romeo and juliet compare and contrast
...aracters into the 20th Century by using subjects that affect the world today, gang warfare, drug use, the characters all carry guns rather than swords, and possibly even race is an issue. The Montagues are all white Americans, whereas the Capulets are all tanned, quite dark skinned by comparison, and have Latin American accents. Although there is never any mention of racism in the film, the underlying impression that it is there is given to us by the difference in race as it is with “A West Side Story”. The Zeffirelli movie had quite a slow start in contrast to fast and furious opening of Luhrmann’s version. Zeffirelli’s film opens in a busy market square. There is not a lot of film language used in this movie in comparison to the second movie. The location and setting and characters are very true to the description given in the original play script which leaves very little room for ...