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to guns. To try and stay with the original characteristics of the play, the characters called their guns â€Å"Sword 9mm.† He also kept the language as Shakespeare had written it simply because that was something that he felt he could not change. Luhrmann may have updated the setting of the play, but he actually used a lot more of the written dialogue... Free Essays on Romeo And Juliet Free Essays on Romeo And Juliet Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, was a love story that ended in tragedy. Many characters in the story acted before thinking, in doing this, they all led up to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Three of the main characters that acted before learning all the information were Romeo, Juliet, and Capulet. Romeo and Juliet were secret lovers from two feuding families; Romeo a Montague, Juliet a Capulet. They fell in love at first sight and were married within days. Their love had to be kept a secret and the only people that knew about them being married were the nurse and Friar Laurence. Friar only marries them because he thinks it will help the families get along better, and possible end their feud. It didn’t help at all, it just caused Tybalt to get in a fight with Romeo, which caused Mercutio to stand up for Romeo, that led to Tybalt killing Mercutio, and it all ended when Romeo killed Tybalt while in a rage. Romeo, Juliet, and Capulet all acted out of ignorance, r esulting in the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo was a character that acted before knowing all the information, and it cost him his life. After Romeo killed Tybalt, Prince banished him from the streets of Verona. From there he moved to Mantua and awaited news from the Friar. When he did not hear anything from Friar he decided to go back into Verona and see his Juliet. On his way there he stops to see an apothecary to get a poison that would kill him. â€Å"Hast thou no letters to me from the friar? / No matter. Get thee gone/ And hire those horses. I’ll be with thee straight. / Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight.† (5,1,31-32 and 34). If he would have thought about what he was doing, or even gone to the Friar to see what happened, he wouldn’t have gone to the apothecary to get the poison. When he arrived he saw Juliet lying â€Å"dead.† He loved her so much that if she were dead he would want to be dead also, so he took the poison and k... Free Essays on Romeo And Juliet Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's plays about tragedy. It is about two lovers who commit suicide when their feuding famillies prevent them from being together. The play has many characters, each with its own role in keeping the plot line. Some characters have very little to do with the plot but some have the plot revolving around them. Friar Lawrence does not have very much time on stage but the time he does have is crucial to the plot line. Through his words Friar Lawrence demonstrates the he is a good intentioned, yet sometimes short-sighted, man who is not afraid to take risks to help others One of Friar Lawrences most favourable traits is how good intentioned he is. He may do something out of the ordinary if he thinks the outcome will help someone he cares for. For example, when he says "In one respect I'll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households rancour to pure love."(Act 2, Scene 3), he is saying that the only reason he will marry Romeo and Juliet is because he hopes that the marriage will end the hostilities between the two houses. When he says "Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, and hither shall he come; and he and I shall watch thy waking, and that very night shall Romeo bear thee to Mantua." (Act 4, Scene 1), he tells Juliet how everything will be all right. Unfortunately, for all his good intentions the play still ends in tragedy. Friar Lawrence is a man who is not afraid to take risks when he feels it is neccesary to help someone. For example in Act 2, Scene 6, when he marries Romeo and Juliet, he is risking his reputation as a Friar so he can help the two lovers. Also, when he says "Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink though off;" (Act 4, Scene 1), he is suggesting that Juliet drink a potion so that she might feighn her own death and avoid marrying Paris. This is an extr... Free Essays on Romeo And Juliet Romeo and Juliet, is a story of two young lovers, whose love was destined for destruction. They did not imagine that their love would lead to the tragedies that it did. These two young people did nothing wrong except fall in love. Three aspects of their destruction included the feud between the two families, the nurse and her betrayal of Juliet and the most important aspect of all is fate. The feud between the two families was one factor that contributed to the love of Romeo and Juliet being destined for destruction. "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny". (Romeo & Juliet, Prologue, pg.2 l.3) The two families, Montagues and Capulets, had many problems. There was hate between the two families so much so that even the servants hated each other. This feud would have caused many problems for Romeo and Juliet: These two young lovers