Romeo and juliet
The production that I selected to critically review is Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Luhrmann’s version of forbidden love and the eventual suicide deaths of young Juliet and Romeo is translated with a unique integration of modern setting and language without losing the original texture and meaning of Shakespeare's work. 1996's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet is evidently intended for a younger demographic of viewers, partially due to quick paced and choppy editing, modern cultural allusions, as well as star power consisting of a cast featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the title roles. Luhrmann intertwines the language of Shakespeare's time and the more modern uses of the same of American society beautifully and effectively, avoiding the tendency for the viewer to become bogged down in Shakespearean terminology. This shows itself to be the most successful element of the film along with the ultra modern setting is appealing to the '90's "sound- bite" mentality. The opening credits introduce the characters, setting and main story line in quick images and gives the un-knowledgeable viewer the basis of the movie in the simplest of terms while tense gothic music is played over the visua
Unless good counsel may the cause remove.” (I,i 132 – 143) And private in his chamber pens himself, “Ted: Many a morning hath he there been seen, Gregory: and us their men.” (Scene 1) “The quarrel is between out masters, and us/ their men”
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Claire Danes,
Montague Capulet,
Series S”scene,
Lady Montague,
Shakespearian English,
Romeo Juliet,
Ted Montague,
Ted Black,
Shakespeare's Romeo,
Chief Police”,
shakespeare's romeo,
shakespeare's romeo +,
verona beach,
romeo + juliet,
romeo +,
william shakespeare's romeo,
+ juliet,
william shakespeare's,
home heavy,
heavy son,
augmenting fresh morning’s,
fresh morning’s dew,
private chamber,
son private,
steals home,
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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