Romeo and Juliet - Newspaper evaluation.

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Nicholas Coxon 11H                                                             15th March 2002

Romeo and Juliet

 Newspaper Evaluation

        My task was to design a front cover for a newspaper, one tabloid and one broadsheet, to explain what happened in Verona square, in "Romeo and Juliet" Act 3 scene 1. One of the papers must be on the side of the Capulet's and the other on the side of the Montague's. I decided to base my tabloid paper biased to the Capulets, and the broadsheet against the Montague's.

        Newspapers throughout time have used the same ideas to get their point across. Tabloids using up more space on the front cover for pictures or big flashy head lines. Broadsheets on the other hand use less space on their front page to show fancy pictures, they use less area space for pictures and use that extra area for more writing. Tabloids also tend to use slang words, or short words, such as "cops" instead of "the police." Broadsheets use formal language and do not use slang. The words in a broadsheet paper also tend to be long. Tabloid papers use stories generally about sex, gossip and crime. Broadsheets concentrate more along the lines of politics and the government. Also they use stories worldwide while the tabloid papers only use stories world wide if it has a scandal story in it. There are a few tabloids that don’t deal with all the scandal stories and short stories and large photos. We call these papers "quality" tabloids. These kinds of papers include the Express and the Mail. Tabloid papers refer to people by their nicknames, for example, "Becks" and "Gazza." Broadsheet papers when referring to people use their full names, "David Beckham."

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        In my own tabloid paper I have already stated that the paper is on the side of Romeo, the Montague's. I found 2 pictures for Romeo and Tybalt that I think do them justice for what they are used as. For Tybalt I used a picture of a famous wrestler called "Stone Cold Steve Austin," I used this picture as he looks rough and the typical bad guy.  For Romeo I used a picture of Leonardo Di Caprio as he looks innocent and is smiling like he has done nothing wrong. From the title "King of cats slaughters Mercutio, Romeo ...

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