knew this and this is why they kept their marriage a secret. If their parents discovered their secret, they would have made their children's lives miserable. Romeo and Juliet would not have been able to see each other. Both of these families were very stubborn and there was hardly any thing that would have made them become friends. In the prologue we learn that the only way the "strife" could be ended was by the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. "Doth with their death bury their parent's strife". (Romeo & Juliet, Prologue, l.8) Neither the Montagues or the Capulets would have accepted the marriage. Keeping the marriage a secret caused Romeo and Juliet to turn to other people for help. Sometimes these people gave them the wrong advice or just betrayed them.... Free Essays on Romeo And Juliet Notice whenever Juliet seeks for help, the people close to her tend to always let her down? Why is that? Aren’t your friends or family members suppose to be the ones who are always there for you, and never let you down? Well not in Juliet’s case. You see, Shakespeare, the author of Romeo & Juliet wrote the story in a way that Juliet a main character in the story, whenever seeks for guidance from her friends and family members, especially when she needs it most, is always betrayed or let down. In the following paragraphs, I will explain how, Lady Capulet, Friar Lawrence and Romeo betrayed her, and how this caused Juliet to make the wrong decisions in her life. First of all, Lady Capulet is Juliet’s mother. A mother is suppose to be close to her daughter, and is the person who knows and understands Juliet the most. But in this case her mother is the first person to let her down. For example, when Lord Capulet made the decision in act three scene 5 that Juliet should marry Paris, her mother stood up for that decision even though she knew that Juliet didn't want to marry Paris. I think her mother should of been on Juliet’s side, because she's her mother and she has experience in marriage and should know marrying someone you do not like is not a good idea. Also, another betrayal by Lady Capulet is that she teaches Juliet to judge men by their money, their social rank and their appearance. For example, she recommended Paris to Juliet because he is rich, good looking and on the Capulet’s side. This is not good. Because Juliet really does love Romeo, and when her mother says things like that, it really makes Juliet ups et, because Ro! meo is not rich, and their family hates her family and vice versa. These points show how shallow Lady Capulet’s character is. This prevents Juliet to ask advise from her mother, and cannot get guidance from her. Secondly, Friar Lawrence is the second person who betrays and lets-... Free Essays on Romeo And Juliet Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's plays about tragedy. It is about two lovers who commit suicide when their feuding famillies prevent them from being together. The play has many characters, each with its own role in keeping the plot line. Some characters have very little to do with the plot but some have the plot revolving around them. Friar Lawrence does not have very much time on stage but the time he does have is crucial to the plot line. Through his words Friar Lawrence demonstrates the he is a good intentioned, yet sometimes short-sighted, man who is not afraid to take risks to help others One of Friar Lawrences most favourable traits is how good intentioned he is. He may do something out of the ordinary if he thinks the outcome will help someone he cares for. For example, when he says "In one respect I'll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households rancour to pure love."(Act 2, Scene 3), he is saying that the only reason he will marry Romeo and Juliet is because he hopes that the marriage will end the hostilities between the two houses. When he says "Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, and hither shall he come; and he and I shall watch thy waking, and that very night shall Romeo bear thee to Mantua." (Act 4, Scene 1), he tells Juliet how everything will be all right. Unfortunately, for all his good intentions the play still ends in tragedy. Friar Lawrence is a man who is not afraid to take risks when he feels it is neccesary to help someone. For example in Act 2, Scene 6, when he marries Romeo and Juliet, he is risking his reputation as a Friar so he can help the two lovers. Also, when he says "Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink though off;" (Act 4, Scene 1), he is suggesting that Juliet drink a potion so that she might feighn her own death and avoid marrying Paris. This is an extremely risky thing to do because anything might happen to Juliet ... Free Essays on Romeo And Juliet ROMEO + JULIET ‘Fate’ or ‘Destiny’, you could say, appear strongly throughout the play. Yet character influences feature just as much. The idea of fate is a power that is believed to control events, nothing can stand in its way, whatever it is, and it’s bound to happen under any circumstances. Romeo and Juliet would have died whatever happened – Inevitable. Not forgetting the fact that certain characters play significant parts in the consequences of events. The Elizabethan times people strongly believed in the