Discuss a work that you are familiar with that alludes to or reflects Shakespeare.
Show how the author uses this connection thematically.
Read pages 44-46 carefully.
In these pages, Foster shows how Fugard reflects Shakespeare through both plot and theme.
In your discussion, focus on theme (a message, not a word).
To me any book that have star struck lovebirds, death, or even any romantic scene reminds me of Shakespeare in a way, with star struck lovebirds it reminds me of Romeo and Juliet, with death it reminds me of almost all of his works since death is in almost all of them, and with any romantic scene it reminds me of almost all of his works because most of them had at least one romantic scene in the books he wrote. So the book that I have read that reminds me of Shakespeare in any way at all is all the books that I have read except for graphic novels, comic books, and Manga, the reasoning for this is because in some way shape or form Shakespeare has influenced most literature in a way except for the mediums I listed, unless you count language then every book there is to read in English since he came up with most of our modern day language and it is impossible to write a understandable book without using any Shakespearean Words at all. That is how much of the English language Shakespeare came up with so in any case Shakespeare has influenced it in some way. However the one the reminds me the most of Shakespeare in some way but I do not know how is the book Wood Pushers, the plot is not directly in the style of Shakespeare, the settings are not, it is not the characters, and the way the book goes it reminds me of Peter Pan, however the way Foster shows the connection in the passage it does not make any sense on a Shakespearean level. sense in the book wood pushers there is no death of a protagonist helper Character or any death at all in wood pushers that I recall, so my question is how does it relate on a Shakespearean level to where it makes sense? how? that is all I want to know. In my point of view the only way it can reflect to Shakespeare in any way is via the peter pan like setting in the story, and to me there is no other way it reflects or relates in any way to Shakespeare.
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ReplyDeleteThe only work I can think of that alludes to Shakespeare is Star Wars. I have no idea how; all I know is that someone told me that it did. I also have very little conscious experience with Shakespearean work; I honestly never cared enough to notice, and I never had an opportunity to look at classical or original Shakespearean work. The only experience with Shakespearean work I have that I am conscious of is the Shakespeare in the Park plays that we performed. These plays took the ideas of certain Shakespearean plays or stories, and was twisted and changed into our own vision. The plot of our stories were how we viewed them, but the theme was the same, or very close to, the original Shakespearean story.
You read Romeo last year and a play for your performance.
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ReplyDeleteIn many works of literature Shakespeare has had some kind of influence. In my 7th grade english class we read The Outsiders. The Outsiders tells the story of the greasers and Socs, two loosely-organized teen gangs in mid-1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma. I had always been familiar with the story of Romeo and Juliet without having to read the book or watch the movie, but I base my ideas of the 1996 adaptation. I found that both Romeo and Juliet and The Outsiders have similar themes. One of the main themes being demonstrated in both are that hate and violence are not the answer and can lead to terrible outcomes. In The Outsiders it took the dead of Johnny Cade to stop the fighting between Socs and Greasers. In Romeo and Juliet it took the dead of the star crossed lovers for both families to stop fighting. Both families, the Montagues and Capulets had developed hatred towards each other and would always fight. The Socs and Greasers didn’t get along either, always fighting and living on opposite sides of town.
I really enjoy "The Outsiders." I would have never thought that it reflects Shakespeare before now.
DeleteI was in that same class and we always read interesting stories. I liked how you connected Romeo and Juliet with The Outsiders. I would say the major difference between the two is that The Outsiders has more modern language than Romeo and Juliet.
DeleteI've read both "The Outsiders" and "Romeo and Juliet," but never thought about them connecting.
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I really love The Outsiders and I had never thought about them connecting until now.
DeleteI first read the outsiders in the 7th grade and fell in love with it. I've read and watched the Outsiders a million times.
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ReplyDeleteI think about Edgar Allen Poe when someone mentions Shakespeare because they are both widely known poets. I generally don't like poems, but Edgar Allen Poe's works are very dark and thought provoking, which is why I tend to like them. In the book it talks about how Shakespeare has many famous works and people like making remixes of them, which would make me think that everything has to do with referencing Shakespeare and keeping his legacy alive. Also in the book it talks about how Fugard reflects Shakespeare in theme. For example in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part II is about "a young man who must grow up" (Foster 44) and in Fugard's '"Master Harold"...and the boys' he talks about someone who must take his father's place in their business. So that is what I think about how Shakespeare has influenced a lot of the works today.
Edgar Allen Poe's work are definitely reflective of Shakespeare's works. I'm a big fan of Poe and Shakespeare.
DeleteGreat comparison! They are both amazing people.
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ReplyDeleteWhenever I think of a work that reflects Shakespeare, my mind goes straight to E!’s drama filled show known as “The Royals.” While it is not a direct adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, The Royals has a lot in common with the tragic play.
