... I, scene I lines 21-22, to: "Benvolio: The quarrel is between our masters Gregory: and us their men." (Scene 1) This effetely sets up Benvolio as an earnestly diplomatic character, who is honestly reluctant to fight the members of the house of Capulet. This is outrageously off set by the flamboyant battle scene between Tybalt and Benvolio. The two engage in a gunfight on the streets ... Unless good counsel may the cause remove." (I,i 132 - 143) In this film version, Ted Montague splits this speech with his wife "Caroline", giving her a more active role in the concerns of Romeo: "Ted: Many...

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... be used to trigger any number of emotions in the audience. Firstly, he uses soliloquies throughout the play. This is a dramatic device as it lets the audience know what the character is really thinking, as thoughts and feelings can be hard to convey through actions alone. This is especially important when dealing with love, as in Romeo and Juliet'. This is because love ... be aware of this and immediately single out Romeo and Juliet's relationship as interesting. A lot can also be conveyed to the audience through costume, light and sound, which have to be imagined when merely reading th...

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... on the original version, it is still very different. In the opening scene of Romeo and Juliet, you see a news reporter on the TV, telling the viewers of two wealthy families living in Verona. After the news report finishes, the same thing ... Baz Luhrmann almost immediately shows you the hatred between the Capulet's and Montague's and the extreme love between Romeo and Juliet. The next six minutes of the movie is set in a typical American petrol station. The Montague's are the first people to arrive ... character. After the character has been introduced, the screen is un-freezed and the ...

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... words make it easy for the audience to comprehend exactly what Shakespeare had in mind at the time he wrote the play. For an example of slang that Shakespeare uses in the opening act of Romeo and Juliet is between a Capulet and a Montague. The Montague states, "I will bite my thumb at them, which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it." With this ... can realize the achievement in which Luhrmann tried and succeed in reaching through this opening scene. Luhrmann is able to not only capture the passion of each character, he once again augments it. With the masterful work of cinematography...

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... They fall in love and marry although their families hate each other. And because of feud and the blinding self-interest of the adults, it leads to their fateful demise. The play of Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular and most widely known play of all time. This play has been performed worldwide. In 1968, a film ... scene that expresses both color and speed is the Capulet party scene. In the play, Shakespeare was very focused on fast paced movement. Capulet was a good example of how quick everything went. "Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes unplagued with corns will ...

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... and remade several times. The original script was written for an audience found during the late 1500's and early 1600's. Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, however, was aimed at a typical 20th century audience- people who had completely different expectations to the people that would have been ... 16th century. In order to make the play more accessible to the modern audience; Baz Luhrmann had to alter a considerable amount of the 'traditional' version of Romeo and Juliet. He produced Shakespeare's play as an appropriation, which meant that he moved the story four centuries i...

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... the famous opening line of "Two Households both alike in dignity.." to the tragic end, the viewer is whisked away into thedepths?of heightened realism in the world of Verona Beach. Casting includes Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo and Juliet as well as great performances by John Leguizamo (Tybalt) and, Harold Perrineau (Mercutio). Danes brings life to the character of Juliet and reaches far ... beyond the subservient stereotype of most Elizabethan characters with her ambition and assertion, although ... ...

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... . Everyone in general is exaggerated in the way they look and the way they react which at points creates a very comical effect. The exaggeration of Mercutio creates nearly all of the comical scenes in Romeo and Juliet. The other character that provides some amusement is Juliet's nurse who always acts "over the top" about everything and this causes Juliet immense frustration. At the party ... at the Capulet mansion Luhrmann uses their costumes to show their personality and role in the play for example Juliet is an angel, Romeo is a knight ... music, the costumes and the action all contri...

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... the romantic teen tragedy. He turns Shakespeare's original play into a distinguishable, modern film. Luhrmann's use of visual imagery and symbolism can be seen throughout the film. One place viewers see this is through religious effects and topics. Each character in the adaptation displays some type of religious emblem, which symbolizes their Christian faith. At first sight, such emblems appear to be no ... more than a typical representation of religion. However, Luhrmann uses them as a means to show that while violence, sexuality, and power may ... the good. Water is another symbol us...

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... prayers or thought about what he was doing before he resorted to suicide, he could have been in the tomb in time for the Friar to arrive and explain everything. Romeo's character is an interesting one. He appears to have many positive qualities such as his enthusiasm and passion, but also many negatives ones which eventually lead to his downfall ... then there would be no problem with Romeo and Juliet being together. In the film version of the play Romeo and Juliet by Baz Luhrmann, Romeo is depicted as being quite clumsy and a bit of a disaster waiting to happen! I believe this is to re...

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... attention and provoking emotion at such an early stage) and are drawn 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 ... provokes some dislike within the audiences feelings toward her, she also denies the boys love at first and again as the audience are fond of this character from the outset, this again provokes the audience to be wary of the character....

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... words in a diary. This shows that Luhrmann knows the words are out of date and would sound artificial read out loud. The fight introduces to the audience the biggest theme in the film, violence. Romeo however seems to lessen violence's powerful presence with his hopeless urge to be loved. Romeo's character makes the audience believe that love can conquer anything and everything, including violence ... . The first introduction to Romeo suggests that however violent the film gets, it still is and always will be a love story. The families also add the theme of conflict and power to the film...

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... Craig Pearce, a co-writer who had a big influence on his work. All three people work well together and this allows Luhrmann to have a great deal of control over his projects. All three of Luhrmann's films, "Strictly Ballroom" (1992), "Romeo and Juliet" (1996) and "Moulin Rouge" (2001), have been influenced by his passion for the theatre and his love for different art forms. Luhrmann ... simple. The set is a heightened created world. Each film includes a theatrical device e.g. archaic language, dancing or singing. Luhrmann also uses pathetic fallacy to portray how the mood of the film ch...

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... energetic and enthusiastic beyond all beliefs, which moved onto being melodramatic and catastrophic. There is a lot of comedy in the story and is extremely entertaining for the audience. The costumes are well-designed and authentic to the period. With his previous films William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet and Strictly Ballroom, Baz Luhrmann exhibited his penchant for lurid and bold filmmaking, but with ... Moulin Rouge he has taken his flights of fantasy to new heights. To have characters set within the "baudy" and bohemian turn ... complete, but it's to Luhrmann's genius that he su...

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... somehow Rex Harrison pulls it all off and makes us like Higgins without betraying the character. As to romance, his song "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" is an ode to the kind of love which sneaks up on you. Overall, this movie is romantic, but not too ... songs. Moulin Rouge subjects its viewers to a sensory overload with gaudy, gloriously over-produced musical numbers that pay homage to the "greats of the past- while simultaneously outdoing them. When Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman are dancing on the clouds, they're doing so with digitally-created ... competition into a flamboyant ...

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