Concentrating on the opening scene of the text, compare and contrast with the versions of `Romeo and Juliet' that you have seen. Describe in detail how the director has interpreted and translated the scene on screen. Comment on the adaptation as a whole.

For this piece of coursework I am going to compare and contrast the differences and similarities of the William Shakespeare's play `Romeo and Juliet' with two films that have adapted this story.

William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He wrote the play `Romeo and Juliet' in 1594.

The story of Romeo and Juliet would be known as a tragic love story. It is about two star-crossed lovers who are being kept apart because of the feud between their two families: the Capulets and the Montagues. (Romeo was a Montague and Juliet was a Capulet). Because of the feud between their families, their love for...