... Juliet but Paris will not leave the crypt so Romeo kills him. He then kills himself by taking poison, after he is dead Juliet wakes up and can't believe her eyes, her beloved Romeo is dead. She tries to suck the poison from his lips but there is none left so she stabs herself. Elizabethans accepted the belief that Heaven was ... what extent is Romeo a victim of fate?" I believe that what ever happens in the play will end up as it has been said in the Prologue, the deaths of the star crossed lovers ending the parents feud, Romeo and Juliet had to die so they could stop the terror in Vero...

• Word Count: 1730
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... where he falls into the debauched bohemian world of painter Toulouse-Lautrec. When he is enlisted to write a routine for the Moulin Rouge nightclub, he soon falls for the club's star, a courtesan named Satine. Instead of developing their love story through the course of the plot, they immediately sleep together (the modern place-holder for love), and spend the rest of ... the characters. Who is Satine? A leggy redhead who can look like a million in a nightclub costume, and then melt into a guy's arms. Who is Christian? A man who embodies longing with his eyes and sighs "whose very essen...

• Word Count: 1658
• Approx Pages: 7

... further into how the story will develop. This can also be applied to Romeo and Juliet in more that one way. Everybody knows the story of Romeo and Juliet, "two star crossed lovers- and therefore all know how the story develops and comes to a tragic end. Luhrmann's film makes good use of this, and to remind the audience of the tragedy ... the dance and language of dance that reveals how the lead male and female characters feel about each other. The simple effect of dancing together while looking in each other's eyes can be a very powerful thing and can say so much without the need for wo...

• Word Count: 2477
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... during the opening scene of "Romeo and Juliet" Romeo and Juliet is a timeless, classic, love story written by William Shakespeare. The play masterfully tells the tragic love story of two "star-cross"d lovers" Romeo and Juliet. The title characters are members of two feuding families, Romeo a Montague and Juliet a Capulet. Baz Luhrmann uses his own ideas to adapt Shakespeare's original version ... and fire. The atmosphere is tense and full of suspense and Luhrmann draws the audience into the film by zooming in on the characters faces and devoting attention to their eyes. In the scene big...

• Word Count: 1575
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... special. It is because their love is presented, as being so exceptionally different that this play is so tragic. In the opening prologue we are told that the pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life, and so from this early moment a sense of doom is cast upon Romeo and Juliet. The audience knows that whatever happens during the play must ... 5, they talk of kissing and sexual matters in a religious way so that all that is actually spoken of is blushing pilgrims, and holy shrines, keeping them innocent in the audiences eyes. If the audience cannot find fault with the characters, they c...

• Word Count: 1971
• Approx Pages: 8