Baz Luhrmann S Romeo and Juliet: Viewing Guide

Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet: Viewing Guide

ACT I

1.How is the prologue different in this movie version from what you would expect if were seeing the play?

2. From the beginning of the film what are some of the things about the setting that let you know this is a modernized version

3. How is the opening fight shown in the film? Why are they fighting?

4. What do Romeo and Benvolio do while Romeo tells Benvolio about Rosaline?

5. What to you notice about Romeo’s character from how he talks about Rosaline?

6.What happens during Mercutio’s “Queen Mab” speech? What does it reveal about Mercutio’s character?

7. What does Mercutio give Romeo? What does add to the “Masquerade” scene?

8. How is the Capulet’s feast shown in the film?

9. How is Paris portrayed in this act of the film in your opinion?

10. How do Romeo and Juliet get together to talk? Where do Romeo and Juliet have their first kiss? Describe the scene of when they first meet with details.

ACT II

11. Balcony Scene: List the character you see in this scene. How do you think it’s different from the original balcony scene in Shakespeare’s play? What happens during this scene? Describe it and give it lots of details.

12. What token does Juliet give Romeo?

13. How is Friar Lawrence shown in the film?

14. How is the wedding shown in the film?

ACT III

15. What does Mercutio tell Benvolio on the beach?

16. Why won’t Romeo fight with Tybalt?

17. How does Mercutio die (give a few details)? Who kills him? What does he say while dying?

18. How does Tybalt die? Who kills him? How does Romeo seem in this scene?

19. How is the wedding night shown (give appropriate details)?

20. How does Juliet react to her father’s marriage arrangements with Paris? What does she do because of this?

ACT IV

21. What happens to the letter Friar Lawrence sent to Romeo?

22. How is Juliet’s taking the potion shown in the film?

23. What happens in the morning?

24. How is Juliet’s funeral shown?

ACT V

25. How does Romeo react to hearing about Juliet’s death?

26. What happens when Romeo gets to the tomb in the film version? Does he kill Paris?

27. Describe the death scene.

28. How does the movie end?