Zeffereli's adaptation, in my eyes, is extremely conservative, in other words, very Shakespearean like. ... Using your imagination is an important element in making Shakespeare's words come to life, in fact, in anything that you read. ... The dialogue in this first scene between the servants is very well known to those familiar with the words of Romeo and Juliet, Abram says to Sampson, "Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?"... How conservative is Luhrman's production of Romeo and Juliet, you may ask, in contrast to Zeffereli's? ... If you think abou...

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Carton is so disillusioned with his own life, that he can't even like his client [who looks like him], "Do you particularly like the man?" He muttered, at his own image; "why should you particularly like a man who resembles you? There is nothing in you to like- (Dickens 103). ... Shakespeare has Friar Lawrence state [about Romeo's multiple infatuations], "Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes" (1.3.67-68). ... He is thoroughly changed from his introductory state of slovenly, cynical drunk, to a man willing to sacrifice his own life for the wo...

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Do you believe in fate? To answer that question, you must first have a correct idea of what fate is. ... Even if their lives were ended by it, like Romeo says in Act II, scene ii, "And, But thou love me, let them find me here. ... They couldn't contradict it, how would you? ... You can't. ...

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Shakespeare deliberately does not begin the play by talking about Romeo and Juliet. ... Shakespeare uses dramatic irony here, because the audience is aware that Romeo and Juliet will end up dying at the end of the play, thus ending the feud. ... Hindley treats Heathcliff like a servant, but luckily Mr. ... Heathcliff follows the traditional "like father like son" concept and completely abuses Hareton. ... If it passed to me from you tomorrowI would abandon it"(108). ...

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His Romeo and Juliet released in 1996 is a unique adaptation of one of William Shakespeare's finest plays. ... The film really brings light to how fantastic Shakespeare's plays are and many would agree that it does him justice. ... Tybalt's wearing of black makes him look like the angel of death, and he is. ... Romeo and Juliet are both very plain at their wedding to show that this is true love and you don't have to dress it up. ... In the film bands like Garbage, The Cardigans, and Radiohead update the text and make it more like the original. ...

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Shakespeare shows the different maturity level between the two characters in the play Romeo and Juliet. ... Stand, and you be a man. ... Why should you fall into so deep an O"? ... The characteristics Juliet posses are very advanced and mature, yet the characteristics Romeo posses are fickle and child-like. ...

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