William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is a timeless classic that has been adapted and reimagined countless times in various forms of literature and theater. Among these adaptations is "Gnomeo and Juliet," an animated film released in 2011. In this essay, we will be examining the similarities and differences between Romeo and Juliet from Gnomeo and Juliet. It is clear that Gnomeo and Juliet moved the movie to a comedy from a tragedy, that they changed the characters in the movie, and that the ending is different in both plots. The first difference is the change from a tragic love story to a comedic love story. In William Shakespeare's play, the mood was more sad and depressing because Juliet and Romeo were getting separated, they ended up …show more content…
Juliet faked her death because Romeo was exiled and she was forced to marry another man. Instead of finding another way to leave and be with Romeo, she fakes her death, which resulted in Romeo’s death. Benvolio in this story was a peacemaker and tried not to fight but wanted peace, he only fought when it was necessary. In Gnomeo and Juliet, the characters are more rebellious and do what they think is right. They left their areas to go meet each other and spend time with each other. Juliet in this movie is much more rebellious than Romeo. After her father told her not to leave her castle, she still left to go retrieve the flower which created her encounter with Gnomeo, which resulted in them rebelling to see each other. Nonetheless, both stories are very different from each other when it comes to the plot of each story, a children's movie is obviously going to be more of a comedy movie than a tragedy. Another difference is that they change their characters in the movie from the play. In "Romeo and Juliet," the characters are portrayed as impulsive and passionate teenagers, taken by intense emotions and societal …show more content…
While in "Gnomeo and Juliet" reimagines the characters as garden gnomes with distinctive personalities and quirks. Gnomeo and Juliet retain their star-crossed lover status, but their interactions are infused with humor and rebellion. The cast includes colorful characters like Benny, a plastic flamingo, and Tybalt. These are menacing lawn ornaments, which provide comic relief and contribute to the film's playful tone. The movie also ages up Gnomeo and Juliet in the movie to add to the tone. They are considered more young adults than teenagers like the play. To add context to this claim, Gnomeo has a beard in the movie, suggesting that he is older than a teenager. This adds more depth to the characters in the movie. The last difference is that they have different endings. In Shakespeare's play, the ending is when Romeo kills himself to be with Juliet after he thinks that she died, then when Juliet wakes up from her sleep to see Romeo dead, she also kills herself. In the movie, Gnomeo and Juliet don't kill themselves, but Benny almost kills
Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564. He lived in Stratford-Upon-Avon from 1564 to 1616. He lived and worked in London from 1585 and 1592, he also opened The Globe Theatre in 1599 and the first place that he showed his own plays. He was considered radical as he brought about a new way of performance in theatres all over London.
Can you imagine meeting someone, falling in love with them immediately, and getting married to them all in a little over three days?! Well that’s exactly what happens in Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, and Gnomeo and Juliet written by Kelly Asbury, Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Rob Sprackling, Steve Hamilton Shaw, and John R. Smith. In these two stories there are big and small similarities, and differences between the characters, setting, and plot events.
Romeo and Juliet is a play about two lovers who have to risk their lives in order to demonstrate their love and will to stay together, regardless the feud between their families. By the end, the death of Romeo and Juliet finally bring the reconciliation to these two families. It is fate that the two most shall-not meet people fall in love and it love that eventually won against hatred. Since then, there have been many different versions of Romeo and Juliet, whether it was for film, stage, musicals. These different recontextualised adaptions change the original play by many ways, some modernise the language, environment, props as well as changing the original characteristics of some characters. Out of all the different adaptions of Romeo and Juliet, two stood out the most. One was the Romeo and Juliet (1996) and directed by Baz Luhrmann and the other one was Romeo and Juliet Broadway (2013) play version,
The movie then continues with the camera focussed on two towers labelled ‘Montague’ and ‘Capulet’ throwing shade at the audience. Romeo had unrequited love for Rosaline, who is mentioned, but doesn’t appear in the movie or the original script. But those feelings are dead the second he sees Juliet. Although the young make some pretty irresponsible decisions, the movie deviates from the stereotype that the young are stupid, and the old are wise. For instance, THE ENTIRE FOUNDATION OF THE STORY – the feud between two families.
In reality, there are a lot of remakes of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, but none of them are quite like Kelly Asbury’s Gnomeo and Juliet. The name itself is pretty bizarre. Gnomeo and Juliet takes the audience on a rollercoaster of different emotions: hatred, hope, happiness, pity, and even anger. Gnomeo and Juliet is very different from the original, but somehow they are still very similar in character’s traits, the fight between the families, and the theme areas.
