#that was iconic
ROMEO + JULIET (1996) dir. Baz Lurhman
This film uses WATERas it’s leading symbol. Water represents purity and cleanliness along with escapism. Yet as the film continues on, the water world becomes threatened. After Tybalts death everything that the water represented between the couple is now gone, their innocence and hope thus resulting in their belief that death is the only way they can ever be together.
Today is the day when I celebrate my secondary school Literature teacher who, after making us 14-year-olds read Shakespeare, proceeded on to play this movie for us and then encourage us to make our own modern adaptations of scenes from the play. You have my eternal gratitude for instilling the love of Shakespeare in me.
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