Romeo And Juliet With Zeffirelli

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Romeo And Juliet With Zeffirelli

William Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet interpreted by Zeffirelli are two
versions of a classic tale of two young lovers. In reading Shakespeare’s Romeo
and Juliet and viewing Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet one becomes aware of many
differences between them. Although the basic storyline remains the same, the
differences are obvious. These differences can be found in the setting,
characters and their speeches, and the culmination of the story. These
differences between the versions produce two entirely different interpretations
of the story. Zeffirelli changed the story by changing important scene by use of
omitting characters or switching the order of the events. For example in Act V,
when the Prince gave his final speech, Friar Laurence was supposed to be present
to give his own confession, but was left out by Zeffirelli’s version. This
left the explanation of why the lover’s were truly dead for the watchers to
question. Shakespeare had Montague raise a statue in Juliet’s honor,
signifying the end of their feud. Zeffirelli, on the other hand, chose only to
show the two lords together making for a weaker end. The omission of characters
from important scene was not the only change noted between the two. Zeffirelli
also took poetic license in the creation of Romeo and Juliet. He gave his lines
to characters when in Shakespeare they were spoken by another. This was shown
during the party scene, Act I, scene V when Lord Capulet was to rebuke Tybalt
and call him“.......saucy boy.........” The line was instead given to Lady
Capulet. This exchange of lines between the characters does not always help in
the understanding of the story. The use of adding lines to characters created
different personalities and gave the chara...

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