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Baz Luhrmann film study The Great Gatsby and Romeo & Juliet Introduction Baz Luhrmann is an Australian born director. He is known for his adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in 1996 and The Great Gatsby in 2013, amongst others such as Strictly Ballroom and The Moulin Rouge. He is the creator of “Red Curtain Cinema” and in his eccentric filming methods: highlights important themes and ideas through the fast pace, camera angles, and use of modern music in period films. Luhrmann is eccentric and unconventional

language, storytelling techniques and his belief in a theatrical cinema to assure viewers that they are indeed watching a movie. In this essay I will tackle some aspects of his movies in his red curtain trilogy, namely ‘Strictly ballroom’, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘The Great Gatsby’ that indeed prove my topic statement. The setting of the movies is a clear indicator to the audience that the movie that they are watching is indeed just that, a movie. The setting of Strictly Ballroom is in Australia, but

Eng II-I 13 December, 2016 Romeo and Juliet Literature Romeo and Juliet is a story of young love, despair, and tragedy. With the never ending theme of young love which continues to develop and stay the same everyday. Romeo and Juliet is a story about two young lovers whose families hate each other. The two end up killing themselves because they are not able to be with each other which eventually solves the feud between the rivaling families. Romeo and Juliet renovate in different mediums such as

Hamlet Time Period Differences Currently, William Shakespeare is considered one of the most influential and well known writers of the English Renaissance, but how would his influential work in Hamlet be understood if it was written in a different time period? In Hamlet the time period that Shakespeare writes in gives vast insight to the demeanor of the people at that time were. No matter when this was written, it is known norms, societies, and fads will change. If this literary work were to be changed

Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are both iconic, enjoyable stories that most people have heard of. Romeo and Juliet was written much earlier than West Side Story was, however it was still based on older Italian stories. These stories can teach us a lot about our daily lives and how we live them. In order to do this though, we have to make other comparisons throughout the story first. So, let’s dive in and analyze the differences between the stories, their origins, and their authors. Romeo and

This is a tragic love story about a boy and a girl, but not your typical Romeo and Juliet. Around the world, there are six prime emotions: joy, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, and discussed. Two or more prime emotions creating one emotion is called secondary emotions. For example, love is a secondary emotion consisting of the prime emotions joy and fear. When you are in love, you are full of joy, but love can also be frightening because you are putting yourself out, which could hurt you. While

it all when he met Juliet. Now, Juliet was from a rival family which was already a problem for Romeo maybe even the biggest problem in this entire book. All Romeo had to do was see that it was impossible to be with her. In conclusion to the inevitability of fate we realized that this was all avoidable Romeo had all the opportunities to change his fate. Maybe the greatest mistake Romeo made in this entire book was ending his life minutes before Juliet woke up which made Juliet end her own life finishing

wrong decision. Romeo and Juliet is a well-known piece of literature written by William Shakespeare. It is about two families, Capulets and Montagues, that have had a feud years. Romeo Montague, the son of Montague, has spotted a beautiful woman named Juliet Capulet, the daughter of Capulet, who has no idea who or what he is. They met at a party and both fell in love. They kept sneaking around since their parents hate each other and then a few days later a Romeo asks Juliet to marry him. Then a day

Romeo and Juliet a play written by Shakespeare around the 15th to 16th century caters as tragic love story of too young children whose families can’t find peace for the children values and beliefs and there struggle to do so, leads their children to be sacrificed and their family’s punished. While it may be tempting to attribute the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet to fate, the play clearly shows that it is flaws of the characters, not the stars, which leads inevitably to the tragic consequence. firstly

Romeo and Juliet are two fictional characters, their families have been rivals as long as anyone can remember. Romeo and Juliet met at a party and fell in love instantly, but their families did not approve of them dating. Romeo snuck into Juliet's room the day that they met. Romeo and Juliet talked and fell deeper in love. At the end of the play, Juliet had the brilliant idea to fake her own death so she could be with Romeo after he got banned from Verona. When Romeo heard that Juliet had died he