Shakepeare Language In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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The movie Romeo + Juliet is based on the classic story of Romeo and Juliet. The movie is set in modern day Verona Beach, and uses shakespeare language in the modernized movie. Romeo + Juliet was overall a interesting story that of course retold Romeo and Juliet in a more modernized way, although some parts weren’t as appealing and included small irrelevant details in the movie. My rating on this movie a 3 out of 5 because in my perspective, I didn’t enjoy the way they made the movie. I relished the modernization of the movie but the characters speaking in a shakespearean language lost part of my attention.

Overall, I thought the movie could've been produced way better and so can the graphics but it was all comprehensible since the movie was filmed in 1996. Since I personally didn’t enjoy the movie, I
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In the movie, when Sampson (Jamie Kennedy) and Gregory (Zak Orth) started a fight with Tybalt (John Leguizamo), the characters called out to “draw their swords” Sampson, Gregory, and Tybalt pulls out guns that has the words swords engraved in the pistol. The brawl also took place at a gas station and a fire was set off at the end of the fight. In both the movie and the tragedy, there is a party scene where Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet (Claire Danes) first meet. They both take place in the Capulet's mansion where Tybalt wants to fight Romeo, Romeo & Juliet kiss, and where Romeo finds out Juliet is a Capulet. The differences in this scene was that in the tragedy, the party does not have costume party unlike the movie. When Romeo and Juliet meet in the movie, they looked at each other through a glass fish tank until the Nurse (Miriam Margolyes) pulls Juliet away. Tybalt also spots Romeo in the mansion and tries to tell Fulgencio Capulet (Paul Sorvino) that Romeo has crashed their party but Fulgencio just tells Tybalt to endure

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