Similarities Between Gnomeo And Juliet

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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.
In these stories there are similarities between the characters, but there are a lot more differences between them. First off, in Romeo and Juliet there are eleven main characters and on the other hand, in Gnomeo and Juliet there are eight main characters. Furthermore, most of the characters in the spin off are gnomes or animals and have different names that are close to the original one in Romeo and Juliet, such as Benny and …show more content…

First, we learned that in Gnomeo and Juliet, most of the characters are gnomes, there is no Mercutio, the Nurse is a frog, and Lady Capulet and Montague have died before the story starts. Also in both stories Tybalt is an antagonist and Friar Lawrence gives Romeo/Gnomeo and Juliet advice on their love and how they can be together. Secondly, we learned that Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona, Italy in the 1600s and Gnomeo and Juliet takes place in modern day Britain. In both stories Romeo/Gnomeo talks to Juliet on the balcony. Lastly, we learned that Romeo and Juliet starts the story with a fight and Gnomeo and Juliet starts with a lawn mower race. Additionally, in both stories it ends with the feud being over, but in Romeo and Juliet they kill themselves and in Gnomeo and Juliet they are almost killed by the Terafirminator. So would you’ve wanted to be a part of either of these

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