First of all, there are the characters. The Royals season 1 starts off with Prince Liam mourning over the death of his brother, much like how Hamlet was mourning over the death of his father.
Prince Liam’s father, King Simon, dies at the end of season 1 and his brother, Cyrus, takes the throne. It is still unclear if Cyrus was involved in the murder of King Simon, but the comparisons of Cyrus and Claudius from Hamlet is undeniable. Lastly is Prince Liam’s love interest, Ophelia. Ophelia is also the name of Hamlet’s love interest and both Ophelia’s are rather troubled characters.
Aside from the characters, themes found in the show “The Royals” are some of the same themes found in many of Shakespeare’s plays. Lies, deceit and revenge are all themes embedded in the heart of The Royals and are coincidentally the themes that makes some of Shakespeare’s most famous plays such profound tragedies. Prince Liam is busy trying to avenge his father’s death and King Cyrus is relishing in finally achieving his dream of being head of the thrown. The Royals is filled with drama and unforeseen choices and circumstances, which cannot help but reflect important ideas from Shakespeare.
That is a really good comparison; this does seem heavily derived from Shakespeare.
DeleteI've only watched the Royals a couple of times but this is a great connection. Great job! I never caught onto it.
DeleteGone Girl is a book about a girl who "dies" for love, or quite possibly revenge. Amy, one of the main characters in this novel, frames her husband, Nick, for her murder. In the end; however, she still loves him.
ReplyDeleteThis book reflects some themes from Shakespeare, such as themes and ideas from Romeo And Juliet. Gone Girl alludes to Romeo and Juliet in a way because Amy seems to subconsciously do what she does out of love. She tries to frame her husband for her murder, but really, deep inside, she "dies" because she has lost Nick. It's the same as when Juliet dies because Romeo has died. With Amy, though, Nick hasn't died, only their relationship. The theme that this is focusing on seems to be that they cannot live without eachother.
I enjoyed the movie, but I haven't read the novel. While watching the movie, I never picked up on the Romeo and Juliet allusion. That's a good interpretation.
DeleteI watched the movie and I just though the women really had anger toward him. Making that connection with Romeo and Juliet makes perfect since but wow she has a crazy mind for subconscious love but other than that great connection.
DeleteAwesome connection, makes me want to read Gone Girl!
DeleteI have read the novel but I haven't seen the movie. This is one of the examples I was thinking of when I read this chapter.
DeleteA Raisin in the Sun would be a work that I would consider to be reflected from Shakespeare. A Raisin in the Sun is about an African American family who are going through a hard life during the times of segregation and live in a apartment that is housing a whole family. They wait day by day for an insurance check by a male elder and is going to the hands of his wife who pays for the apartment. It just clicked with Shakespeare with its theme by introducing the social and economic status of everybody in the play and it just connected to a piece of Shakespeare's work, Romeo and Juliet.
ReplyDeleteI never would have thought of A Raisin in the Sun being similar to Romeo and Juliet. I like that connection, very interesting.
DeleteGreat example considering we read this in Mr. Paul's class.
DeleteIn William Shakespeare's plays Henry IV, Part II, Prince Hal is forced, out of necessity, to change his ways in order to become the Henry in Henry V; Orson Scott Card’s book Ender’s Game follows a similar path. Earth has previously been attacked twice by an alien race known to them as “buggers”, due to this, Andrew Wiggin, more commonly known as Ender, is sent to a military academy to undergo rigorous physical and mental training to bring out and nurture his already tactically adept mind. By doing this, Ender is eventually led to unknowingly kill off an entire species.
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I like the idea. Maybe Henry's insanity could relate to the point in the book where Ender has nearly broke down mentally.
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ReplyDeleteI am most familiar to Romeo and Juliet when it comes to Shakespeare. When I think of Romeo and Juliet, I also think of the movie "Titanic."
Lets look at the similarities of Romeo and Juliet and Titanic.
First, we have two different people, in one case it is Romeo and Juliet and in another case it is Jack and Rose. Romeo and Juliet's families are feuding with each other and for them to be in love is ridiculous. Jack and Rose are from two different classes, Jack being of the lower-class and Rose being higher-class, which would be why Rose would never like him.
Secondly, both girls had boys already picked out for them. While the men were not their first choices, Juliet was going to marry Paris and Rose was going to marry Caledon, "Cal."
Thirdly, there is sneaking around. Romeo and Juliet's relationship was exclusive because of the problems with their families. Jack and Rose's relationship was exclusive because of his class and because of the man she was supposed to marry.
Lastly, there is death. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo does not get the message to know that Juliet is not actually dead, just waiting for her to come and save her. So, he drinks the potion to end his life because he can't stand to live life without her. In the Titanic, when the iceberg hit and the ship was going down, there was no room for everyone, so people had to jump into the freezing water. Rose stayed afloat on a piece of board, while Jack stayed in the water and eventually froze to death.
