Analyzes the applicability of the theme to young people in modern times and the lessons to be learned. No additional sources cited. A 5 page paper comparing of William Shakespeare's original play Romeo and Juliet with the 1996 version directed and produced by Baz Luhrmann. This paper compares the film and the play to determine whether the film reflects an updated version of Shakespeare's original theme, or something else altogether. It concludes that Baz Luhrmann's world view is nihilistic, pessimistic and depressing, completely foreign to anything Shakespeare intended.
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This 5 page paper considers the genre of romantic tragedy, looking closely at the 1996 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. This paper considers how the new version of this classic relates to the genre, and evaluates the iconography of the genre, the deviation in the film, and how the film fits into the postmodern text. As an extension of this evaluation, this paper also considers the correlation between the genre and the audience and the genre and the film. Bibliography lists 2 sources. Several quotes are used to support points.