BOOK VS FILM

On the second term, we read Romeo and Juliet’s book and then we watched Romeo and Juliet’s film. There are some differences between the book and the film. There are two important differences: the time when the story happens (in the book happens in Middle Ages and in the film in Contemporary Ages) and the place where the action happens (in the book happens in the old Verona city and in the film in Verona Beach, America). Also there are more differences: the language in the book is in verse and in the film the language is in actual English, in the book they fought with swords but in the film with pistols, in the film there are modern technologies (pistols, cars…), the prince of Verona in the film is a policeman, in the films’ party they wear customs without masks, in the film Tybalt didn't kill Mercutio with a sword and either Romeo killed himself with a pistol. Some scenes don’t appear in the book like when Romeo and Juliet fall into the swimming pool in the Capulet’s garden.

I liked seeing the movie after read the book to understand better the history.