idea of fate/fortune, they believed that there is not a lot you can do about it, if fate is involved there is nothing you can do about it. While also believing that you have good and bad luck, and there is nothing you can do to alter proceedings, good or bad you just had to accept what happens to you. We get a strong feeling of fate straight off from the prologue, already with the knowledge that it is talking about Romeo and Juliet, we get the idea that there will be deaths around them and, obviously to them, in various circumstances. As shown here: â€Å"The fearful passage of their death-marked love† It also suggests the way of death, and that their fate is decided. â€Å"Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove† This, along with the first line: are the first mentions of the two families This sense of fate also seems to show that key events that occur in the play are planned regardless of what the characters say or do. â€Å"Doth with their death bury their parents strife† Exploring that Romeo and Juliet’s deaths end the conflict between the two households. â€Å"And the continuance of their parent’s rage† Up until their deaths the conflict between the two family’s remained, unaware of happenings around them. At the beginning of the play Romeo and Juliet... Free Essays on Romeo And Juliet Romeo and Juliet 1968:1996 Romeo and Juliet is a timeless, classic love story written by William Shakespeare in 1594. This play tells the love story of â€Å"two star- crossed lovers† in Italy at the end of the sixteenth century. The title characters are Romeo and Juliet who happen to be the only children of two feuding families. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. There have been different ways of portraying Romeo and Juliet, but the two most popular film versions portray two very different styles. Franco Zeferelli’s Romeo and Juliet was made in 1968, and is the film version most commonly shown in classrooms. The newest film version of this play is Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet. He sets the classic story in a modern day setting. Both of these films are very similar, but also differ in many aspects. I will look at how both of these movies tell the same story, but how one director was able to change it to fit modern times. Zeferelli’s film is the older and more classical version of Romeo and Juliet. He uses the setting of Verona, and the costumes that were appropriate to that time. He does take liberties with the dialogue, in that he shortens many of the monologues made by the characters. He also portrayed the use of swords, which were the weapons used at that time. In complete contrast to this Luhrmann made the decision to set this classic play in modern day Venice Beach. The costumes, setting, and swords were all updated to fit the styles of the 1990’s. He has the characters wearing modern day jeans and bright colored shirts and changes the swords to guns. To try and stay with the original characteristics of the play, the characters called their guns â€Å"Sword 9mm.† He also kept the language as Shakespeare had written it simply because that was something that he felt he could not change. Luhrmann may have updated the setting of the play, but he actually used a lot mo re of the written dialogue... Free Essays on Romeo And Juliet Romeo and Juliet: A comparison between the new and the old! By: Aaron Dickman The 1996 Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet is unusual because it takes place in modern times. This creates an interesting setting for a play written in the 15th century. Luhrmann manages to create a movie that is remarkably faithful to the play's vision and sense of tragedy without drastically changing the play. The characters of Romeo and Juliet are a colorful group. Their changes in the movie are subtle, but noticeable. The Nurse in the play is a blabbermouth, makes dirty jokes, and is more of a mother to Juliet than Lady Capulet. In the movie, she is more to the point, doesn't talk as much, and isn't as close to Juliet. She is really more of a servant than a close friend. Lady Capulet in the play is a young wife with a nasty temper that shows when she demands Romeo's death. She also has a cold demeanor and virtually shuns Juliet until her death. In the movie, she's a horrible flirt with Paris and has a more than platonic relationship with Tybalt. She is warm compared to the play's Lady Capulet and seems to be more of a victim of domestic violence than in the play. This is apparent when Lord Capulet enters Juliet's room to ask her wife about Juliet's reaction to her arranged marriage. She closes her eyes like she fears his presence. The main characters hardly change though. Mercutio! is still the satirist, dueling with words. The biggest change is that Mercutio is on acid in 1.4-1.5. This explains his craziness during his Queen Mab speech and in 1.5, where he is dancing unusually. Juliet also remains the same. She still matures from "a stranger to the world." (1.2) to an independent, mature woman who defies her parent's wishes to marry Paris. The characters are still, for the most part, faithful to the play. Themes have a strong role in Romeo and Juliet. Most notable are the themes of love and fate. The play develops the theme of love through c...