I love the Titanic! I never thought about the allusion of it to Romeo and Juliet, but after you've pointed it out it seems obvious.
DeleteI've seen the Titanic a million times and never have I connected it with Romeo and Juliet. That is a great interpretation that I feel dumb for not having picked up on it.
DeleteNever would have figured that out! You really did good thinking, that movie was amazing!
DeleteNice job thinking outside of the box!
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ReplyDeleteShakespeare, you say, well I automatically think of Romeo and Juliet. When it comes to Romeo and Juliet I want to think of Disney's movie "Tangled". Both of these movie were based on 'Love at First Sight.'
First, Romeo and Juliet's families are fighting and their love is forbidden. Eugene is a 'criminal' while Rapunzel is a princess that is taken away from her parents and put in a tower. Eugene is a lower class, while Rapunzel is the lost princess.
secondly, Juliet had a man, by the name of Paris picked out for marriage. While Rapunzel was locked away from the outside and forbidden to ever find love, because the step mother was afraid that Rapunzel would find true love and live her.
Thirdly, both stories had a lot of sneaking around. Juliet would sneak out to go see Romeo, and the last time they got secretly married to Romeo. Eugene helped Rapunzel climb down the tower and see the outside for the first time. They were able to see the lanterns, and find true love which was what Rapunzel always wanted.
Lastly, the deaths that took the lives of the loved. When Romeo found Juliet dead he took the poison to end his life just to see Juliet watch him die. Juliet then took the dagger that Romeo had, and stabbed herself to die for the love of her life. In Tangled, Eugene found Rapunzel tied up by the step mother, and tried to rescue her, for the step mother to stab Eugene and end his life. Rapunzel was able to escape and hold Eugene and tries to save him but when she was close enough he cut her hair off to set her free form her step mother, and Eugene dies right after. Minutes later Rapunzel is able to bring Eugene back to life.
No the ending is no the same at the very end, both of the male figures die at some point in the story.
I never though Tangled was like romeo and Juliet but now I saw the similar in plots.
DeleteI never actually saw Tangled, but now that you've connected Romeo and Juliet to it, it sounds like a movie I wouldn't mind watching. One question: how many sing-a-longs are there? Actually, knowing Disney, how many sing-a-longs are not there?
DeleteI never thought of it this way!
DeleteThis is an intriguing way of thinking about it, nice comparison between the two.
DeleteThe popular Disney movie The Lion King is similar to William Shakespeare's Hamlet. In the movie, Scar, Mufasa's brother, wants to be king. In Hamlet, Claudius wants to be king but his brother is king instead of him. In The Lion King, Scar sets out to kill his brother by a stampede of wildebeests trampling him. Later on in the movie, Simba, who is supposed to portray Hamlet, is visited by the ghost of his passed father, similar to the way Hamlet was visited by his father. When Simba meets Pumba and Timon, it is similar how in Hamlet, Hamlet meets Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The ending of the two works of literature are different. Simba does not die in the movie whereas in Hamlet he dies from poison.
ReplyDeleteThe Lion King is one of my absolute favorite movies; however, I have never seen this connection. I love your interpretation of the movie, it seems obvious that they are connected but I never would've guessed.
DeleteI would not have ever seen that "The Lion King" is anywhere near, or is in any relation with William Shakespeare's Hamlet. This post makes me wonder what other Disney movies are related to William Shakespeare's plays... ~ Caleb C.
DeleteI would have never thought to connect the two, but now that you pointed it out it makes sense.
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The hamlet/lion king similarities are my favorite hidden disney plolines
DeleteVery inserting connection, I would have never thought to connect them.
DeleteIt makes sense that the two are connected now that it has been spelled out, but this would have otherwise not made sense.
DeleteI do recall a book from my childhood called, "The Stowaway". After venturing into Shakespeare a bit, it seems that this book can somewhat relate to a piece or two of his work. Gazing into his work "The Tempest", we come across the line of “O, brave new world that has such people in't!” (Shakespeare). From what I have gathered (albeit that I may not completely grasp the context, for what I use is my own interpretation) this seems to portray a positive tone of the others and the where they choose to explore, but "The Stowaway" brings us into the other, darker side of the coin. The basis stands the same with such an idea, yet the young stowaway boy is confronted with countless rude and evil men that seek fame and riches. Our attention is also drawn to the new world itself. Similarly to the people, we a greeted with a harsh place towards the tip of Africa that ends in death for most; a region where only the brave or absolutely stupid would venture. The basing is a bit frail, but it can be looked at as a bit of a homage where opinions are flipped. Maybe this could be observed as how powerless we are though the eyes of a child. Children's ignorance could lead us to believe that everyone is out to get them at times when no one acts as a parental figure to guide them, so the sailors may be seen as more evil than they are from this point of view. The author makes us feel like a tragedy of loss has befallen the child; after all, he might as well be slave to captain after making the horrible decision of running away from home.Much like Shakespeare, the work started off in better place, then the situation escalated for the worse, and the protagonist was left worse off. The boy may have survived and learned a valuable lesson about thankfulness, loss, and family, but he was left in a much weaker and worn state from the horrors of the new world. Had the boy been intellectual and thankful for what he possessed, his tragedy could have been completely circumvented.
