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…, in one instance the Shakespearean text "Romeo and Juliet" was turned into a movie that used only the plot of the original text and used the settings of modern life and a modern script which allowed the audience to relate to more to the film. This is a perfect…

…About Nothing", and "The Two Gentlemen of Verona". "Romeo and Juliet" was his only tragedy written during this time. In 1599 a theatre called the Globe was built by Shakespeare's company. Some of his most prominent tragedies written and performed were "Hamlet…

…and song, and although education of such was scarce, they lived in communities that lived for the liberal arts. William Shakespeare emerged as a genius of this domain, turning out infamous works such as "Romeo & Juliet", "Macbeth" and "Much Ado About…

…for Tony, the founder of the Jets, at a local dance. West Side Story is the classic tragedy of Romeo & Juliet set in a modern setting. The setting is the Upper West Side of New York City in the late 1950s with conflict between rival street gangs rather…

…Appearence vs Reality Possibly the best piece of writing ever done by William Shakespeare, Hamlet, is a classic example of a tragedy. In all tragedies the hero suffers, and usually dies at the end. Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, Brutus…

…of life. Although “hero” may not be the right characterization for Holden, his four day journey is certainly tragic and therefore somewhat comparable to two other young lost teenagers-Romeo and Juliet. All three characters were mostly blind to the forces…

…it are also evident in his interactions with and comments about strangers. When he is talking about Romeo and Juliet to a nun who is an English teacher, Holden says, "I felt much sorrier when old Mercutio got killed than when Romeo and Juliet did" because…

…Daughter, later renamed Romeo and Juliet, was done at the Rose Theatre under the management of Mr.Henslowe, portrayed by Geoffrey Rush. Acting in this play was a man named Ned Alleyn, played by Ben Affleck, and his troupe of actors known as the Chamberlain’s…

…to fear, I chose to quote Romeo and Juliet. In act IV, scene III, Juliet describes all of the fears that environ her. Her fears included never seeing Romeo again and a fear of her own death. Up until this point everything was going fine. This was all before…

…wrote it for him to be the star. A comedy actor and another sharer of the Globe was Will Kemp who played as the servant Peter in Romeo & Juliet and maybe as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and as Falstaff in the Henry IV plays. In 1599 Robert Armin took…