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English coursework: Explain what you think Shakespeare hoped to achieve with the prologue and first scene of 'Romeo & Juliet'. To what extent do you believe that the two film versions fulfil his intentions?
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Laura Deighton English coursework: Explain what you think Shakespeare hoped to achieve with the prologue and first scene of 'Romeo & Juliet'. To what extent do you believe that the two film versions fulfil his intentions? This essay will feature how different directors put the original text of 'Romeo & Juliet' into films using their own interpretations. In the prologue Shakespeare has given an insight into the play similar to a blurb on a book or a film trailer. The prologue sets the scene, " In fair Verona (where we lay our scene)," making the play more believable, as in Shakespeare's time scenery would have been minimal. In Elizabethan theatre the prologue would have been there to catch the audience and tell them that the play was about to begin, as well as including general information, " two hours traffic of our stage," like how long the play would last. In order to...
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