Guiding Worksheet—Romeo and Juliet (1996), Baz

Luhrmann
Use this worksheet to help guide your viewing and to guide some comparisons with the play.

1. Who plays the role of the chorus in this film? ……………………………………………..

2. Where is the film set? (Look on the police cars!) ……………. …………………
3. Juliet is a (which family?) ……………………. ; Romeo is a …………………………… .
4. Captain Prince is the Chief of …………………………….
5. Paris is the ………………………………..
6. What is the setting for the first fight between the Capulets and Montagues?
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7. Mercutio, Romeo’s friend, talks about “Queen Mab” and offers him a pill. What do you think
the pill is? ………………………………
8. Romeo has a dream, and tells Mercutio about it. Romeo DOES/ DOESN’T want to come to the
party because of his dream.
9. How does Romeo get into the party? ……………………………………………………………
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10. How does it happen that Romeo and Juliet first see each other at the party? Where does this
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11. What item does Juliet give Romeo at the end of the night? ...............................................
12. What time does Romeo tell Juliet to contact him the next day?........................................
13. Who meets Romeo at the beach? (Who is the lady in red?) ……………………………..
14. After Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, he is exiled to Mantua. Why doesn’t he hear of the
priest’s plan? .....................................................................................................................................
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15. How long will Juliet be “dead”? ……………………………………………………………
16. What are the major differences between the death scene in the film and in the play?
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17. Who speaks the final lines of the film? …………………………………………………..
18. Are the scenes in the same order as in the play?..................
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19. Is the full text of the play used? ............

Notes on other structural or staging differences between the play and the film:
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