Similarities Between The Great Gatsby And Romeo And Juliet

Lurhmann, on the other hand was aimed at a younger age group, as it is a lot more exciting and violent, and it is also set in modern times, so the young audience would feel like it is more believable and personal, not like some old thing that was written hundreds of years ago. Lurhmann's main goal was to make money, so he had to make a film that would do that, and so he made it as new and exciting as he possibly could. He did this by adding a lot of up to date music and sound effects. He modernized the play to suit the new audience and adapted the play so that it would be suitable for that new, younger audience.

How the film techniques used by Baz Luhrman to influence the portrayal and development of characters in the film Strictly Ballroom?

It may come as no surprise, that there is a worldwide controversy behind rain and whether or not it is a safe haven or a sad and awkward misfortune. On several accounts, rainfall in The Great Gatsby is used as a symbol for its awkward, sad, depressing, and melancholy implications. An example of this is when Daisy and Gatsby meet for tea alongside Nick, as it’s pouring outside. “The rain cooled about half past three to a damp mist through which the occasional thin drops swam like dew.” (Fitzgerald, 89). In this scene, the two barely speak, much less, look at one another. The five years that passed had created a ripple in their timeline that they could not fill with a simple, “Hello,” . Fitzgerald uses the rain to emphasize all of the feelings rushing, pouring if you will, back to their lonely hearts as well as to call attention to the awkwardness between them, to the point where the readers themselves endure the embarrassing emotions mentioned. However, soon after the main event, the quote mentioned implies the rain came for a halt at about 3:30 PM. Following this, Daisy and Gatsby happily reunite and break their unfortunate silences. In this case, the sun would represent their happy, bright relationship’s reignition.

To Gatsby, the light represents his hopes and dreams to be reunited with his beloved Daisy, therefore he reaches out to the light trying to hold Daisy and bring her back into his life. Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby as extremely hopeful and optimistic, which causes him to create his own image of Daisy, overemphasizing her importance in his American Dream. Nonetheless, his fantasy is corrupted into his craving for wealth and to belong to the ‘old rich’, which Gatsby believes is a way to bond with Daisy. The colour green, in this case, is used to represent an escape - Gatsby assumes that Daisy could be his oasis, to escape the life he is living. Daisy’s image in Gatsby mind provides him meaning in

Baz Lurhmann’s creation of the film Romeo and Juliet has shown that today’s audience can still understand and appreciate William Shakespeare. Typically, when a modern audience think of Shakespeare, they immediately think it will be boring, yet Lurhmann successfully rejuvenates Romeo and Juliet. In his film production he uses a number of different cinematic techniques, costumes and a formidably enjoyable soundtrack; yet changes not one word from Shakespeare’s original play, thus making it appeal to a modern audience.

This is seen in chapter five (81-96) of The Great Gatsby because Fitzgerald portrays the setting with rain when Gatsby is reuniting with Daisy. Fitzgerald set the seen with calming, and cleansing rain. Rain can be shown with storms to set a dark, gloomy setting but the way it's portrayed for this setting is to show us

* The Great Gatsby - In this book, the symbolism of weather was very important. The first time Gatsby and Daisy met it was raining which symbolized the sadness from remember their past together and then after a while it became sunny which symbolizes how happy they were that they met and were together again. The rain also symbolizes the cleansing of their relationship and triumphs from the past and starts a new beginning.

In the story “The Great Gatsby”, the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses symbolism to show how one's ideology can cause them to be alienated. Gatsby was once in love with the real Daisy, but now what he loves is his “ideal” version of her, before he left for the war. With piano music playing in the background, Gatsby and Daisy are off in their own world, Gatsby says, "If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay.... You always have a green light that burns all night at the end

Therefore the green light gives him hope that someday he will be reunited with his love. In most societies today, green means go; Gatsby sees the light as a sign to go ahead and attain his dream. Consequently, Gatsby tries to pursue his love and thinks that he has convinced Daisy to leave her husband, but it is all an illusion; “‘If it wasn’t for the mist we could see you home across the bay...you always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock.’...it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one” (93). In this moment, Gatsby realizes that his dream will never be obtained because the light is not visible anymore. There is a distance between Gatsby and Daisy, and the only connection to his vision of a perfect life is the green light, and, once it disappears, the hope for an ideal life fades. By saying “It had seemed as close as a star to the moon,” it is almost as if Gatsby is very close, but in reality he is still far away and the hope has vanished with the green light. After Gatsby dies, Nick reflects on Gatsby’s decisions that were based on the green light; “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future

Before Gatsby reconnects with Daisy after several years, it is pouring rain outside. The rain builds up suspense and Gatsby becomes nervous and eager. Then, it starts to decrease and he finally talks to Daisy. After they talk for a while and become comfortable with each other again, it stops raining and it’s bright outside. The stopping of the rain definitely

“It was a rich cream color, bright and there in it’s monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns.” Gatsby has a yellow bright car to show Daisy that he is very wealthy.The yellow symbolises the idea of gold, wealth, and the pursuit of the American dream. Gatsby wants to stand out from everybody else and he thinks a good way to do that is by having a bright

Romance, love, and destiny. Connections are formed like bridges built of various things; love, trust, money, fate. Some bridges are stronger than others and some bridges connect people who perhaps shouldn’t be connected. The movie “The Great Gatsby” better expresses the romantic relationships and connections between characters. Between Tom and Daisy, whose relationship may have more to do with survival than love, with Myrtle and Tom, the bridge between them connecting two souls searching for something more in life. And then there are bridges like the one between Jordan and Nick, filled with lies and a bridge not often travelled, and if you’re lucky you come across a bridge like Gatsby and Daisy's, which is made of love but filled with obstacles. These bridges play a key part in the story and the movie most definitely does a better job at expressing these connections between characters.

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I found when watching this part that lighting was an essential element to portray the mood the director is trying to express. At the beginning of the scene it cuts into a long shot of Gatsby's house overlooking the gloomy lake. From the long shot it immediately goes into a panning shot, a scatter of lights appear on the inside of the house. This gives the viewers a sense of desolation to the house. Gatsby use to throw massive parties with lights that would light up the whole lake which made the house look alive. But the few lights in this shot made it look partly abandoned and uninviting. I think that the director deliberately made the scene dark to exaggerate to the audience loss of all personality and happiness, which has disappeared from the house. The house was once full of light but now it is

Apart from having the same director, Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby have an astounding amount of similarities. They are both passionate love stories with similar characters in coinciding roles. Although the two movies are set in the early 1900s and 1920s, they use modern music to captivate the audience’s interest. Baz Luhrmann has a knack for making colorful romantic thrillers, and it certainly shows in Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby.