The balcony scene in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film, Romeo and Juliet, is more successful than the balcony scene in Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film, Romeo + Juliet, in three main ways: the acting, the script, and the traditional setting. Zeffirelli was very clever with his casting of the innocent Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. These actors were naturally true to their characters, mainly because of their lack of experience. It's truly believable that they are legitimately in love and feel the pain and suffering that the two lovers went through. Their dialogue is delivered in a way that appears natural, in contrast to the forced efforts of Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1996 version.
Sohail 1 Ghania Sohail Mrs. Raun-Calhoun ENG2D1 November 8, 2011 *Romeo and Juliet Essay:* William’s Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story of two star-crossed lovers who cannot be together due to their feuding families. In the end, being apart was too much for them to bear and their lives were the consequence. This popular play has been re-done many times as a movie, including renditions by Franco Zeffirelli (1968) and Baz Luhrmann (1996). Both movies are quite loyal to the play’s original plot with many of the same events, deaths, people and tragedies. That is where the similarities between the two movies end because Zeffirelli created a very literal adaptation of the play whereas Luhrmann decided to do a modern 20th century version by having the story set-up in a present day environment.
This setting is used here as it is far more modern and adds a more present day perspective to the story. The language used in Romeo and Juliet is always spoken and very poetic, therefore sounding romantic and intense, whereas a lot of the dialogue in West Side Story is sung suggesting a far less serious relationship. For example, the famous balcony scene present in both stories is portrayed very differently. On screen, both versions of Romeo and Juliet as well as the West Side Story film use similar stage directions and the situation both couples are in is identical, but they both confess their undying love for each other in opposing ways. Romeo and Juliet make use of many metaphors to express their feelings showing a deep relationship whereas Maria and Tony sing to each other, which is arguably more romantic but less tense.
Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Love is Irrational Love is Irrational. In the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Love is an Irrational yet a gentle force and it always wins at the end, since the play ends with three marriages. When characters in the play fall in love, it is not determined by their rational awareness but by their irrational subconsciousness. The love presented in the play can be characterised by it act of collaboration between different characters. Romantic love is a lead in the play but as a secondary theme.
In any case, Pierrette is admired by the younger girls, Linda Lauzon, Lise Paquette and Ginette Menard because they assume that she is enjoying life. However Pierrette only pretends that she is a successful lady with independence and a man who truly loves her. Pierrette Guérin is trapped in her maudite vie plate. Pierrette’s choice to follow Johnny has made her a typical slave of patriarchy with more abominable consequences in contrast to the other women. When Pierrette chose to leave home for Johnny, she was deeply in love with him.
The performance of Jim Carrey was outstanding as the introverted withdrawn Joel; One of his best performances so far. Kate Winslet pulled it off beautifully, as always, as the impulsive, vibrant, and outgoing Clementine and her personality was emphasized by her constantly-changing bright hair color. But I think it’s a bit of a cliché for an introverted shy withdrawn guy to fall in love with an impulsive outgoing girl and for her to get him out of his bubble. The movie is a bit complicated and confusing when you see it for the first time because of the non-chronological (non-linear) order of the story but I think it serves the story very well. It emphasizes Joel’s state of mind and his confusion, struggling, and fear.
Indeed despite Hawthorne telling us to laugh at and ridicule the ugly Hepzibah, she displays a far greater sense of good and a much more complex character than Phoebe. In Chapter 9, we see a deep love of Hepzibah for her brother Clifford and a willingness to care for and show him devotion. However, when she tries to read his favorite stories he rebuffs her because of her looks and
Julia Prest ELMIRE AND THE EROTICS OE THE MENAGE A TROIS IN MOLIÈRE'S TARTUFFE A t first sight, the character of Elmire in Molière's Tartuffe appears to have much to commend her, and modern critics and theatergoers generally warm to her: she is attractive, stylish, independent, smart, resourceful, in many ways a modern woman.' Even older, more patriarchally inclined critics have generally been slow to condemn her,^ yet I would like to argue that rather than being a female exemplar who helps resolve the Tartuffe situation as is often stated, her function within the play is in many ways a disruptive one; she is a catalyst to the disintegration of the Orgon household and in practice contributes little toward the resolution of a plot that teeters on the brink of a
Zeffereli didn’t quite make the emotions of the characters believable to the audience; it was quite slow, boring and unclear. In Lurhman’s version, he really catches the intensity of Romeo and Juliet’s love, and how crazy their passion for each other is. First example could be the scene where they first meet at the Capulet party. When they meet, you can obviously see that they immediately fall in love, and already have troubles going separate ways. This is shown clearly in lurhmans version; he captures the depth of their immediate obsession.
Beatrice and Benedick are the mains characters in the play even though the play is based around Claudio and hero. Beatrice and Benedick are both extremely vibrant and although they are different in many ways, both in fact share similarities. They also seem to be the most modern characters of the play because neither of them to begin with like the idea of marriage. In the time of Shakespeare this would be an extremely unusual attitude, especially for a woman. Both demonstrate similar attitudes towards each other throughout the play, which fluctuates between love and hate.