... 't interrupt Romeos interests in Juliet, and as Juliet takes a break from the dance, he sees his opportunity, and ceases it. He pulls Juliet behind the pillar he is hiding behind and tries to make Juliet listen by pouring his heart out, his language is like poetry, everything he says seems to flow, even when Juliet questions and dismisses his actions, but Romeo keeps coming back with better and more enticing speech, fro ... more examples of this similarity, in hindsight the marriage and the closing scene. Their love is seen as real and pure, this is helped by the use of language they use...

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... this play is presented, the themes of the play are so strong and universal that the meaning is never lost in the translation. Baz Luhrmann's version of Romeo and Juliet has been described as an original, post-modern 90's version of Shakespeare's tragic love story. Set in Miami, this adaptation uses authentic Shakespearean language. This relentlessly paced MTV-style film is an updating of the ... tale. It uniquely combines modern day setting and characters withtheoriginallanguage. The main characters, Romeo and Juliet, are transformed into young Miami teenagers of the nineties. Even thou...

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... is Zeffirelli has done with it. Shakespeare wrote almost no original plots. He used an English poetic retelling of an old Italian tale: Arthur Brooke's The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet. Despite its Italian setting, the language, attitudes, and customs are generally English. In one respect, Shakespeare altered the story in a way which is shocking to modern audiences: he lowered ... . When Mercutio suggests that the nurse is a bawd, he is alluding to the stereotype discussed above. In her speech beginning on l. 159, the nurse expresses her outrage at Mercutio in language intended...

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