Shakespeare and Luhrman make the audience focus on the conflict in their versions of the text. How?
             Both Shakespeare and Luhrman make the focus on conflict in their versions of text by showing the differences of 2 houses, general hatred of foes and family disagreements. Shakespeare wrote the original "Romeo & Juliet" script and play and Luhrman modernised it into a movie that would appeal to the audience in our time, but still keeping quality of the original text.
             In the beginning of Luhrman's film, before a shootout at a petrol station between the Montagues and the Capulets, a newsreader is reporting the prologue of 'Romeo and Juliet'. The newsreader then fades out and the viewer is shown empires, belonging to the Capulets and Montagues. This is meant to show you that the reason for the Montagues and Capulets rivalry is down to the business empires, belonging to the two families. In the Shakespeare's play, we are not exactly sure why they are enemies, the prologue had only described it as; an "ancient grudge" (feud) between these two families has now developed to "new mutiny," involving "civil blood", a reference to increasing violence and conflict between the two families on Verona's streets.
             The clash of the 2 families results in the constant quarrels of their children in the Verona streets. Right in the opening of both Luhrman and Shakespeare's versions the servants and children of both houses fight after Sampson (Montague) says that he served a man better than Abram (Capulet) and Tybalt says "What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate that word, As I hate all Montagues, and thee."(Act I Scene I line 64), Luhrman emphasizes this by switching the camera shots and close ups to make the arguments more frantic and suspending. Another example of Tybalt's hate for Montagues occurred when he noticed Romeo's presence at the party (Act I Scene V); "This, by his voice, should be a Montague....