There Shakespeare, on whose forehead climb
The crowns o' the world; oh, eyes sublime With tears and laughter for all time! Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), A Vision of Poets Journal Prompt Discuss at least one film adaptation of a Shakespeare play. Why do you think we keep remaking Shakespeare’s stories?
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Connor
1/8/2019 10:03:10 am
The lion king. Becuae they are very good stories and you apply many different characters and personalities to them.
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Robyn
1/8/2019 10:06:25 am
I’m not sure why they thought turning Hamlet into a kids movie would be a lit idea but it ended up being good.
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Nick
1/8/2019 10:06:47 am
Good response.
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Konner
1/8/2019 10:09:29 am
I like this response
Robyn
1/8/2019 10:04:32 am
One remake of Romeo of Juliet is one were a zombie falls in love with a human girl and I guess their love starts converting all the zombies back into humans? (It’s kind of dumb )
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Katelyn
1/8/2019 10:07:00 am
That just sounds off putting to watch.
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Nutt
1/8/2019 10:08:02 am
I know which movie you’re talking about. I thought is was a really weird movie but the theme was good.
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Sarah
1/8/2019 10:13:55 am
I thought the movie was incredibly cheesy.
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Katelyn
1/8/2019 10:05:45 am
Gnomeo and Juliet is an animated comedy adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. It follows the same plot with the feuding families as garden gnomes in modern London. We remake Shakespeare plays because they offer lessons to learn throughout all of his plays.
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Aimee
1/8/2019 10:05:49 am
Gnomeo and Juliet is an animated remake of Romeo and Juliet. I think we keep remaking these plays because the plot lines are very versatile and relatable. They also have many characters that have the same problems as a lot of us today.
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Nick
1/8/2019 10:07:37 am
Nice.
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Nate
1/8/2019 10:09:13 am
Nice response, aimee
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Aimee
1/8/2019 10:10:49 am
Thank you, Nate.
Jennifer
1/8/2019 10:10:44 am
I agree very much so. Nice points.
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Kiana Farnworth
1/8/2019 10:06:11 am
The only film adaption that I really watch of a Shakespeare play is the version of Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio and that was more of a modern adaption of the play. I think the reason that film adaptions of Shakespeare plays are being remade so often is because they can be enjoyed by all people but we feel the need to make them more modern and relatable with each adaption.
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Hailey Jo
1/8/2019 10:08:30 am
I agree, keeping the movies modern make them more enjoyable.
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Nick
1/8/2019 10:06:18 am
Romeo and Juliet is one I can think of we keep remaking them because their is lessons to learn from the films.
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Robyn
1/8/2019 10:07:44 am
Also I feel like people see Romeo and Juliet as “the ultimate love story” and people are suckers for that type of thing.
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Alexis Anderson
1/8/2019 10:06:39 am
There are countless movies and television shows based off of Romeo and Juliet. It is an iconic love story, it grabs people with the feud of the to houses. In movies now they usually disregard the whole dying part but the plot still lies there.
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Cherish
1/8/2019 10:08:38 am
Romeo and Juliet is definitely a prime example of a Shakespeare piece that is remade a lot.
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Hailey Jo
1/8/2019 10:09:42 am
Everyone knows it as the original love story and keeps its modern for entertainment
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Kayla
1/8/2019 10:09:43 am
That is true. We just don’t always keep the part where the two people die.
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Kelsey
1/8/2019 10:10:44 am
It keeps getting remade because it’s “an iconic love story”
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Kiana Farnworth
1/8/2019 10:11:07 am
I agree, the love story of Romeo and Juliet definitely created a phenomenon of tragic love stories to be created for our entertainment.
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Nutt
1/8/2019 10:06:53 am
The one adaptation I think of first is Romeo + Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio. We keep remaking these stories to fit the modern views and look of our society. We keep evolving as a culture and as our world changes so do many of the stories.
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Konner
1/8/2019 10:11:51 am
I agree the stories change after time.
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Cherish
1/8/2019 10:07:09 am
One adaption could be Cinderella. This is an example because her step mother won’t allow her to go out of the house and when she finally does she falls in love, much like how Romeo and Juliet do. We keep remaking Shakespeare’s stories because they are a part of history that we need to keep remaking.
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Kayla
1/8/2019 10:08:41 am
I never thought of Cinderella as being another version of Shakespeare but I guess it is in a way.
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Katelyn
1/8/2019 10:09:02 am
In some ways, any new book or movie can be based on Shakespeare’s original works. But I can see how it’s an adaption.
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Alexis Anderson
1/8/2019 10:12:48 am
Cinderella is an example I would have never thought of!
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Kelsey
1/8/2019 10:13:37 am
I would have never thought about that
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Kelsey
1/8/2019 10:07:17 am
One movie is Gnomeo and Juliet, we like remaking Shakespeare so we can watch it with a different twist
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Hailey Jo
1/8/2019 10:07:24 am
Gnomeo and Juliet is a movie adapted from the Shakespeare play Romero and Juliet. I think we keep remaking his plays because then people can add their own spin on the movie. The movies keep evolving with the times.
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Cherish
1/8/2019 10:09:30 am
I, too, thought of Gnomeo and Juliet as one.
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Konner
1/8/2019 10:07:44 am
Gnomoe and Juliet I think was made so many generations would would be able to have some knowledge of Shakespeare.
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Jennifer
1/8/2019 10:11:58 am
Good example.
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Kayla
1/8/2019 10:07:50 am
One would be Nomeo and Juliet because it’s a recap of Romeo and Juliet but instead of people they are nomes. We keep remaking them because it’s a classic tale of people falling in love but they can’t be together. It’s another love story.
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Alexis Anderson
1/8/2019 10:11:00 am
Gnomeo and Juliet definitely offers an insight for younger children to learn Shakespeare.
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Nutt
1/8/2019 10:11:27 am
Gnome and Juliet also changed the audience from adults to children. Many children who haven’t even learned about Shakespeare yet can watch these movies and learn about a good love story.
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Nate
1/8/2019 10:08:42 am
Gnomeo and Juliet seems to be a good one. We keep making them cause some people think they’re good I guess
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Aimee
1/8/2019 10:10:16 am
That’s a pretty good movie, I guess.
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Jennifer
1/8/2019 10:09:03 am
The Lion King is a remake of Hamlet. We keep recreating Shakespeare’s stories to appeal to our changing and younger generations. People are coming out with new and creative ways to tell the stories and it keeps people intrigued and interested. This allows Shakespeare’s work to continue to be remembered.
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Nate
1/8/2019 10:10:34 am
Nice response
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Aimee
1/8/2019 10:11:58 am
The Lion King is a pretty lit movie.
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James
1/8/2019 10:09:58 am
The lion king is a film adaptation of hamlet. We keep remaking Shakespeare’s works to adapt them to our time.
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Sarah
1/8/2019 10:10:44 am
West Side Story is based on Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare is famous and people have a hard time coming up with different plots. It’s also fun to add on or modernize stories.
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Kiana Farnworth
1/8/2019 10:14:10 am
I agree, the constant modernization of Shakespeare plays keeps them fun and interesting even when the plots are the same.
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Saymen
1/8/2019 10:11:18 am
There are many films about Shakespeare play I can’t remember how many, but many of them are about love. We keep remake Shakespeare’s stories because they are one of the modern days romantic and cultural traditions stories.
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Brandon Westfall
1/8/2019 10:13:43 am
A remake of The tempest would be Pocahontas because captain John Smith and Ferdinand were both shipwrecked
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