Romeo and Juliet can be interpreted in many different ways, even though it follows the same script. Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet are similar in many ways, however they also differ significantly. Both films are based on Shakespeare’s play and have used the language in which Shakespeare originally wrote the play. However, in Baz Luhrmann’s version, some lines have been cut. Both films provide very different perspectives on Shakespeare's text because of the different eras in which they were set.
Unfortunately Shakespeare’s plays have been subject to change and scrutiny throughout the years. When the play was first being performed the representations were different than they are today as males played both parts of Romeo & Juliet. The plays representation was changed when women were finally allowed on stage after some changes to the culture and society. Even Hollywood filmmakers have done a remake of Romeo & Juliet in which the movie isn’t even set in old English times but rather in modern day. William Shakespeare’s play Romeo & Juliet has remained the same as its message transcends time, yet its representation has changed as English society has changed.
Have you ever watched a movie based on a book, but the movie was actually better? Movies that are based on books are commonly different from the original version. They have similarities but they also have multiple differences. “The Odyssey,” is an epic poem from Ancient Greece originally written by Homer and then translated by Robert Fitzgerald. This book was made into a movie by Andrey Konchalovskiy.
The interesting thing though that many people wouldn’t think, is that the themes in Shakespeare are, in fact quite common in our day to day lives. A large amount of teenagers would say the plays are too old and that the connection has been lost forever, especially through the complicated language, but this is not the case. It is quite the opposite! What do you see in Shakespeare’s plays? Jealousy, love, betrayal; are these themes not still apart of today’s society?
The Similarities between the Zefirelli and the Luhrman is the use of the Shakespearean language and the difference is their settings. While, the similarities between the Zefirelli and West Side Story is that they both follow the story of “Romeo and Juliet” although they are different in the setting and language that is used. West side Story and Lurman is similar in the setting they used, more modern, but different in how they have made the story and also the language used. So, these three movie versions of the “Romeo and Juliet” have differences and similarities between them. Franco Zeferelli made “Romeo and Juliet” very traditional that it really uses a balcony to show the balcony scene.
He doesn’t appear much in the beginning of the play, Oedipus Rex, but in the transition of the plays Creon starts to appear more and therefore acting different. In Oedipus Rex, Creon appears a few times, but during the few times he appears he begins to shape his ambitions that he will later develop and bring into the light exposing he’s real identity. The most important play that Creon appeared in the least and gave Sophocles’ audience the ability to analyze and understand what he was doing and later develop was here, Oedipus Rex. In Oedipus Rex, Creon embraces the qualities of being reasonable and portrays the different qualities he contains. He shows that even in the toughest times he can be calm unlike Oedipus the King who starts to rampage when he knows that he is the one to blame for Laios’ death and is hiding it from the citizens, his people.
The night before the wedding day, festivities in preparation for the wedding had taken place at a local whorehouse run by Maria Alejandrina Cervantes, where the narrator had partied with Santiago and the Vicario twins until the early morning. The Vicario twins had left and returned home to find that their sister had been quietly returned by Bayardo San Roman in disgrace, after he found that she was not a virgin as had been expected. When asked who was the man that deflowered her, Angela Vicario says that it was Santiago Nasar. Thus the twins, in the wake of their family's disgrace, began planning their murderous revenge. Once morning arrives, the twins set about town, repeatedly announcing their plans to
Hamlet’s Defect: A reinterpretation of the word “defect” in Hamlet The word “defect” appears only twice in Hamlet’s Shakespeare yet this is a word which has profound consequences on the interpretation of key elements in the play depending on the definition attributed. It is very possible Shakespeare incorporated such words to help add a sense of ambiguity when needed, yet it is also possible our current or common understanding of words such as “defect” give a false meaning which Shakespeare had not intended. If one takes “defect” to mean something essential that is lacked, then the scene where Hamlet tells Horatio about the things which cause people to “in the general censure take corruption,” (1.4.35) and the scene where Polonius ponders “the cause of [Hamlet’s] defect,” (2.2.102) ostensibly lead an audience to relate the scenes to the larger issue of ambition throughout the play. The two definitions of the word “defect” which are important in this paper are best described in the Oxford English Dictionary. The first definition given is a meaning conceived very close to the time when Shakespeare wrote Hamlet—1589.
Perfume. Although having a simple two syllable title, it is a rather intricate, entrancing and engrossing movement that is turned into both film and novel, that leaves the reader and watcher moved. Although the storyline of Perfume is the same in both movie and book there are many differences that are present and observed in both, some large, some small. These differences and similarities allow Perfume to capture an essence that is different in both book and film, major differences being listed below; these including: Omissions, Additions, Adaptions and Characterisations. Perfume has many emphasising changes within the plot, many oversights and omissions of scenes from the film as well as sections from the novel; some obvious and large, others small and minor.
THTR301 Essay for Final Exam 5/20/2015 Twelfth Night and its Double Plot Shakespeare’s play exemplifies love dilemmas by combining two inter-related plots that contradict and complement each other. The major plot involves the courtship and love dilemmas of Duke Orsino, Lady Olivia, and Viola. The subplot focuses on the merriments and hilarious interactions of Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, Maria, and Malvolio. In the first plot, Viola is involved in a shipwreck and believes that his twin brother is dead. In a conversation with the captain, she learns of the courtship between Orsino and Olivia.