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| COMPARISON OF | Romeo and Juliet 1996 | 1968 Romeo and Juliet |
| Setting | California's Verona Beach | Italy |
| Montague Clothes |
Buzz cuts, pink hair, tattoos, colorful |
dark clothes dark blue and gray |
| Capulets Clothes |
Vests, tattoos, dark clothes |
more colorful colors used like orange. flame-colored |
| Weapons | guns and pocket knives | daggers, swords, knives |
| 3rd brawl/1st fight scene | starts in the gas station then moves to the streets | starts at the town market and then moves to the town square |
| Party | ||
| Rosaline | Mentioned while playing pool, Romeo thinks about her and Benvolio - writes her name on a chalkboard. Newswoman mentions her name. | is mentioned and seen at the party and Romeo + Benvolio talk about her and later talked between Friar L. and Romeo. |
| R&J first see each other | through the fishtank in the bathroom | Romeo first sees Juliet when she is dancing with guys |
| R&J first kiss | in an elevator | behind curtain |
| The Romance between Romeo and Juliet | Noticed by some | Not noticed all except Nurse |
| At the END of the Party | Juliet's mother drags Juliet off | Juliet's mother asks Juliet to come with her |
| Later after end of Party | pool scene when Romeo comes back to propose to Juliet | balcony scene |
| Proposed to Juliet | while in the pool | while on the balcony |
| First fight between Tybalt and Romeo | Tybalt fights and shoves away Romeo first | Tybalt first gets in a fight with Mercutio |
| Mercutio dies on the beach | Mercutio dies on the church steps | |
| Romeo gets poison | Romeo gets poison from man in pool hall | buys poison from an apothecary |
| Tomb | ||
| Romeo getting into tomb | takes a hostage so police don't kill him | Romeo opens the tomb by hitting the lock with a rock |
| Juliet awakens | just as Romeo drinks poison | when the Friar arrives and a few minutes after Romeo drinks the poison |
| Juliet kills herself | gun to her head | with a dagger to her chest |