... embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant violence beat back the warring factions, Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona, attempts to prevent any further conflicts between the families by decreeing death for any individual who disturbs the ... . Benvolio counsels him to forget this woman and find another, more beautiful one, but Romeo remains despondent. Meanwhile, Paris, a kinsman of the Prince, seeks Juliet's hand in marriage. Her father Capulet, though happy at the match, asks Paris to wait two years, since Juliet is not ... ;...

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... time that the play was written, then he speaks to the families. However in Luhrman's version, he has used the modern day equivalent of a prince, a police general, this is good because there are no princes in modern day cities so Luhrman has used the next best thing, a modern day equivalent of ... a prince. If Shakespear were alive today I think he would have been impressed by Luhrman's attempt to modernize his story, as he has done this very intelligently and ... fight. Back to the play, and we soon see that Romeo doesn't want to see anybody get hurt, so he reminds the two men of what th...

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... keep the feud in the privacy of their own home but have been seen fighting in the public streets and displaying violence. They disrupt the peace of Verona and even Prince Escalus personally had to break up a fight, where the family members were heavily fined . They were also given a warning that another public fight could result in death. While this is ... very busy and strict. Lord Montague-He is Romeo' father. He is stubborn and not willing to forgive. County Paris- He is kinsman of Prince. He cares about Juliet and wishes to marry her. Prince Escalus- He is Prince of Verona. He wants...

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... . This is a very good way of not altering the script but staying close to a modern day likeness of the play. At the end of the scene where Prince Escalus says that if the two families fight again there will be deaths, Luhrman's version, he has used the modern day equivalent of ... general, this is good because there are no princes in modern day cities so Luhrman has used the next best thing, a modern day equivalent of a prince. The scene of the ball where we first see Romeo and Juliet together, is also the scene they first meet. It starts when the Montagues sneak into a ... to intervene,...

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