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ReplyDeleteA work I am familiar with that reflects Shakespeare is the book `”10 Things I Hate About You” by David Levithan, which directly relates to the plot of “The Taming of the Shrew.” The theme that is implied in both of these literature works is Transformation. Our Protagonist, Katherine is evil and cold hearted. Throughout procedures and different methods within both stories, Katherine becomes a light-hearted and kind woman, who learns to care about more than just herself. In comparison with these two stories, the ending monologue is somewhat similar but not entirely. Both Katherine’s recite a poem/speech, which contains information relating back to their Shrew days and their new days of having their walls broken down. Although David Levithan’s “10 Things” is a modernized adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” both stories have their differences and similarities.
In both stories, the main theme and message that is relayed is a Transition, as stated before. In Shakespeare’s version, the theme more so displays that traditional life cannot take place until Katherine’s transformation (from being a Shrew to being a proper woman) is complete. In “10 Things,” the theme displays more one of family ties and a broken bond between sisters.
I watched "10 Things I hate About You" during the time we were working on Shakespeare in the park, it's a great example.
DeleteThe work of Shakespeare has been reflected throughout a variety of modern day tales. I have observed this reflection through my favorite childhood series, Wizards of Waverly place. A story within the television show closely resembles Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Both stories include a forbidden love caused by a family feud.
ReplyDeleteIn Wizards of Waverly place, a family of wizards, who own a subway sandwich shop, are in a feud with a family of vampires, who open a sandwich shop across the street. The feud starts because the two families are each other's biggest competitors and vampires and wizards never get along. This is very similar to the feud of the Montagues and Capulets of Romeo and Juliet.
Amongst the feud, the wizard Justin falls in love with the vampire Juliet. Their love is forbidden by their families, due to their differences. However, they pursue a relationship of sneaking around, just like Romeo and Juliet.
In the end, Justin and Juliet decide to tell their parents. Their parents are very unhappy, however, Justin is able to convince the families to put away their differences. Thus, the families stop thinking about themselves and focus on the happiness of the young couple. The two families unite and put away their feud.
In Romeo and Juliet, the ending is not as happy as wizards of Waverly place. Romeo and Juliet do not get to pursue their relationship because they end up killing themselves in the honor of love. When the Montagues and Capulets find out about their death, they are brought together in mourning of their children. The two families put away their feud as they realize the destruction it has brought.
The two stories follow the theme that true love conquers all and can bring anyone together. The love between Justin and Juliet was so strong that it was able to bring the two families of vampires and wizards together. This is similar to the strong love between Romeo and Juliet bringing the two families, the Montagues and Capulets, together. The power of love is so strong, it can unite people of different backgrounds.
Never thought about that.
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ReplyDeleteIn many works of literature the reader can see Shakespearean influence. There are not only similar plots, but similar themes as well, and I have noticed this between Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight. The two may not seem very similar, but if you focus on the theme of two groups feuding, or forbidden love it is obvious that Twilight was alluded from Romeo and Juliet.
In both of these famous works there is a theme of forbidden love, or friendship caused by family, or specie feuds. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet fall in love, but are forbidden to be together because of the lifelong feud between the Montagues and Capulets. This is similar in Twilight because Bella, the main character, grew up with Jacob Black, who turns out to be in a family of werewolves. Bella and Jacob have always had some chemistry, but that is forgotten when a new family arrives in town. The Cullens. Among this family is a mysterious guy named Edward. Edward's family has feuded for centuries because the Cullens are vampires, and the Blacks are werewolves.
In the movie Twilight Bella falls in love with Edward, but is warned by Jacob to stay away from Edward and his family. The same is with Edward. When Bella speaks to Edward, he isn't very comfortable taking about the Blacks, or why they don't get along with them. Everyone would expect that Bella and Jacob would end up together, but then a new playing card is introduced, which is of course Edward. This is similar between Romeo and Juliet because Juliet is expected to marry one man, who she doesn't love, until she meets Romeo. Romeo and Juliet are forbidden because of family feuds, and Bella is split between the vampire werewolf feud.
I like that you compared Twilight to Romeo and Juliet because I never would have thought about that. Great example.
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I like the examples you gave because I like love and they're about love. I also like the comparison between Twilight and Romeo and Juliet, I would have never thought of it.