“For never was a story more woe than that of Juliet and her Romeo.” “The fearful passage of their death mark’d love” has endured in the minds of the audiences for more than a century. This essay will compare the two productions of Romeo and Juliet: William Shakespeare’s Elizabethan production and Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film production. The endurance of the story of Romeo and Juliet comes from Shakespeare’s prestige and the popularity is maintained by countless versions of Romeo and Juliet including Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of the movie. Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation has shone light on Romeo and Juliet for different types of audiences by utilising the universal appeal of themes, language and context.
‘The difference between Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet (1968) and Baz Luhrmann’s version of Romeo & Juliet (1996) is simply a modernisation created by Luhrmann to attract a teenage audience.’
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a tragic love story about two young lovers who are forced to be estranged as a result of their feuding families. The play is about their struggle to contravene fate and create a future together. As such, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood would try and emulate Shakespeare’s masterpiece. This had been done before in many films. Prominent among them were, Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 “Romeo and Juliet” and Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 “William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.” Both films stay true to the themes of Shakespeare’s original play. However, the modernised Luhrmann film not only maintains the essence of Shakespeare’s writings, Luhrmann makes it relevant to a teenage audience. This is done through the renewal of props and costumes, the reconstruction of the prologue and the upgrading of the setting, whilst preserving the original Shakespearean language. Out of the two, it is Luhrmann who targets Romeo & Juliet to a younger audience to a much larger extent than Zeffirelli.
The similarities and differences of the play and the movie affect the ending in many
The movie Gnomeo and Juliet (directed by Kelly Asbury) is based on the story of Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare. It tells the tale of a boy and a girl from warring families who meet and fall in love. In both stories, Romeo and Juliet come from two different families with extreme hatred towards one another, both characters fall in love with each other at first sight, and both characters sneak around to see each other.
One of the most celebrated plays in history, “Romeo and Juliet”, was written by William Shakespeare in the late 16th century. It is a story about two lovers that have to meet in secret because of an ongoing family feud. Tragically, because of their forbidden love Romeo and Juliet take their lives so they can be together. In 1997, a movie was adapted from the play “Romeo and Juliet”, directed by Baz Lurhmann. However, as alike as the movie and the play are, they are also relatively different.
The star-crossed lovers archetype refers to when two lovers are unable to join together due to some reason or conflict, and this style of story has been presented in a variety of different ways throughout history such as novels, poems, and movies. The creator and most famous writer of the star-crosse lover archetype, William Shakespeare, wrote the Shakespearean play known as Romeo and Juliet in the sixteenth century which is still widely known today as a masterpiece. Inspired by Shakespeare’s play, Disney composed their own modern telling of the story in the year of 2011 titled Gnomeo and Juliet, which follows a similar plot and addresses the same archetype. Both the play and the movie share many parallels and differences between each other
Countless people all around the world are familiar with the idea of the famously tragic tale of two star-crossed lovers in William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet. Their heart wrenching love story has been an inspiration for many literature pieces throughout various genres and later cinematic works of art. The young couple was not only memorable for their passionate, devoted love, but also the tragic events that ultimately lead to their death. One aspect of the play that has a strong impact on the audience is Shakespeare’s use of charismatic and compelling language seen throughout the play. The unique personality traits used to describe Romeo and Juliet allows many to relate to the young lovers. Shakespeare’s use of descriptive language, allows the audience to understand the societal expectations, beliefs, and values set out for the men and women of Verona, Italy. Romeo’s character, however, can be been seen defying these expectations and also
Romeo and Juliet is a play about two adolescents—Romeo and Juliet from two hostile families fall in love with each other. This prohibited love ultimately turns into a romantic tragedy, in which they commit suicide for each other. Both Franco Zeffirelli’s (1968) and Baz Lurhmann’s (1996) versions retained the dialogues written by William Shakespeare in their movies. However, these two movies are directed in their own unique ways, which have several distinctive differences.
The movie adds a musical twist to the original Romeo and Juliet, which gives the story a lighter look than the original. Instead of bloody fights, the movie puts in dance and singing scenes. The characters are also different because some of them are in relationships, while others even completely change their roles. For example, Bernardo is Maria’s brother in the story, while in the original play Tybalt plays her cousin. The nurse is also not in a relationship with anyone, while Anita is in a relationship with Bernardo and that fact drastically changes the storyline.