... known to have said that a good tragedy needs to have one basic theme or plot. In the play Romeo and Juliet', this theme is love. Love of different kinds provides the base of all the excitement, anticipation and ultimately the tragedy of the play. There are many other themes that Shakespeare could have used and so we have to ask several questions to identify his reason for ... using love, and how his presentation of this love makes this the world famous ... most important being contrast. If there were nothing to compare Romeo and Juliet's language, innocence and piety to then they would...

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... manages to show the importance of religion in Romeo and Juliet by continuously flashing back to a large statue of Jesus situated between the Montague and Capulet buildings. This also gives the impression that God is the only thing holding the two families apart and stopping them from killing each other. This brings back the theme of fate and how religion was important as they believed that God ... controlled your destiny. Finally Luhrmann uses imagery to hint as to the outcome of the film. "Take their Lives" appears on the screen and the "T" is shown as a cross. This links back to relig...

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... place 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 represent the immaturity and child-like nature of Romeo's character. Another interpretation by Baz Luhrmann is of the theme of fate, Luhrmann shows fate as water- for ... example in the scene where Romeo and Juliet meet there is a fish tank ... they are looking a each other through. When they share their first proper scene together they are in a...

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... Luhrmann reminds us of the separate isolated world, in this case the world of the dance hall. There is not such a big contrast in Romeo and Juliet; however there is still a contrast in the form of what the actors are wearing. The Montague's wear loose Hawaiian shirts in contrast with the ... to build up the atmosphere. Another is the "pow" sound effect reminiscent of the old batman films when the coach hits Fife. In Romeo and Juliet the music is used to help describe what's going on in the scene or the personalities of some of the characters. The music in the ... faces and flicking from ...

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• Grade Level: High School