DeleteWhen watching the movie “Endless Love” I thought it resembled “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare since it deals with a forbidden love plot line. Jade is from a privileged family and David isn’t, therefore they’re on complete opposite sides of the social scale. They meet when Jade's family goes to a restaurant where David works as a valet. After hanging out a few times it’s obvious that they have fallen for each other, but their little bubble of happiness is soon popped when Jade’s father tells her she has to leave soon for an internship. Jade refuses to go so she can stay with David, which infuriates her father. He goes to extreme measures, such as getting a restraining order, just to keep them away from each other. Even though the movie doesn’t end with both of the lovers killing themselves like in “Romeo and Juliet” it does have the banned love esque.
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When thinking of a work that reflects Shakespeare, the thing that first comes to my mind is Gnomeo and Juliet. This film closely relates to Romeo and Juliet due to the fact that in both films, a boy and a girl fall in love, however, their families are in different groups ( one family is in the red group and one family is in the blue group). Due to the fact that the lovebirds are from different groups, their families do everything in their power to make sure that they do not end up together due to the fact that they are rivals ( like in Romeo and Juliet).
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DeleteThis is a good example of how people reflected Shakespeare's work. Its basically the same story just in two different forms.
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ReplyDeleteAn example of a piece of literature that thematically reflects Shakespeare is the film "West Side Story." Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is about two star crossed lovers who were forbidden from being together because they were parts of two rival families, the Montegues and the Capulets. Similarly, "West Side Story" is about two forbidden lovers that are parts of rival gangs, the Jets and the Sharks. Tony from the Jets and Maria from the Sharks fall in love and stay together despite Bernardo, Maria's brother, trying to keep them apart. In "Romeo and Juliet," they know that what they are doing is forbidden but keep it going anyway. Some of the themes that both "Romeo and Juliet" and "West Side Story" have are that true love conquers all and one individual can stand a chance against society. In both stories, the forbidden lovers stayed together through it all, although they met and inevitable fate at the end.
I like how you use the West Side Story for your comparison and I enjoy the movie a lot.
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ReplyDeleteL.J. Smith's “The Vampire Diaries” and Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet” share the themes of love and individuals versus fate/society. In “The Vampire Diaries” there are three main characters Elena, Stefan, and Damon, and in this series Stefan and Elena fall in love which is correct in fate's eyes but despite fate Elena can’t fight the urge of loving Damon, therefore, Damon and Elena become a couple. In “Romeo and Juliet” there are two families who continue to maintain conflict the Montagues and the Capulets, Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. Romeo sneaks into a Capulet ball and sees Juliet for the first time, literally love at first site. Next, Romeo tells Juliet he loves her no matter what their families think. Later, Romeo and Juliet become married and die for each other despite their families feud. “Romeo and Juliet” ends sad because Romeo and Juliet die, but also positive because the two families stop fighting.
I like the connection you made. The Vampire Diaries can also be similar to Romeo and Juliet because everyone is against Damon and Elena being together.
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I like Romeo and Juliet so I really like your connection.
DeleteWhen thinking of a work of literature that went along with a shakespearean play, I found that a movie I recently saw named Warm Bodies fit the description perfectly. Warm Bodies is a movie written about a zombie who falls in love with a human. This could a difficult situation and, for him, it definitely was.
ReplyDeleteThis loosely reflects Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet because of the forbidden love between the two main characters in each work of literature. Romeo and Juliet were separated because of their families hatred towards one another. This is similar to Zombie R and Julie not being able to be together because of their differences in species.
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DeleteI love Warm Bodies and I think that this is a good movie to compare to Romeo and Juliet.
DeleteI've never heard of Warm Bodies but it seems a little awkward!
DeleteI love this movie!The connection you made was great, and I really liked it.
DeleteAleigha
I've been trying to remember the name of that movie for awhile, It was a great movie. I never realized the connection, good job.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I think of of movie that reflect Shakespeare, for some odd reason, I automatically think of “Frozen”. To me frozen represents the play “Romeo and Juliet”. Except Frozen has a happy ending.
In Romeo and Juliet, they meet at a party and instantly fall in love, this also happens in frozen. Anna meets a prince that was going to the party they were hosting and instantly fell in love. They were even going to get married. But in the end of both stories someone the prince dies.
I believe that the writer of frozen kept the theme of Romeo and Juliet by have both of the couples to overcome different obstacles. For example, they fell in love right from the beginning, family would not approve and death.
The writer of Frozen put their own twist to the movie of course. Instead of her prince being a nice man and dying, he was evil and died. They wanted to make sure that it had a happy ending, unlike Romeo and Juliet.
I agree; 'Frozen' is very much like 'Romeo and Juliet' in many ways. 'Frozen' has many of the same things happen in 'Romeo and Juliet' as you explained in your blog post.
