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Essay / Compare and contrast Gnomeo and Juliet with Romeo and...
The film Gnomeo and Juliet (directed by Kelly Asbury) is based on the story of Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare. It tells the story of a boy and a girl from warring families who meet and fall in love. In both stories, Romeo and Juliet come from two different families with extreme hatred towards each other, both characters fall in love with each other at first sight and both characters sneak out to see each other. Firstly, Gnomeo and Juliet come from two opposing families. families: the Montagues and the Capulets. However, for some unidentified reason, the two families despise each other. The director presents this feud by introducing the story with a lawnmower race. The race pits two people against each other, Tybalt, who is a Capulet, and Gnomeo, who is a Montague. During the race, Tybalt cheated and destroyed Gnomeo's lawnmower. Later, Gnomeo sneaked onto the Capulet property and spray-painted their wall in revenge. The next day, Gnomeo returns home and discovers that the Capulets have destroyed his father's wisteria plant. This shows that the Capulets and the Montagues are furious and seeking revenge on each other. The story of Romeo and Juliet also involved two opposing families who despised each other. Shakespeare never explains why the two families were enemies. However, he mentions some clues in the story, which allow the reader to understand that the families did not have the same points of view. He introduces the story with a street fight between the Montagues and the Capulets. This gives a very broad idea of the tension between the two families. Later, Romeo finds out that Rosaline was going to attend the Capulet party, so he sneaked into the party and tried to find her. However, Tybalt recognized Romeo... middle of paper... her. Although the plan did not go as planned, it remained secret and off the radar. In particular, the characters worked very hard to see each other in secret and make plans to maintain their relationship. In conclusion, Gnomeo/Romeo and Juliet were quite similar to each other. In the story Gnomeo/Romeo and Juliet, the Montagues and the Capulets insult each other. Although the families hate each other, Gnomeo/Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight. However, they were forced to sneak out to meet due to tensions between the two families. The film Gnomeo and Juliet presents a similar idea of the story of Romeo and Juliet. In short, although there are notable differences between the two versions of Shakespeare's classic, there is no doubt that the essence of the story remains the same; the story of two star-crossed lovers.