Romeo and Juliet

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How is Juliet portrayed?

Costuming - White, celetial imagery

Props - Statues of Greek gods and angels

Camera Angles - Low angle shots used to represent Romeo's worshipping of her (she is heavenly)

How is Romeo portrayed?

Costuming - Clumbsy, knight in shinning armour image is ill fitting

Camera Angles - high angle shots

Slapstick Humour - He is immature and not worthy of Juliet (text + film similarity)

General Portrayal?

Water Motif - Cleansing of the past, starting new relationship (reccuring motif) (baptism)

Light Imagery=Juliet

Dark Imagery=Romeo (Light/Dark Imagery is in both film and Shakespeare)

Music - Starts when they kiss in the pool

Focus on love and healing of the two families

The Play

Q1. When are we given a warning about this scene? Provide a quote to support this.

The audience is given a warning about this scene in the prologue, where the chorus creates a foreboding atmosphere, “Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean”.

Q2. How is dramatic irony utilised in this scene?

Dramatic irony is utilized in this scene, as the characters do not know that the tense relationship between the two families will cause an inevitable distress between the two protagonists. As Romeo has exchanged vowels with Juliet, he expresses to Benvolio that “the reason that I have love thee, Doth much excuse the appertaining rage”. The audience has the knowledge that Romeo has exchanged vowels, however Benvolio does not.

Q3. Explain how and why Shakespeare has utilised puns in this scene.

In the fight scene Shakespeare has utilised puns in the scene through the misunderstandings and differing points of view between the characters. In one part of the scene he states '[Tybalt] Mercutio, thou consortest with Romeo. [Mercutio] Consort? What, dost make us minstrels?' Shaespeare uses these puns to highlight the wit that Mercrutio posseses.

Q4. What is the significence of the repetition of 'A plague on both your houses?'

'A plague on both your houses' is repeated by Mercrutio whilst he dies from a quarrel with Tybalt becoming 'worms' meat'. Mercrutio was neither a Capulet or Montague and so the curse was placed on their houses by Mercrutio, representing the rest of society's and their opions on the feud. The people of Verona had realised that the feud between the two families was petty and insignifcent and should have ended by now. This is significent because it is fulfilling the prophecy identified in the prologue whilst showing the hatred the feud between the families is causing in Verona as 'civil blood makes civil hands unclean.'

Splicing is used to highligh the differences in Friar Laurences Soliloquy

Forboding due to weather

Benvolio, 'If we meet we shall not escape a brawl' + He is nervous or concerned

Mercutio equals casual look, capulets=black and serious

Cross on guns (symbol of death+natural order) + Antithetical

Western style music

Close up of faces creates tention and shows standoff

Energetic music

Juxtoposition of causing a fight then saying 'peace be with you'

Juxtoposition of cross on the gun, symbolising death and love/life

Key theme = hatred

Look of confusion as tone changes+music change

Intertextuality with the quotes and music

standing above everyone else

When he says a plague on both your houses he looks up to heaven, plague = misfortune

Storm=gods angry

Wide shot

Dramatic music/choir played when Mercutio dies

Everyone ducks for cover/everyone is hidinding+watching

Splicing of Juliet's monologue from scene 2 surrounded by light imagering

She ponders how Romeo is good + heavenly motif

Friar Lawrences missal= important

Celestial imagery from Juliet to describe Romeo

Challening tybalt to kill him

Water motif symbolising the afterlife

Romeo says 'I am fortune's fool' (destiny)

Camera shots both high and low

How does Baz Luhmann portrayed the key themes represented in Shakespeare's play?

th Juxtoposition of death and celestial imagery

Shirne is to worship and

Tension is wholly based on dramatic irony

"As with a kiss i die"

Looks to the gods to defy them, userping her role in the natural order by taking her life

Image of death

Death was their destiny

Innocence of Juliet/nievity of Romeo and that is what makes it a tradgedy

The frud caused them to do this

Montage of flashbacks tracking their destiny

Water motif is the final motif

Tell the story of this scene in the film and how this is portrayed in Luhrmann's film. (go through the story from the moment Romeo deosn't get the letter and show how this is

Balcony Scene: Film Notes

The Fight Scene (Act 3, Scene 1): Play

The Fight Scene: Film

The Fight Scene: Film Questions

Death Scene: Film Notes