DeleteI have never thought of frozen and Romeo and Juliet being similar.
DeleteI get how the two are related, but I don't think the prince Hann's actually dies, just put in jail. All together I never though that Disney had Romeo and Juliet in mind!! ~ Caleb C.
DeleteI have never realized how the two were related. However, I believe that Hann resembles the person that Juliet was supposed to marry and Kristoff resembles Romeo.
DeleteThe movie Lion King is a spinoff of Hamlet by, Shakespeare. In the movie the protagonist is “accidently” killed by the protagonist, who does this to achieve what he wants, royal throne, then the related family (Simba) returns back to where it happens with the truth, it was not accident that killed the protagonist it was the antagonist who plotted it to achieve in this case throne. Protagonist, also known as, Scar is stripped of the title king and battles Siimba, only to die by the ones who were suppose to be on his side. The movie even has a ghostly version of mufasa kinda like Hamlet has the protagonist appear as a ghost, difference is in hamlet the ghost haunts people and in lion king it is a more positive thing. So to conclude their are many similarities and some differences, like the upbeat music and happier ending.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great example of a literary work that reflects Shakespeare; I didn't think of that. I agree that 'Lion King' is similar to 'Hamlet' in a lot of ways.
DeleteThe Lion King is one of my favorite Disney movies and I never really thought about how it reflects Hamlet. I like that.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I think of Shakespeare, my mind goes to a lot of works. Considering Romeo and Juliet, the cliche, has been used, I will be using Moby Dick. In this story, it is kind of like Macbeth and also has Biblical references. When the author describes things in Moby Dick, they are very similar to what you would read in Macbeth.
I would have never thought about those two stories crossing paths, but that is an interesting comparison.
DeleteI agree with Grace about how that's an interesting comparison. Not something that I would have thought of, but I see it.
DeleteOne episode of "Suite life of Zack and Cody" reflect Shakespeare called the Midsummer Nightmare. The episode is based off of one of Shakespeare's famous book called the Midsummer Nightdream. Just like the book, the episode has four main character who falls in love with the wrong person. In the book Hermia likes Lysander but Demetrius love Hermia and Hermia love Lysander. While in the episode, the same thing happen, Zack fall in love with Vanessa and Vanessa love Cody but Cody loves Gwen and Gwen loves Zack.Towards the end of the book, Hermia and Helena fought each other for Lysander and Demetrius and Lysander and Demtrius fought each other for the girls. in the episode Zack, Gwen, Vanessa, and Cody were performing a play and then Gwen and Vanessa fought for the boys and Zackand Cody fought for the girls.
ReplyDeleteI really liked that you used this example because this was one of my favorite shows when I was little. Its a good example of how that scene reflects Shakespeare.
DeleteThis is a great example, I applaud you for mentioning it. The show was one of my favorites, every now and then I watch it. I agree with the connections, great job.
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DeleteThis was a great example. I like how television shows work Shakespeare into their own work. When children grow up, they are not shown the works of Shakespeare right away. By using these ideas in children's show, I think it is a good way to expose them to great works, such as Shakespeare.
DeleteIn the Best of Me, by Nicolas Sparks, the story follows Amanda Collier, the towns good girl but very popular. Who falls in love with the towns bad boy, Dawson Cole. He is in the Cole family that is very hated in the town due to their violent and infamous acts. The two fall in love for the summer only to be pulled apart by unfortunate events and the two go down different paths. 25 years later after a close friend of the two dies, Amanda is pulled away from her husband and kids and Dawson is pulled away from his job. The two meet again and end up spending a weekend together.
ReplyDeleteTo me, this reminds me of Romeo and Juliet because it has two lovers who the families don't get along and although the families don't want the two together, they go behind their families backs and does it anyways.
I love Nicolas Sparks and The Best of Me. I never thought to relate it to Romeo and Juliet.
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ReplyDeleteOne work that I know, that reflects Shakespeare is The Lion King. The Lion King reflects Othello. In The Lion King, Simba is the protagonist and Scar is antagonist. Scar wants to get rid of Simba and his dad so that he can be king. So what scar does is, he kills Simba´s dad and turns it around to make everyone think that Simba did it. Simba then runs away for a long time until he has grown up but then he returns to his home where Scar has taken over to get back his family and Pride Rock. When Simba returns he tells everyone what really happened and beats Scar, rightfully taking back his place as King of Pride Rock. The movie is about heroism and love. Simba comes back to save the ones he loves even though he ran away because of what happened to his dad and thinking he killed his dad. Scar manipulated him. Now in Othello, the protagonist is Othello and the antagonist is Iago. Othello gets married to Desdemona but a little bit into the marriage Iago steps in. Iago tells Othello some things about his wife and how she is unfaithful. Iago manipulated him. In the script Iago tells us what his plan is just like Scar in The Lion King. Scar tells us that he is going to kills Simba´s dad and get rid of Simba. Emilia though in the end of Othello, tells on Iago and what he did, just like Simba in The Lion King. Simba figured out what Scar did and told everyone then made Scar tell them himself and that is how the Lion King reflects Othello. Heroism and love.
