Shakespeare verses Luhrmann
In Shakespeare’s original text, there is humour created by serving men tolower tension from the previous scene. Sampson, Gregory, Anthony and Capulet welcomes his guests with humour “Ladies that have their toes unplaged with corns will walk about with you.” In the text Capulet comes across as a real lady charmer who gets away with flirting with any lady. “A whispering tale in a fair ladies ear....” Capulet’s lines are very descriptive this helps to create the atmosphere “Come musicians play” this tells the audience that musicians are there . “A hall ” shows that the party is being held in a hall. Capulet talks of quenching the fire ,he also says that the room is too hot. All of this sets the scene, a lot of Shakespeare’s work had to contain word imagery as the props and the stage designs were primitive. In the text Capulet doesn’t dance, I know this because he says... “Nay sit , good cousin Capulet, for you and I are past our dancing days.” More humorous conversation is had between Capulet and second Capulet . Then we see Romeo for the time, enquiring about Juliet from a Juliet is dancing with Tybalt who is dressed as a knight (T
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Approximate Word count = 2887
Approximate Pages = 12 (250 words per page double spaced)
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