Examine Shakespeare's portrayal of the themes of love and conflict in Romeo and Juliet. Discuss how the themes are communicated in the original play and in Baz Lurhmann's film version. Refer in detail to at least three scenes.

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Examine Shakespeare's portrayal of the themes of love and conflict in Romeo and Juliet. Discuss how the themes are communicated in the original play and in Baz Lurhmann's film version. Refer in detail to at least three scenes.

Romeo and Juliet, a tragic story of love and conflict, by William Shakespeare, is among the most famous of the plays he has written. Since the first performance at the end of the 16th Century, it has been reworked in ballet, opera, music, fiction and film (Baz Lurhmann's film) and is still a constant presence in modern culture.

The story was first written by, Masuccio Salernitano, an Italian, in 1476 and later by Arthur Brook, an English poet.

Brook's, The Tragical Historye of Romeus and Juliet was the main source of the play by Shakespeare, despite the fact it had been rewritten several times by Italian and French authors.

Love and conflict has remained the main theme of the story that dominates the play.

I will be examining the portrayal, by Shakespeare, of the themes of love and conflict in the play, whilst referring to the historical, social and cultural content of the era the play