Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper is a recreation of Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet, the star-crossed lovers. The novel takes place in Cincinnati, Ohio during the winter. Julio Montague moved from Corpus Christi, Texas to get away from the gang violence in his neighborhood and school. Julio hates everything about Cincinnati until he meets Romiette Cappelle. Romiette and Julio become extremely close friends after meeting through an internet group chat.
Romiette Cappelle is a sixteen-year-old African-American girl. She has been having the same nightmares for weeks. In the dream Romi is drowning, the water burns and she hears a male voice coaxing her. Romiette loves to read, run, and work with her mother. Julio Montague is a sixteen-year-old Mexican American who loves to swim and play the harp. Romi and Julio friendship begins when they discover they attend the same high school. They have a few things in common, such as the love for mandolins, music, and family. Their friendship starts to blossom into more, but the devil dogs, a gang at their high school doesn’t want them together. The gang threatens and continues to bother Romi and Julio. With the help of Destiny and Ben, their best friends,
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Throughout the book, they are being brought together. For example, Julio appears in Romi’s dreams and by chance, they live in the same city. It’s like they were being pulled together. Although there were outside forces trying to keep them apart they stuck together. The readers see this when the gang harassed them, but continued to see each other.
If you're a fan of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but didn't like the ending of the book I would definitely recommend this book. Overall the story was good and realistic. Another reason why I would recommend this book because it’s modern time. In closing, the reader will be more likely to relate to the book because of the time
The acts of the characters in the play results in conflict, betrayal, and death. I feel if Romeo and Juliet told their parents about how deeply they love one another it might have worked out. Also, if the two families would get over their silly fight and talk it out, no one would have lost their lives. If everyone thought about each other instead of themselves the turnout would be much
How can two different people be so much alike? How can one man who lives in a poor environment and neighborhood have so much in common with a man that lives in a rich neighborhood? But, in S.E. Hintons novel The Outsiders, these two characters do indeed exist. Dally Winston and Johnny Cade are very similar because they each have abusive and neglectful parents and they both care about each other. Besides the similarities, Dally and Johnny have much different advice for they friend Ponyboy Curtis and they each die with a different story, Johnny dying a hero and Dally dying a hoodlum. In addition to Dally Winston and Johnny Cade having huge differences they also have some important similarities that
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy- but it did not have to be. Romeo and Juliet is the tragic story of two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who are the son and daughter of two feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Written by the famed playwright Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet takes place in the 14-15 century in the cities of Verona and Mantua, cities in northern Italy. After a series of events that involves Romeo getting banished from Verona and Juliet getting forced to marry a count, Paris, they kill themselves. It has been argued for centuries about who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
I prefer Zefferelli's interpretation rather than Shakespeare's as it contains more space to run about and there is more action. Shakespeare's play was limited to a theatre stage; Zefferelli's film moves through Verona's streets. In conclusion, the deaths the two of the main characters have a great impact on the rest of the story. Romeo is banished and Juliet's parents decide that her wedding with Paris should be arranged as soon as possible. This makes the play more effective and dramatic.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, takes place in Verona, Italy where two star-crossed lovers from rival families meet and fall in love. The protagonists, Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague have to keep their love a secret as their families are sworn enemies which leads to a series of tragic events. Friar Lawrence acts as a mentor for Romeo and Juliet and strongly influences their decisions as they try and make their relationship succeed despite the tension between their families. In Romeo and Juliet, the mentors are often portrayed as helpful and loyal; however, the actions of the mentors lead to the tragic death of the two lovers, this can be seen when Friar Lawrence approves of their marriage, when he secretly marries them, and when
Romeo and Juliet - Movie vs. Book & nbsp; Often times people say that William Shakespeare was and still is a legend. They are correct. It is amazing how Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet was written. centuries ago can be better than Franco Zefferelli's movie production of Romeo. and Juliet, which had much better technology to work with only decades ago. Although the movie appeared better, it left out some major parts. The play had better mood and plot details which made it much more dramatic and by far a better presentation of the. & nbsp; One major difference between the play and the movie occurs in mood. An example of this is the marriage scene. In the marriage scene of the play, Romeo and Juliet is very serious. The reader can tell this by the way the two speak. Romeo says that the Holy Words the Friar speaks can make something without an equal (Act II, Scene 6, Line 4).