I almost used this as my connection because I feel that it really does have a strong connection to Shakespeare. Well done!
DeleteA work that reflects Shakespeare is Gnomeo and Juliet, obviously reflecting Romeo and Juliet. The plot is almost exactly like Romeo and Juliet except they are gnomes and no one dies. The main theme in both works is star-crossed love. Although the couples in both works are from opposing families (Montagues vs Capulets and Red Gnomes vs Blue Gnomes) they still find ways to be together. They both deal with the issue of opposing families not knowing about their love and having to keep it a secret while their families fight with each other. The couples families also eventually end up in a truce, although it is because of a much more grim fate in Romeo and Juliet.
ReplyDeleteThis is an almost reflection of the plot of Romeo and Juliet. It was a very good example.
DeleteI fell in love with this movie the moment I saw it, 10 Things I Hate About You, it is based on Shakespeare's work called “Taming of the Shrew”. “Taming of the Shrew” is mainly about a mean older sister must find love before the younger sister, already in love, can date/court/marry. In both the movie and work the man they use to date the older sister is in it for the money, until he finally “tames the shrew” and they fall in love. The younger sister likes her tutor but they aren’t allowed together because of the girl's father. In 10 Things I Hate About You, there are also a lot of references towards “Taming of the Shrew” and Shakespeare.
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When I think of Shakespeare, one of the first things that I normally think of is Macbeth. Macbeth is very similar to many different things, but one of the most similar plots is that of the movie Scarface. In the plot many points are the same, but these similar plot points make the theme the same. In the play, Shakespeare has a general slay the king for power and later kills many more people, including his best friend, in order to keep his throne. After a while another kingdom attacks him and he has to fight them without the help of allies, because anyone that would have been an ally was a threat that he had “dealt” with. The play ends in the death of Macbeth. In the movie Scarface, a servant of a mob boss kills those that stand in his way, again with the the best friend, until he has control of the drug trade in miami. He lets the power go to his head and ends up dead. The thematic link here is that absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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This is something weird to connect to Shakespeare, but I'm going to connect Romeo and Juliet with Wizards of Waverly Place.
ReplyDeleteJustin meets a girl and her name happens to be Juliet (She actually is the Juliet from Shakespeare. She's a vampire, so that's how she stayed alive). and they start dating. Both families figure out about the two dating and neither parents are happy about it because they are both fighting to be number one in the food business. Eventually, Justin is able to convince both families to let them be together and Juliet's family gives Justin their good graces. Although Shakespeare didn't end like that, it still shows the same theme as the original Romeo and Juliet did.
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I tend to connect any star-crossed lovers TV show/movie or book with Shakespeare because it always reminds me of Romeo and Juliet. For example, Frozen, Anna and Kristoff end up falling in love with each other toward the end. Kristoff and Anna are from two different types of families. Kristoff is from a ice harvester family and Anna is from a royal family. Another example could be Cinderella because Cinderella is a servant girl and Price Charming and he comes from a royal family.
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ReplyDeleteOne episode of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" is very similar to "Romeo And Juliet." The episode "The Cave of Two Lovers" is about a labyrinth that Aang and his friends must get through. It was created when two people from warring cities on either side of a mountain were at war. They were not supposed to see each other because of the war, so they learned earthbending and made their own labyrinth to see each other in so no one could ever find about their love. One day the man never showed, he had died in war. Unlike Romeo and Juliet however she stops the war between the two cities and creates a new town dedicated to their love, named after the two lovers.
I am not that familiar with Shakespeare some things that I can connect with his stories is our MacBeth play. In both stories it is about how an individual rises to power after he's heard that he will become king. In the play the main character is troubled and one day goes for a supply pick up and a the dealers tell him that he will one day come into power and be king. This causes the character to think that his destiny is in his own hands and does whatever he needs to do to make the vision come true. In other cases I think of Shakespeare whenever a piece of literature alludes to some kind of star-crossed lovers. Going back to the play the author uses the theme of power. The play is a remix of the original with the author's own personal twist on the story.
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DeleteWhen I think of works that reflect Shakespeare I think of the musical “West Side Story” Which is almost exactly like “Romeo and Juliet”. The film has two gangs the Sharks and the Jets which can be compared to the Capulet’s and the Montague’s. The two gangs are very hateful against the opposing gangs ,however, one of the jets falls for a sharks members sister at a dance. The two start dating and then towards the end the jets member is killed which leaves the sharks girl alone and betrayed.
