Romeo And Juliet

SAMPSON A dog of that house shall move me to stand. I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague’s.

Luhrmann’s variation of the film is more suited to a teenage audience than Zeffirelli’s due to the vibrant settings and modern sets utilised throughout the film. Several of these sets include the beach, high rise buildings and petrol stations. These factors are used to tempt a younger audience. Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet, however takes place in a medieval Italian city. Although the original play was based and performed in this location, teenage viewers cannot relate to the surroundings, hence making it difficult to understand or appreciate the plot.

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Benvolio said, “Alas, that love, so gentle in his view,/ Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!”(1.1.165-166) Benvolio suggests that love seems nice, peaceful, and innocent, but in reality it can be disastrous and even deadly. A world famous author and poet by the name of William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet in 1597. Romeo and Juliet is known as one of the best love stories in history. There are many significant characters in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet: Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, Tybalt, the Nurse to Juliet, Friar Lawrence, Mercutio, Lord Capulet, and Lady Capulet. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is the heart-wrending love story of two people who want to be together (Romeo and Juliet), but they cannot because their families are rivals. In the end, the two star-crossed lovers do not live happily ever after. Instead, they both perish. Why did their lives end so tragically? Ultimately, the prideful and foolish actions of the Capulets and Montagues, Friar Laurence, Romeo, and Juliet caused their untimely deaths.

There are some key details in both the movie and the script. Some key details in the play are that romeo hides in the darkness, and that he is stalking juliet in a way. It also takes place on a balconey near the streets,”[Seeing Juliet enter above on a balcony]” (Act II Scene 2, Page 71) which is a lot more in older days than modern. In the movie version, some key details are that romeo is hidden kind of on a vine, not so much hidden thought.(You can see in the 1997 movie, Romeo + Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann.) The setting is also on a deck and a pool. Those are some of the key details you will need to know.

Young lovers defy their families’ long-established vendetta and jeopardize all they have to continue their relationship. The violent commotion between the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, finally bring peace to their feuding families, with their own death. Like with many suicide cases, there are challenges and decisions being made that lead up to this decision. Often times, we question who contributed to the suicide. Regardless, others argue that Romeo and Juliet should be held accountable for their ultimate decision. Then again, there is no definite reason to assign fault to Romeo and Juliet. Not only are their brains not fully developed, but pressures from outside forces caused such stress within the relationship.

Zeffirelli was closer to the book. Would you like someone changing your thoughts. Yes, Romeo and Juliet is about love, and it can happen anywhere. The Luhrmann version changes everything,including the plot. In the future producers should try to make it closer to the book. It is important to keep in mind that there’s a book and plot to

While in Zeffirelli’s version the setting plays little to no role in the story, it is used as a tool for the characters as well as to convey emotion in in Luhrmann’s version. For example Tybalt falls on and shatters a sheet of glass while fighting Mercutio, and uses a shard of this glass to stab Mercutio under Romeo’s arm. Also while Romeo is fighting Tybalt it is raining to convey a sense of grimness in the scene. As well as the better use of setting the actors also give a better portrayal of their characters in Luhrmann’s version, for example after Tybalt kills Mercutio, Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays Romeo, is crying and yelling, cursing Tybalt, while in the Zeffirelli version the actor playing Romeo seems as if the barely cares that Mercutio is dead.

One such scene was the infamous balcony scene. Zeferelli stuck to the classical interpretation, while Luhrmann did not. In Zeferelli’s version Juliet was on the balcony outside her bedroom calling rhetorically, "Romeo, Romeo where fore art thou Romeo?" Romeo appears and climbs up the balcony, and they share a couple of small kisses before he departs. However, in Luhrmanns version of the play, events occurred slightly differently. Juliet is walking by the pool, when Romeo startles her and they both fall in the pool. Their conversation then takes place in the pool. In between getting interrupted by a nosy security guard they share several passionate kisses.

Luhrman has based his version at Verona Beach; America and instead of basing it in the 16th century like Zeffirelli, he had his film based in the 20th century, with mansions, shiny cars and bright lights. While Zeffirelli paced his film in an Iambic pentameter – a traditional Shakespeare pace; Luhrman never kept his film at a solid pace. “By modernizing these aspects of the play, and reconstructing the prologue, Luhrmann creates a movie that is more interesting to the modern viewers.” ("Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet." 123HelpMe.com). As Zeffirelli may have believed famous actors would steal his show he instead hired fresh new faces to give the movie a more fresh, innocence value, But Luhrman used well known actors to play the lead roles. This worked because more people were attracted to the film by the actors.

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is one of the most well-known stories of all time and perhaps the most famous play ever. As one might expect, the play has been made into a movie many times. The 1968 version directed by Franco Zeffirelli and the 1996 version directed by Baz Luhrmann are two of the most popular films. The older version attempts to create an authentic representation of the play, while the 1996 version places a modern twist on the story. At first glance, the movies are completely different, but upon a deeper look, there are several similarities between the two. This is best demonstrated in the balcony scene.

Who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Be sure to use the text to prove your point.

Zeffirelli 1968 film version shows the emotion of the film through the lighting, sound, and the camera shots. Zeffirelli 1968 version the lighting changes throughout the whole film. For example when Mercutio dies the lighting dims, and everyone gets very quiet to show the effect of the love and friendship they have for Mercutio. The sound both diegetic and nondiegetic Zeffirelli used is also very different from the play. He uses diegetic as another part of the scene when Mercutio dies. There is rain and thunder going on that shows the effect of how much pain this is going to put everyone through after his death. The rain is for the tears and the thunder represents the cries from the people of Verona. He uses non-diegetic when Romeo is confessing his true love for Juliet to Tybalt. The music is showing the care her has for her and how much he will do for her. The music play slow and soft. Zeffirelli 1996 version uses many of different camera shots also. He uses a close-up on the pistol Romeo used to kill Tybalt with. That shows the effect of the weapon that was used to kill the cousin of Juliet. Lastly, Zeffirelli uses a medium shot when the capulets arrive to show the fear that was going on in some of the Montague’s faces because they knew something bad was about to go

Interpretation of the Balcony Scene by Baz Luhrmann and Franco Zeffirelli of William Shakespreare's Romeo and Juliet

In the two films of Romeo and Juliet, directors Zeffirelli and Luhrmann portray the party scene in two very different ways. The directors change the way the characters act, the costumes they wear, and the setting of the scene, to make each version of the party scene different and unique. By changing the way that their characters act, directors Zeffirelli and Luhrmann show the differences between their two films. In the Zeffirelli version of Romeo and Juliet, the characters of Romeo, Juliet, and the other party guests are very polite and proper. When Romeo first meets Juliet in the Zeffirelli adaptation of the play, they are both more innocent than the Romeo and Juliet portrayed in Luhrmann’s film.

These shifts from sunlight to sunset and again to sunlight are shown as time change in Renaissance theatre. If Romeo and Juliet were played at Greek theatre style then we wouldn’t have time changes and it would play continuously; the time change during performance would be announced to audience instead of changing scenes with purpose of showing time change.