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Comparison of Franco Zefferelli’s Romeo and Juliet to The adaptation by Baz Luhrmann
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Comparison of Franco Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet to The adaptation by Baz Luhrmann This essay aims to discus the similarities and differences of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, directed by Franco Zefferelli and Baz Luhrmann. In this essay there will be an outline of the story, a comparison of the techniques used in each film and the affect these techniques have on the viewer. In Fair Verona two families have been feuding for generations, the Capulets and the Montagues. The Capulets have an astonishing daughter, approaching marriage age, named Juliet. She is to be wed to the best suitor. The Montagues have a son called Romeo. When Romeo and his friends attend the Capulets party, uninvited, Romeo and Juliet meet by accident and immediately fall in love. Tibolt discovers the intruders and murders Mucusio, in retaliation Romeo stabs Tibolt and is banished from Verona. Romeo hears that Juliet is to be married to...
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