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    Scene comparison between Franco Zelfirelli’s and Thames Shakespeare’s collection’s version of Romeo and Juliet. Thames Shakespeare’s collection and Franco Zeffirelli’s version had different interpretations on the famous play “ Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare. However, both versions will be compared on it’s scenery and settings, costumes and camera angles. First of all, scenery and setting of Zeffirelli’s version were

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    fire and power, / Which as they kiss consume” (2.6.9). In the play Romeo and Juliet an enchanted love leads to violent ends and consumes two people’s lives until their powerful death. When Romeo first lays eyes on the gorgeous Juliet it is love at first sight. Though their love is authentic and empowering, it is also entirely banned. William Shakespeare writes this masterpiece with much delight but also great sorrow. Romeo and Juliet is the most abiding love story of all time. Shakespeare uses many

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    relate to this theme are; Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare, The Bone People by Keri Hulme, Whiplash directed by Damien Chazelle, and Tell The Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt. The reason for Romeo and Juliet’s death was because of the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets, the feud caused Romeo and Juliet to neglect telling their families about their marriage, and it caused Romeo to be banished from Verona. Therefore Capulet arranged a marriage for Juliet to marry Paris, which

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    literature, sort of a verse form or story, within which folks, things or happenings have a hidden or symbolic which means. Ex. Book- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis may be a spiritual allegory with Aslan as Christ and Edmund as Judas. Movie-The Wizard of Oz - The lion represents spirit. The bird-scarer stands for the farming past and also the tin man the technological future. AN reference may be a figure of speech that produces a relevance an area, person, or one thing that happened.

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    One particular dominant ideology in society is unrealistic romanticism portrayed in Disney movies. In almost every Disney movie there is a prince and princess. The princesses have had a hard life, perhaps cleaning up after her stepmother and stepsisters, or being cast under a spell. The way Disney portrays these movies are as soon as one meets their prince charming, he must come and save them. Then, they get married and life is a walk in the park. All endings of Disney movies in particular say, “and

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    In my essay I am going to bring up three different topics. How jazz music makes West Side Story be evocative of the decade in which it was written, how gang related music would change West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet, and further how different Romeo and Juliet would be if they would of sang rather than spoke their soliloquy. Each of these topics has gang related actions and how music defines the gangs. In West Side Story both Acts 1 and 2 are mostly instrumental, allowing suspense to form in

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    and a movie that I chose to do were, The B .6ook Thief written by Markus Zusak, The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green, the movie If I stay which was directed by R.J Cutler and lasty Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. These three texts and one movie show my connection of love in hardship effectively. My first text was The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak.

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    In Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare we meet Romeo who falls in love with Juliet in the city of Verona and despite their differences, they are willing to give up everything they have for each other. They fight for their love but at the same time hiding it because if anyone knew it would only make it harder for them to be together than it already is with the Feuded Families. Sadly Romeo and Juliet's love ends in a tragic way as they both end up killing themselves. In Street Love By Walter Dean

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    talk with. Everyone needs them in their life, even animals are capable, and do, make friends. In “Romeo and Juliet”, there are two families, The Capulets, and The Montagues, who are quite the opposite and have had a feud for many years. Romeo, who is the son of a Montague, has a best friend, Mercutio, but many believe he is just a filler character in the story. In William Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet”, apart from clashing with Tybalt (a Capulet), Mercutio’s role in the story has serious purpose

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    “The hottest love has the coldest end”- Socrates. This quote said by the famous philosopher perfectly sums up the plot in “Romeo and Juliet” because of the everlasting love present in the famous play. “Romeo and Juliet” has been a popular story for over 400 years, either by the play written by Shakespeare, or the poem written earlier than that. In the 20th century, two directors created their own interpretations of the play. In 1968, Franco Zefferilli directed a version of the play where the actors

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