JULIET
Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.
British actor, director and playwright Robert Rawles went one step further and used his passion and expertise of the theater and Shakespeare to rewrite Romeo and Juliet in a true modern-day language version called Rikki and Julie to help students better explore the play and its meaning. In typical 2008 language, the play included the line: "O rikki, m8. Wr 4 art u? Plz B. my bf 4 eva, I luv u." The feuding houses of Montague and Capulet are instead two different English schools -- a comprehensive and a grammar school, with all updated dialogue in the film in modern-day language and all roles played by teenagers. The play is being changed, according to Rawles, to help students deal with such topics as peer pressure, parent/child relationships, drug abuse, gang culture and knife culture.
In the 1996 movie version of the play that was done with modern music and dress, by Baz Lurhrman, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the action occurs in a modern Verona Beach in Miami and parts of Mexico City. This is actually a made up world, with a little from the 1940s, 1970s, and 1990s, and using a number of older well-known movies, such as Rebel Without a Cause for a backdrop. The movie includes racing cars with revving engines instead of horses, guns instead of swords and daggers. The camera is always moving around to get the action, instead of the play that moves very slowly. The director has fast cuts from one scene to another with blaring music that almost looks like a rock video at times with its color, special effects...
Shakespeare's play, Romeo Juliet, film version: note defend effective ineffective. Do unknown young actors, Leonard Whiting Olivia Hussey, opposed recognizable stars, made film appealing? Please explain Although some might be inclined to believe that it is impossible to compare two works of art because they should each be analyzed from different points-of-view, it is only safe to consider that William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet needs to be compared with the
Shot-by-Shot Analysis of Mercutio�s Death in Romeo + Juliet (1996)The scene begins with a low angled shot as Tybalt leaps into frame from a balcony to beat Romeo lying off screen out of frame below him. Shot two is over the shoulder of Tybalt, or rather over the hip, and shows Romeo in the sand being kicked by Tybalt. Shot three is a cut to Mercutio�s face full in frame
Juliet as a Strong Character In Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, Juliet emerges as a strong woman because he is willing to follow her heart to whatever end to get what she wants. She is not happy doing what her family thinks she should do and has enough strength to know what she wants and do what she must do to get it. We are told that we do not get
Like Romeo, Juliet believes that the only solution is committing suicide, but the Friar tells her of a secret potion, a drug that will make her only appear dead for almost two days. The Friar tells Juliet to take it the night before her wedding. Meanwhile, he will send a note to Romeo to tell him about this secret plan. For Juliet, this appears to be the only plan that
This makes the film Juliet seem more mature and alienated, although the cinematic portrait of Romeo as somewhat estranged from his boisterous male friends, such as Mercutio's dim view of women, is consistent with Shakespeare's portrait. However, in the Renaissance Shakespeare, Romeo does not attempt to physically touch Juliet in the first balcony scene. In the film the more 'knowing' lovers soon transgress the physical boundaries of the balcony. The
Romeo & Juliet Movie Production Critique This movie production critique is based on the William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet version, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Staring off with the set, this was based as Verona Beach, and portrayed as a modern day city. There are many references to religion in the set, with angel statues and shots of churches and areas of prayer. Also, many of the buildings in the
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