Zeffirelli's version of Romeo and Juliet is traditional in language, scenery, and music. ... 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. ... Zeffirelli uses language, scenery, music, and characters to tell the story of Romeo and Juliet. ...

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This scene is also the scene in which Romeo first meet Juliet. ... This shows how Juliet stand out to Romeo. ... The forth event happened after Romeo spots Juliet. ... Romeo persuades Juliet to kiss him using religious language such as 'sin'. ... He uses religious language to try and persuade Juliet, so she doesn't think it's a sin to kiss him. ...

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This is how "Romeo and Juliet" - a dramatic exploration of love and death - begins. ... In this instance, the opening scene of Romeo and Juliet does both. ... This is reflected in his language - "It is the east and Juliet is the sun." ... It could be argued that this love is false and that Romeo is more in love with the idea of love than with Rosaline and thus, bears no resemblance to the overwhelming passion experienced by Romeo and Juliet later, but I believe it at least eases the audience into the theme. ... The opening scene of Romeo and Juliet effectively prepares the audience for the...

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Romeo and Juliet is still popular today because of its immense death toll, timeless characters, and colorful language. ... Romeo and Juliet fulfills that need completely. ... Shakespeare uses very colorful language when writing Romeo and Juliet. ... Even without Leonardo, Romeo and Juliet is an unforgettable play. As you can see Romeo and Juliet is still popular today because of its immense death toll, timeless characters, and colorful language. ...

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Irony In Act Three of ROMEO AND JULIET Throughout Romeo and Juliet there is a great deal of irony. ... Dramatic irony is an example of figurative language where we, the readers, know something that a character does not. ... Another one of Romeo and Juliet's Ironies is Romeos reaction to his banishment. ... Juliet plays along, pretending to hate the villain Romeo. ... In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet there are many examples of irony, and they all add to the plot of the story in their own way. ...

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The production that I selected to critically review is Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Luhrmann's version of forbidden love and the eventual suicide deaths of young Juliet and Romeo is translated with a unique integration of modern setting and language without losing the original texture and meaning of Shakespeare's work. 1996's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet is evidently intended for a younger demographic of viewers, partially due to quick paced and choppy editing, modern cultural allusions, as well as star power consisting of a cast ...

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I believe there are many advantages of watching the movie of Romeo and Juliet over interpreting the book. Body language and voice tones are a major factor in determining a character's traits. ... Reading an unfamiliar language can be monotonous and meaningless. ... Although a challenging book improves your language skills, the movie of Romeo and Juliet familiarizes you with the characters. ... Although I had pretty closely interpreted Romeos character, Juliet acted extremely different than I had pictured before watching the movie. ...

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Despite his impracticality, the ladies adore him because of his romantic language. Navety, impracticality, and romance are Romeo Montegue traits in "Romeo and Juliet-. ... Romeo's navety leads to the climax of the story, without Romeo's navety there would be no "Romeo and Juliet-. ... Its Romeo's navety that made Romeo and Juliet fall in love, which created "Romeo and Juliet-. ... Although his language is very charming, it often tends to be exaggerated. ...

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