In 1596, William Shakespeare published the tragic tale of two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. The origins of this story are uncertain but Shakespeare’s chief source for his adoption of the story was from “…The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, a poem by Arthur Brooke (1562). He also knew the story from Palace of Pleasure, by William Painter, which appeared in several editions prior to 1580.”(Boyce 563) Shakespeare’s classic tale is about “two young lovers caught in the crossfire of a senseless family feud.”(Shakespeare 3) This feud between the two families ultimately is the cause of the two lovers untimely demise. In 1996, Baz Luhrmann produced a modern film of the classic tragedy entitled William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. Adding familiar images and common ideas, Luhrmann brought the classic story to modern times. Though Romeo + Juliet has many differences from the original version from Shakespeare, it supports the original characters, themes, dialogue, and key issues of the classic tale of the star-crossed lovers.
As a testament to religion and a celebration of life, Romeo And Juliet will always ring true. Perhaps it's time that scholars reevaluated their estimation of the book. Though famous for portrayals of pathos in other works, Shakespeare will always be loved for his triumphant employment of dystopic future-vision in this book. All thanks to a person I like to call William Shakespeare.
...ended. While Zeferelli’s version held true to the way the play has been written, only to take liberties with some of the dialogue, Luhrmann set the play in modern times. With his updated version Luhrmann was able to bring Romeo and Juliet to an entirely new, and younger audience. He directed the film so that today’s teenagers could relate to it. While the language may have confused some of today’s teenagers the majority understood the story. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a timeless, and romantic story that everyone at some point can relate to. This is not a fairytale it doesn’t have a happy ending, but it is a love story. Romeo and Juliet is a play that can be updated time and time again without ever loosing its original luster, and brilliance. I can only hope that when my children are teenagers another inspired director will bring this love story to life again.
Throughout Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare the story is often considered a tragedy. However the story is also considered the greatest love tale of all time. Love is viewed as a positive thing, so there must be a reason why the story connects to humans who have a good and bad side. Also that there might possibly be several positive themes displayed in the passage. There are three major positive messages about the human spirit provided in the tale, one is hope, the second is love and the third is endurance.
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a coming-of-age story about two teens from rival families that meet at a feast that the Capulets’ (Juliet’s family) are hosting. When they first meet, it’s like
Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet is a film that converts Shakespeare’s famous play into a present-day setting. The film transforms the original texts into modern notions, whilst still employing Shakespearean language. Compared to Franco Zeffirelli’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, Luhrmann’s picture is easier for a teenage audience to understand and relate to because of his modernisations. Despite the passing of four centuries Shakespeare’s themes of love, hate, violence, family and mortality remain the same regardless of the setting.
Romeo and Juliet, one of the most famous and acclaimed plays of William Shakespeare, recounts the romance of a couple whose lives destiny would at the end head towards tragedy. This play takes place in Verona in the late 1500’s. The play deals mostly with the fact that Romeo couldn’t be with Juliet since their families were such big rivals. However, though all of their family hated each other so much, Romeo and Juliet had never met before.
Overall it makes sense and is understandable why Romeo and Juliet is different than today. One of the biggest differences was getting married. The meaning behind marriage, preparation, and wedding ceremonies all differ from what they used to be. In a hundred years marriage will still probably change in some way. One thing to remember and learn from is that you should always love the person you marry unconditionally and not just for their
Although Luhrmann’s loyalty to the original story may be questioned, his film has proven to be entertaining and successful. The film has outpaced the other adaptations of Romeo and Juliet and other Shakespearean plays as can be seen from the approximately 30 million dollars that it made through tickets and box office sales. Just as there are avid followers of the original tale by Shakespeare, Luhrmann’s version has a big fan base which, since its release 1996, has seen the film reach cult status and it can be said that Luhrmann has modernized Romeo and Juliet just as it can be said that he has ruined a brilliant masterpiece that was fine the way it was.