The exception is Romeo and Juliet. ... Romeo and Juliet seem alive. ... Through the use of intertextuality, the audience can also more clearly understand "Romeo and Juliet" because they can make connections between familiar themes like gang warfare in "West Side story" to the family feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. ... Juliet and Romeo are completely besotted with each other. ... The true love of Romeo and Juliet and the hatred and conflict of their parents are themes that transcend time. ...

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(Word limit: 800-1000 words) Romeo and Juliet is widely known as one of the artistic masterpieces of our time. ... At the time in which Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, it would have been believable that a thirteen-year-old girl would find herself in the predicament that Juliet finds herself in. ... In the Zeferelli version, only one song had lyrics- the love theme-, which is played when Romeo first lays eyes on Juliet. ... In Lurhmann's version, there is also a love theme, which is sung by Deseree, at the ball, when Romeo and Juliet first meet. ... The Tragedy of Romeo and Juli...

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Romeo and Juliet coursework Romeo and Juliet is a play with many themes like love, death, friendship, revenge and honour. ... The marriage between Romeo and Juliet is the second event that affects Act 3 Scene 1 Romeo feels that as he is married to Juliet he should not hate the Capulets. ... When Romeo enters he will be very happy for the reason that he has just married Juliet, as soon as Tybalt sees Romeo he will a distinct glare and will say the line "well peace be with you, sir, here comes my man", With a smile on his face. ... The reason for Romeo's peace here is that he feels he ...

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False love is the first evident important theme across Romeo and Juliet. ... Romeo forgets his love to Rosaline at the first moment he sees Juliet. ... By Shakespeare making Romeo poetic he presents the Prologue as a sonnet in order to point to the play's themes of love and the feud because sonnets were often used to address the subject of love in conflict. ... This was displayed when Romeo described Juliet as an "angel", which is interpreted by the audience as a symbol for innocence, kindness and beauty. ... This is a result of love at first sight which is also present when...

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The 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, provides viewers with the same theatrical influence as the original play. ... There are several scenes in which Luhrmann incorporates water as a means to show the innocence, love, and passion of Romeo and Juliet. ... For the leading roles in, "Romeo + Juliet," Luhrmann invited two young American entertainers, Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. ... It was as simple as that," ("Production Notes: Romeo and Juliet"). ... He speaks as if they really are his words and that's something you don't always get i...

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Conflict of Love Romeo and Juliet is a famous captivating story of love, lust, and hate. ... The characters of Tybalt and Romeo, are examples of how extreme excess emotions lead to deadly consequences. ... The origin of the brawl introduces the important theme of masculine honor. ... Romeo and Juliet does not make a specific moral statement about the relationships between love and society, religion, and family; rather, it portrays the chaos and passion of being in love, combining images of love, violence, death, religion, and family in an impressionistic...

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John, in response to Lenina, calls upon memories of Romeo and Juliet as well as other plays by Shakespeare. ... When being read Romeo and Juliet, Helmholtz could not help from laughing hysterically at the Juliet's plea to her mother to delay the marriage to Paris because of the death of Tybalt. ... Love, death, family, and passion are major themes in his plays, every one of these removed from the minds of the World State citizens. ... When grown in test tubes and bottles until "decanted-, then raised by various teachers in the Center London Hatchery and Conditioning Center, families come...

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Not only has he created such characters with strong charisma, but his themes- love, betrayal, esteem, bravery and political tragedy are yet still very much alive today. ... Nationally people are so fascinated with his work because Shakespeare has introduced a variety of historical themes in his play and they are relatable to England's social past with foreign countries. ... Shakespeare lived in a male-dominated world where women didn't have the same kind of respect the majority of our women do today and I feel like Shakespeare intended to show what life is like for women in society ...

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Just as West Side Story was derived from the classic Romeo and Juliet, Coppola's interpretation of Conrad's novel is not without distinction or differences. ... Through the use of an enigmatic and extreme focus, the character Kurtz, Apocalypse Now effectively reflected the major themes of Conrad's novel. ... The movie successfully imitates the themes of the book through the demoralization of man through the destruction of other cultures. ... The film Apocalypse Now emulated the truly horrendous and thought provoking themes of Conrad's Heart of Darkness. ... Francis Ford...

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Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young with older love, unrequited romantic love, obsessive love, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love/romance, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, and tragic love. ... Also the romance genre has a range of subgenres: Romantic Drama ( "Last Tango in Paris", "Water for Elephants",  "A Walk to Remember"), Chic Flick ( "Dirty Dancing", "Romeo+Juliet"), Romantic Comedies (" Love Actually", "Moonst...

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The formal elements identified above convey the tone of pathos toward Antigone and Haemon because Creon's ruling leads the innocent young couple to commit suicide without experiencing their strong dream to marry, thus conveying the universal theme of how one should value intimate relationships over civil law. ... The pathetic tone within the tragedy, Antigone, leads to the universal theme of how one should value intimate relationships over civil laws. ... The heartbreaking story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare illustrates this type of bond between a young couple and how anta...

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One of his most most respected and beloved plays, "Romeo and Juliet," has inspired scores of movies such as Baz Luhrmann's version starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. ... The themes he dealt with, although in accordance with a particular setting, were universal and easy to relate to irrespective of social class or position. ...

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Even if pupils use the same setting and style that Luhrmann uses for his 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet, when it comes to pupils considering their own adaptation they must be guided to justify their own decisions. ...

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