The 1996 move version of Romeo and Juliet is much like the original Shakespeare version but with a twist. The major difference is the setting for the movie is modern time. The movie depicts the struggle if two young lovers. It is Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet who have fallen in love. The difficulty these two lovers face is that their families the Montagues and Capulets are rival crime families. Each family has a deep-seated hatred for one another. The Montagues and the Capulets both have a gang of young hooligans that rides around the city looking for trouble. During one occasion, a fight breaks out between Tybalt Capulet and Romeo Montague. During this fight Romeo refuses to fight back because he does not hate the Capulets anymore. Romeo's friend and fellow gang member Mercutio steps in to protect Romeo. Unfortunately in doing this Mercutio is killed by Tybalt Capulet. His dieing proclamation is a curse on both the Montagues and the Capulets. To avenge the death of Mercutio, Romeo hunts down Tybalt and kills him. Meanwhile Juliet is being forced into marriage with a man whom she does not love. To avoid this marriage Juliet takes a special poison meant to make her body look like she is dead while she is really alive. The curse becomes reality when Romeo mistakenly believes that Juliet is dead, and decides to take his own life. It is only in his dieing moments that he realizes that his love is not dead. Juliet regains consciousness only to find her lover dieing by her side. She is so distraught by Romeo's suicide decides to kill herself so that the two of them can be at peace together.
I have never been much of a fan of drama. I tell you this because my opinion is likely to be biased. I first saw Romeo and Juliet when I was in middle school. The 8th grade students performed it in our school gymnasium. I did not like the play then and I don't like the movie now. Romeo and Juliet is a sappy sorry hopeless love story.
Paris seems to keep everything Romeo and Juliet does very hasty as he wishes to marry Juliet in two days. ... He never allows Juliet to marry Romeo, because Romeo is a Montague. ... Mercutio contributes slightly to Romeo and Juliet's untimely end. ... Romeo and Juliet also contribute to their own death. Romeo is a lot more to blame than Juliet. ...
Paris seems to keep everything Romeo and Juliet does very hasty as he wishes to marry Juliet in two days. ... He never allows Juliet to marry Romeo, because Romeo is a Montague. ... Mercutio contributes slightly to Romeo and Juliet's untimely end. ... Romeo and Juliet also contribute to their own death. Romeo is a lot more to blame than Juliet. ...
Romeo and Juliet speak briefly together and immediately fall in love. ... Juliet's nurse finds Romeo and he tells her that he and Juliet are going to get married that afternoon at Friar Laurence's. ... Scene 2---- The nurse tells Juliet that Romeo has killed Tybalt. ... Friar Laurence hoping that Romeo will be allowed back to Verona some day, sends Romeo to Juliet. ... Scene 5--- Romeo and Juliet separate at daybreak. ...
Romeo and Juliet "Discuss how Shakespeare represents Romeo and Juliet as a pair of "star crossed lovers" during the course of the play" During the course of Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, Shakespeare portrays Romeo and Juliet as a pair of "star crossed lovers", which means literally against the stars and the lovers incapability to change their tragic fate, which can be expressed as the inevitable events predestined by a supposed force. ... Many instances in the play reveal that the love of Romeo and Juliet would end in death. ... This prefigures that ...
In the play, Romeo and Juliet demonstrate different personality. ... Juliet stays optimistic about the whole conflict involving Romeo's banishment whereas Romeo himself clings to the pessimistic attitude. ... In addition, Juliet also thinks about Romeo and tries to console him when Romeo considers their love to have come to end. ... Whereas Romeo is independent, Juliet depends on others. ... Juliet remains optimistic about the tragic situation involving Romeo while Romeo keeps only the pessimistic ideas. ...
For instance, Juliet decides to marry Romeo even though their families are enemies. ... To explain, during the balcony scene, Juliet hurries Romeo into marriage. ... Not long after Juliet meets Romeo, her mother calls her. ... After Juliet meets Romeo, many of her opinions and interests begin to change. ... While in the beginning of the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, J...
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are victims of bad luck and fate. Romeo and Juliet is about two families that have been in a long and bitter feud for many years. ... Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, recognizes Romeo's voice and is ready to fight. ... Juliet, too, falls for Romeo, but falls into despair when her Nurse informs her Romeo is a Montague, as does Romeo when he learns Juliet is a Capulet. ... Juliet's nurse and servant Peter appear and Romeo tells her to tell Juliet to go to the Friar's cell that afternoon to be married. ...
In the balcony scene, when Juliet says, "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" ... In modern times Juliet would be expected to say something like, "Romeo, Romeo, where are you, Romeo?" ... While Juliet is stunned by the boldness that Romeo uses. ... Both Romeo and Juliet appear to be more mature in this version. ... The viewer is able to imagine himself or herself as Romeo or Juliet. ...
ESSAY: Romeo and Juliet Romeo is too sensitive and reacts too quickly to the events in the play. ... Romeo meets Juliet the night of the Lord Capulet's Party. ... Romeo heart is an open book as he exudes his feelings for Juliet. ... And Romeo and Juliet's love is just that, fast, passionate love. ... Romeo wishes to join Juliet, "Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight." ...
Romeo and Juliet barely met whenever they tell each other that they are in love. ... These two, Romeo and Juliet, are in puppy love. ... Romeo sees Juliet dead and then Romeo and Paris fight. ... Romeo then kills himself, just before Juliet awakens. ... Juliet and Romeo also put others futures in danger, just to please themselves. ...
