The Tragedy of Romeo and JulietBy: William Shakespeare

Slide show by: Natasha Cutright

Background of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died 1616. Shakespeare lived in England, but he placed Romeo and Juliet in Verona, Italy. Shakespeare got his inspiration of dealing with theatrical arts when he traveled for a bit with The Elizabethan theatrical production troup. William Shakespeare was with theatrical arts when the plague came around. During the plague effect many theatres were shut down. So Shakespeare was then inspired to write some plays of his own with his patron Henry Wriothesly. “http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare”

Romeo and Juliet in art

This is a scene that someone has oiled on to canvas when Romeo has climbed up to Juliet and they kiss. This image was done by Dicksee, Sir Frank Francis Bernard. “http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.allartclassic.com/”

Romeo and Juliet in filmThis is a

picture from the movie Romeo and Juliet year 1996. This is the scene when Romeo and Juliet get in an elevator so that they can kiss. “http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://”

Modern adaptations

• One of the modern effects of Romeo and Juliet is when they use guns instead of swords in the 1996 movie

• The clothes they wear are also very modern, instead of gowns and tights they wear blue jeans and t-shirts

• Another modern adaptation is when the ball has an elevator instead of stairs and they use cars instead of carts

• “http://www.fathom.com/course/28701907/index.html”

Text to Text

Romeo and Juliet is somewhat like Twilight. The way Romeo and Juliet are separated is like how Bella and Edward are separated due to their differences in life. Bella needs to stay away from Edward because he is a vampire and Juliet needs to stay away from Romeo because he is a Montague.

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Resources

• “http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/” The Literature Network.4/19/10.web