What's the Difference between Romeo and Juliet the Book and Romeo + Juliet the Movie?
Romeo + Juliet Book vs Movie
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The Capulets and the Montagues are warring families in Italy. |
The two are family run corporations that are against each other. |
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Romeo goes to the Capulet crypt to find Juliet's body and encounters Paris there. Romeo kills him. |
Romeo doesn't encounter anyone at the crypt and Paris is not killed.
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Romeo kills Paris at the Capulet tomb. |
This does not happen. |
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in the book romeo cant sneak Into juliets home because she has sucurity |
romeo sneaks everyday at night time
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However, back in Shakespeare times the costuming he may have intended would have been Elizabethan style. |
Lurmann’s costumes are highly modernized. The opening scene finds the Montague boys wearing Hawaiian shirts and having unnaturally colored hair, while the Capulet’s have leather jackets and metal boots. |
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Romeo goes to Juliet's balcony after the masquerade ball. |
Both meet at Juliet's pool, and a guard almost finds Romeo.
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During the party the characters have regular costumes. |
During the party all the characters have costumes that represent their character traits. |
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juliet sees romeos body |
juliet tries to stop romeo but he dies anyways
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Samson dose not die in the brawl |
Samson dies in the brawl he was shot |
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Story was Verona italy |
Location is Verona New York not Florida
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The story takes place in Verona, Italy. |
The location is Verona Beach, Florida, in the United States. |
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The story takes place when it was written in the late 1500's. |
It is the 1990's.
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Fighting between the Montagues and the Capulets involves swords and fencing. |
They use hand guns. |
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This doesn't happen. |
Romeo takes Ecstasy before going to the party at the Capulet house.
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Romeo finds Juliet in the crypt and believing that she is dead, drinks poison and dies. Juliet wakes up after he has died. |
Juliet wakes up after Romeo has taken the poison but before he has died. They share a last kiss. |
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When Juliet finds Romeo dead she takes his dagger and commits suicide by stabbing herself in the chest. |
Juliet uses Romeo's handgun to shoot herself in the head.
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