Romeo & Juliet: Comparison and Contrast between the Screenplay and the 1996 Movie
             Over time, personal perspectives have heavily influenced films that are based on literature. The 1996 adaptation of Romeo & Juliet is a prime example of this. The contrasts between the original Shakespeare play and the film are clearly evident in regards to the visual perspectives and the time frame the film takes on. Amidst all these differences, the film still seems to maintain some of the factors that made the Shakespeare play so attractive to the audience.
             The change to the time frame of the plot is one of the easier comparisons since it is apparent that the parts of the plot have been rearranged. An example of a change to the plot is when (in the book) Romeo first meets Juliet. Romeo says about fifty words to Juliet and then kisses her. In the movie, Juliet is called away to dance with Paris, but when the dance ends, Paris is watching the fireworks. Juliet and Romeo talk and kiss.
             If we were just read the book, the only visual pictures we would see would be in our minds: but since we went to see the movie, the director had to adapt some of the plots to have viewers' experience the screenplay visually. One such example of plot adaptations is when, in the screenplay, Tybalt recognizes Romeo's voice at the Capulet masque. When Tybalt hears him, he becomes enraged. This is not so for the film. Romeo takes off his masque at the fountain and forgets it there. He returns to the masque and that is when Tybalt recognizes his face. However, the result is the same, Tybalt becomes enraged and vows to extract his revenge on Romeo since Old Capulet said for him to leave Romeo alone.
             Although the movie and the play differ in many ways, the movie still maintains some of the key aspects of the original play. The character names and the dialogue in the movie are the original ones from the play. Also Shakespeare poetry and dialogue are further en...