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The west side story is a very good example and it is an almost exact copy of Romeo and Juliet.
DeleteOne work that I am very familiar with that reflects Shakespearian literature is the movie “The Lion King 2.” In this movie we have two main characters, both of whom are adolescents from adverse families that meet once and instantly fall in love. Their families are very opposed to one another and are not at all happy with Kiara and Kovu’s meeting. The story “Romeo and Juliet” is an obviously similar work that is fundamentally the same. These young lovers must overcome what their families have to say about each other, albeit with differing results.
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The first thing that pops up in my head when I hear Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.There are many things that can relate to Romeo and Juliet. One of my personal favorites is a movie scene from “Hair Spray” reminds me of Shakespeare's famous “Romeo and Juliet”. In Shakespeare's play the reason that Romeo and Juliet couldn't be together was because of family, but in Hairspray the reason Penny and Seaweed couldn’t be together was because of racism. Penny’s parents thought it was wrong for their innocent little white girl to be with a dark skinned folk and didn’t appreciate the idea of them together at all. - Stephanie Martinez
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ReplyDeleteViola Johnson is passionate about playing soccer, however, one day she finds out that her high school is doing away with the girls soccer team. She tries to join the boys team, Cornwell, but was rejected because she was a girl. Since that did not work Viola comes up with a plan to join her rival school, Illyria. After she comes up with such plans she finds out that her twin brother (who attends Illyria) will soon be in Europe for a band contest. Viola will use this excuse to take her brother's place in the team. Then Viola falls in love with her roommate Duke. However, Duke likes a girl named Olivia but Olivia likes Sebastian, who in reality is Viola. Everything Veolia has worked for falls apart when Sebastian returns two weeks later.
The Twelfth Night
Illyria is the city in which the play takes place. The Duke of Illyria is madly in love with a woman named Olivia. During this time, a ship has wrecked off the coast. The captain and Viola survive, but the status of her brother Sebastian is unknown. Once again viola dresses up as a man (Cesario) and goes to work at Olivia’s house. Much like the movie, Olivia falls in love with Cesario, but Cesario likes Dukes but Duke likes Olivia.
In conclusion, Shakespeare has a lot of influence in literary works, even in modern ones!
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ReplyDeleteOne of Shakespeare's most famous piece of work “Romeo and Juliet” set a pot of two star-crossed lover who are willing to do anything to be together, but ends up in a tragedy. The “Titanic” a movie directed by James Cameron is also about two star-crossed lovers who also suffer a tragedy. In the “Titanic”, Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt are the main character meaning the the in a way represent Romeo and Juliet. Jack and Rose are not allowed to be together because the family of Rose and also because Rose is to married another guy who is approve by her dad. In “Romeo and Juliet” the two can not be together because their families and also because Juliet is to married someone that has been approve by her family. The details of the plot might not be exactly the same, but they are similar. In both types of literature the two main characters find true love but at the end suffer a tragedy.
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ReplyDeleteIn Grease, Sandy Olsson and Danny Zuko fall in love over the summer. They never thought that they would see each other again until Sandy tells her new friends about her summer in the song, Summer Nights. Rizzo then realizes that Sandy is talking about Danny, who she has a history with. Once she takes Sandy to Danny and he acts really mean, which Sandy doesn't like or understand. Danny’s cool guy persona, Rizzo and the T-birds acts as Romeo’s sisters in Romeo and Juliet. Sandy ends up dating a Jock which makes Danny jealous. Danny tries to change into a Jock for Sandy and Sandy tries to change into a Pink Lady for Danny. In the end, they do not die, but they do fall in love and attempt to make sacrifices for each other, like Romeo and Juliet.
In Romeo and Juliet, they meet at a party. In Grease, Sandy and Danny meet at the beach. In both Romeo and Juliet and Grease, the star-crossed lovers have problems to overcome.In the end, both pairs try to do what is best for the other and it may not work out, but they always will have the times they shared (no matter how little or how long).
Post by: Kayla Williamson
ReplyDeleteA movie that reflects Shakespeare is “The Lion King”. There are undeniable parallels like the uncle who murders the young prince’s father. Mufasa the dead king appears as a ghost, just like King Hamlet appears as a ghost. The prince in both stories has two friends that serve as comic relief (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern/Timon and Pumba). The ending is what differs the most. Basically everyone dies in Hamlet, but in The Lion King, only Scar dies. Even though Scar is the only one who dies, he is killed by his minions. Our understanding of these works deepens because we are able to make connections between both of them.
Alana Williams
ReplyDeleteWork that reflects Shakespeare to me would have to be Twilight. The couple cannot be together and they fall in love pretty quickly, their romance is very dangerous and through the book series it shows how strong their ties are to each other. Unlike Romeo and Juliet they do not die but many times throughout series they are highly close to death.