... very strange. In the Zefferelli version, the director has tried to replicate the setting and atmosphere of the original, using a typical market square from the time that the play was written, this might seem to the audience as a more 'realistic' version of the play as the film is trying to be more identical to the original play. At the start of the scene in the Luhrman version we see the first of our families, the Montagues. They seem like typical ... Juliet. This is the second of the love scenes, and as you go through the play they all have things in common that you notice. For example,...

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• Grade Level: High School

... into young Miami teenagers of the nineties. Even though the presentation of the play is very unconventional, it still accurately portrays the themes of the original version, because it does not change the story at all. The only modifications that are made appear in the setting, and that is not significant enough to change the underlying themes of the play. Instead of being a costume drama set in the 15th century, Romeo and ... The scene of the balcony is the second of the love scenes, and as you go through the play they all have things in common that you notice. For example, when the lov...

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• Grade Level: High School

... to act experienced. This creates dramatic tension because the audience do not know how far things are going to progress between the two characters and they know that Juliet is really young, inexperienced and confused deep down. Shakespeare is setting up the tragic events that follow by showing the start of the drastic transformation in Juliet's character so early on in the play and how confused and unpredictable her character ... can be. By Act Three, Scene Two the audience have seen ... and she hears the sound of someone approaching, causing her to panic. This noise is the last straw,...

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• Grade Level: High School

... to act experienced. This creates dramatic tension because the audience do not know how far things are going to progress between the two characters and they know that Juliet is really young, inexperienced and confused deep down. Shakespeare is setting up the tragic events that follow by showing the start of the drastic transformation in Juliet's character so early on in the play and how confused and unpredictable her character ... can be. By Act Three, Scene Two the audience have seen ... and she hears the sound of someone approaching, causing her to panic. This noise is the last straw,...

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• Grade Level: High School

... leaves Oberon as a result of the arguments. Oberon is hurt and wants revenge on Titania. So he tells Puck, Oberon's servant, to put a magic flower juice on her eyelids while she is sleeping. This potion causes the victim to desperately in love with the first creature that they see. Oberon's plan is carried out, but the potion is also placed on Lysander ... to sleep, and during this time Oberon controls all things. Such illusions and dreams, created by Oberon, can be dangerous if they block out human's perception of reality. As the play proves, these dreams perform an important function ...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... leaves Oberon as a result of the arguments. Oberon is hurt and wants revenge on Titania. So he tells Puck, Oberon's servant, to put a magic flower juice on her eyelids while she is sleeping. This potion causes the victim to desperately in love with the first creature that they see. Oberon's plan is carried out, but the potion is also placed on Lysander ... to sleep, and during this time Oberon controls all things. Such illusions and dreams, created by Oberon, can be dangerous if they block out human's perception of reality. As the play proves, these dreams perform an important function ...

• Word Count: 2837
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School