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Nihilism in Baz Luhrmann's Updated Film Interpretation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Shakespeare's original tragedy with the contemporary interpretation Baz Luhrmann b...

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet and Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet Compared

has arranged for her so she can rejoin her husband and live in exile. Upon seeing what he believes to be the dead Juliet, Romeo s...

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and its Timelessness

In ten pages this paper examines the timelessness of this William Shakespeare tragedy as it is represented in Franco Zeffirelli an...

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet and Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing

sexual liberties but always remains faithful to the spirit of the original play" (Balingit PG). The setting is quickly establishe...

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet = Production Effectiveness

decision to transform a personal tale of forbidden love into a social commentary on increasing teen violence and decreasing morali...

Traditional Staging vs. Contemporary Cinematic Interpretations of William Shakespeare's Plays

inexperienced actors in the lead roles (Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). The play opens with the servants, Samson and Gregory,...

Shakespeare's Romeo and Julliet

This research paper contrasts traditional interpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Baz Luhmann's 1996 film. The write...

Compare and Contrast Two Versions of Romeo and Juliet

exact) and the censorship had begun to relax. Other firsts included showing the two lovers naked on their wedding night. What one...

A Film Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet

This research paper/essay offers a critique of Baz Luhmann's adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The writer discusses ho...

Juliet's Images in Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

the second quatrain and then the third, on her own (Downing 126). In so doing, she overturns the Petrarchan convention wherein th...

Contemporary Perspectives on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper examines the contemporary perspectives represented in the 1996 cinematic interpretation of William Shakes...

Annotated Bibliography of Literary Young Love

In seven pages this paper examines the literary interpretations of young love featured in The Hero and Leander by Christopher Marl...

Film Adaptations of Rome and Juliet/1968 and 1996

This research paper compares and contrasts the 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet directed by Frano Zeffirelli and the 1996 vers...

Orchestral, Opera, and Dance Versions of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

tragedy and more of an exploration of childhood, innocence and youthful passion. In the course of pursuing their relationship, and...

Romeo and Juliet, Take Two

titled William Shakespeares Romeo + Juliet (as if there were another author?) that starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Clair Daines in t...

Maturity in the Relatoinship of Romeo and Juliet

is established that she has not yet reached her fourteenth birthday. Yet, she is also shown to be a practical, level-headed girl. ...

Opening scenes in Romeo and Juliet

slightly surreal way, youthful innocence. Juliets bedroom, for instance, is full of images of the Virgin Mary: an interesting vari...

Romeo's Fatal Flaw in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper analyzes Romeo Montague's fatal personality flaw as depicted in the tragic play Romeo and Juliet by Willi...

Romeo's Character Development in William Shakespeare's Scene Changes in Romeo and Juliet

He and his cousin, are talking. Benvolio tried to stop the fight between the warring factions. He believed that to fight was ign...

Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge

Luhrmann, "In Moulin Rouge, our ultimate Red Curtain gesture, music and song is the device that releases us from a naturalistic wo...

Franco Zeffirelli's Cinematic Interpretation of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

the still city, which is bathed in ethereal morning light, the city is shrouded in fog. This is also symbolic, in that its white s...

Grease and Westside Story

Many Splendid Thing" which is very innocent and then the viewer is presented with the images of a young woman and young man on the...

Shakespeare in Cinema

as simplistic because it stars an action hero (Mad Max becomes Mad Hamlet) and cuts several scenes and all long speeches. Of cours...

West Side Story Choreography

This narrative consisting of twelve pages considers Jerome Robbin's innovative choreography in this landmark 1957 Broadway musical...

A Comparison of Juliet and Desdemona

This research report focuses on two female Shakespearean characters who are Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Desdemona in Othello. T...

Petrarchan Love in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

In three pages this paper discusses how Petrarchan love issues are expressed in Romeo and Juliet's structure and language. There ...

Deaths of Cleopatra and Juliet in William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and Romeo and Juliet

In eight pages the deaths of these female characters are contrasted and compared. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Parental Influence in the Love of Romeo and Juliet

A research paper that addresses the roles played by Romeo and Juliet's parents in the development of their love. The writer offers...

Romeo and Juliet and Fate in Elizabethan England

In 6 pages Elizabethan concepts of fate are examined within the context of The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and ...

Romantic Love in the Plays of William Shakespeare

seemed to tap into the humans attraction to romantic love as an experience. There is little more powerful, and interestingly, Shak...