A Final Farewell To Romeo and Juliet

A Final Farewell to Romeo and Juliet Some people say that Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest tragedies ever. It has certainly gone down in history as one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. The fame of this play has brought it to the attention of two movie directors, one many years before the other. The resulting motion pictures, Zephirelli’s version (which will be referred to as “the old one”) and Baz …

…think I’m supposed to put any of this in the paper, but I felt the need to once again restate that the new version was better. Also, I think the final verdict on the book vs. movie battle is: You miss a whole ton of stuff by reading the play, but the movies messed up the plot in parts. So do yourself a favor and read the play while watching the movie! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**