that love conquers all. Through manipulation of Act 2, Scene 2, also renowned as the 'Balcony Scene’, Shakespeare effectively demonstrates how Romeo and Juliet’s love surmounts numerous things, in the play. Additionally, Shakespeare portrays that/how the strength of Romeo’s love for his murdered friend Mercutio, creates a desire for revenge despite potentially receiving death penalty; displaying that Romeo’s love for his friend conquers the fear of death. Furthermore, the final scene also depicts how love triumphs over the terror of death and how the Montague and Capulet parents’ mutual love for their children, Romeo
The unfolding of the tragic love theme, present in both the play and the film, is dramatic and moving. Also, Zeffirelli emphasizes the urgency of both Romeo’s and Juliet’s to get married, soon after they meet. Just like William Shakespeare’s play, where Romeo and Juliet quickly get married. As a result of Franco Zeffirelli’s long and detailed approach to the love story of Romeo and Juliet, the ending scene of the movie is the most emotional and biggest scene, where two young lovers, face their “star-crossed fate.” It also shows the intentions of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, where the ending is shown to be the “ultimate ending,” as two lovers die for each other and all other issues come to a close.
American author and humorist Erma Bombeck once said, “There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.” Every story portrays different emotions, and these emotions can trigger complications in a novel. In Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, feelings that are easily altered often initiate conflicts. Young lovers Romeo and Juliet are young and immature, and their intense love makes them act without thinking logically. Undoubtedly, these “star-crossed lovers”’ impulsive personalities and passionate love are responsible for the adversity of Romeo and Juliet.
The iconic play of Romeo and Juliet has been widely known for years due to its portrayal of love at its absolute worst. Some may believe that Romeo and Juliet’s unlucky relationship matches closely with modern day love affairs but the opposite is true, the difference between this Shakespearian tragedy and modern day relationships is as clear as day and Romeo and Juliet’s tragic end and age prove this. Even how the star-crossed lovers met set them up for failure.