Comparing Zeffirelli's Romeo And Juliet

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William Shakespeare composed the original play Romeo and Juliet to convey to the audience his idea of love and conflict between two families. In contrast, Zeffirelli and Luhrmann recreated the play in film versions with the techniques of setting and symbolism to outline their perspectives of the passionate love and unnecessary conflict that was used in the original play. Zeffirelli directed the 1968 film version and in his film, he outlines his interpretation of the passionate love and unnecessary conflict between the two families in the traditional setting of Verona. Meanwhile, Luhrmann directed the 1996 film version to outline his perspective of passionate love and unnecessary conflict between the Capulets and the Montagues in the setting …show more content…
Specifically, Zeffirelli and Luhrmann are composers who applied setting to define Romeo and Juliet’s passionate love and unnecessary conflict. In Zeffirelli’s film version, he used setting to visually place the first fight scene in the markets/town to show the unnecessary conflict between the Capulets and Montagues by using an innocent central town to show how powerful their hatred is for one another. This makes the audience think their hatred is so powerful, they can use the most innocent settings to fight and show their conflict through sword fighting. In contrast, Luhrmann has used setting in the marriage scene to show the passionate love behind the unnecessary conflict between the Capulets and the Montagues by showing the calmness of the church and how without the family’s feud, there is love and peace between Romeo and Juliet. This makes the audience think Romeo and Juliet are going to bring peace to their family’s feud as the setting is formal, symbolises peace and shows their undying, passionate love for one another. Through each composer’s choice, the technique setting has made the audience understand what the composers are trying to outline by utilising setting to give a concept and an image behind their perspectives of Romeo and Juliet’s passionate love and unnecessary

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