Comparison of the Opening Sequences of Two Different Versions of Romeo and Juilet The objective of this essay is to compare two different film adaptations of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juilet. Franco Zefferelli directed the first rendition of this play in 1968. This was the more conventional, traditional version of the play. It was slow, peaceful, and in my opinion, how Shakespeare would've wanted it. Despite it being old, it was a beautiful interpretation of Shakespeare's
Many Shakespeare plays contain ghosts, perhaps most notably and most disturbingly in Macbeth and Hamlet. The ghost in Hamlet is the apparition of prince Hamlet's father, the dead King Hamlet. However, up until the time when the ghost first appears to Hamlet, interrupting his speech and thoughts, it appears Hamlet is unaware that his father was murdered. As the ghost intones, "I am thy father's spirit, / Doomed for a certain term to walk the night, / And for the day confined to fast in fires
and the ambiguity of gender seem like modern invention they are incredibly prevalent in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. “Mom, I will pick out my own dress. And no, I will not wear high heels. Because heels are a male invention designed to make women’s butts look smaller and to make it harder for them to run away.”(“She’s the Man’). Yet these very same themes are still present in the 2006 movie “She’s the Man” by Andy Fickman when Viola dressed
themes have changed over time from Shakespeare’s time to modern day themes.” Themes shown: Love, social roles and societies expectations and deception. The text “The Taming of The Shrew” and “Ten Things I Hate About You” share a variety of different themes, ranging from love to deception and money. The themes within both stories have shown how society has evolved with its values with things like money and power. Men during the Shakespearian times were shown to care a lot about the money that they
Analysis of Baz Lurhmann's Romeo and Juliet Set in 'fair Verona', Shakespeare's most famous, magical, heart-rending and tragic love- affair, Romeo and Juliet, has been cleverly transformed using a modern-day, urban backdrop to portray Baz Lurhmann's eccentric and exciting adaptation of Shakespeare's infinite phenomenon that is, Romeo and Juliet. Prior to the opening scene, there is an introduction that consists of a news reporter on a television set, reporting on the terrible
versions, from the traditional to the almost unrecognizable. Directors and actors have adapted him as long as his plays have been performed. Some feel that without Shakespeare´s original poetry, audiences are robbed of the opportunity to experience the cleverness, poetry, and majesty of the language - Shakespeare´s genius. Others feel that modern adaptations don´t challenge viewers and offer weaker plots and less complex characters. Shakespeare in Love combines in a way