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Check out a modern-day interpretation of Verona. There have been so many stories inspired by Romeo and Juliet, each set in different cities, with different people and different time periods. The one thing all the versions have in common is the tragic love story at the heart. What do you think of "Verona Beach?" What setting would you use for a modern day Romeo and Juliet? Who would the battling families be?
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Breanne W.
4/13/2009 03:59:21 am
Verona Beach looks similar to today it's a little bit more modern. For modern day Romeo and Juliet i would probably use to different projects.The battleing families would be too different gangs. It would be crips and bloods and instead of having Romeo and juliet, their names would be Julio(boy) and Ramona(girl). The story would bee how they tried to still bee togther although they where in different gangs and they knew that if thrie families found out, thire families would make them kill eachother.
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Noemi Salazar
4/13/2009 04:21:08 am
Verona Beach looks a bit similar to todays its just a little bit more of a gorgeous place to live at. Now what I would change around here for Romeo and Juliet would be the names of their familes and thier own names. It would be like two Different race One Jewish the other Italian and their names of both of the groups for the montagues would be Rulers and Capulets would be Gamerz somehow the name of Romeo would be Richy get it lol (alot of money) and Juliet would be Jane Fame 9ooh fame yes) and both instead of their hatred towards eachother they would do whatever it takes so that richy and jane fame dnt fall in love so they compete yet whoever wins wont stop their love towards eachother. But once they find out they try to find a way to seperate them so therefore they end up killing themselves instead of being away from eachother! ooh yea dats wassup! lol
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Davon lisa fav student
4/13/2009 07:54:13 am
i agree with Breanne i don't think the the families would fight because of there last names but because of the gangs they are in..there would not be swords but there would be gun fights
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Nichole Mak
4/13/2009 12:21:15 pm
Verona Beach looks like any other city, except we don't see a statue very often. I agree with Breanne and Davon.
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Brian Guzman
4/13/2009 11:21:38 pm
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Brian Guzman
4/13/2009 11:27:05 pm
I Agree with everyone who has posted in here b/c back then they fought b/c of their last names. Today you wont see a person get killed or hurt b/c of their last names. For ex: You wont hear any1 say "Look there goes a Guzman, lets kill him" Today people will fight b/c of what gang you are in, not because what family you belong too.
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Gilda Epifanio
4/14/2009 08:15:41 am
Verona Beach looks almost like our time today it's just that we dont have statues roaming the city (only in museums)! Also,nobody (today) have fights just because of their last name, but maybe becuse of social class but it wouldn't be overly dramatic like the case of the montagues and the capulets!
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Raiann A.
4/15/2009 04:10:12 am
Verona Beach looks like any other regular city except we don't see statues everyday . I also agree with Breanne and Davon like Nichole.
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Sharlene Casado
4/15/2009 02:10:30 pm
I think that Verona beach is much to modern. Beautiful but modern. What I would change in Romeo and Juliet almost everything. Juliet would have to be an angel and Romeo a demon. Something that the whole world is involved in. Instead of them meeting at a party they are both assigned the same charge. Romeo to kill and Juliet to protect. Juliet is attracted to his bad boy ness, something she’s not used to and Romeo lusts after her innocence. They choose to ignore the warnings of their "parents' (masters) and have a forbidden affair. Juliet is forced to watch as they kill Romeo in the most horrible way as a punishment for her treason before she is killed slowly.
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jakia coleman
4/16/2009 08:36:46 pm
i agree with sharlene because romeo is bad in the sitution in my eyes lol .but i disagree with the juliet being an angel because juliet wasnt innocent here either she had parts in on things to. but eventhing else i agree on i think the story would have been better and alittle bit more intersting if it was the way sharlene explain it !who agrees with me ?
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Tanya S.
4/17/2009 05:00:28 am
I think the Verona beach is a really good idea, everyone loves the beach and there so much you can do there its like its own mini city by the water.In a modern day Romeo and juliet I would make the rival families rival companies and Romeo and Juliet would be the companie's CEO daughter and son and they are learning the family business.I would also make the setting a city but Juliet would be more of a trouble maker and Romeo would be more of the serious one.
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taniqua green
4/17/2009 06:37:40 am
i believe that juliet was just as guilty as romeo was because, juliet wanted to be with romeo even after she found out that he killed her cousin. i think the verona beach is a relly good idea because i agree with tanya that it looks like a little city. in modern days i would make romeo and juliet something like eachothers competition. i would make sure juliet was the more troubled one and romeo would be the more sophisticated one. they would still be lovers and they would fight hard to be together.
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4/17/2009 06:38:55 am
i believe that juliet was just as guilty as romeo was because, juliet wanted to be with romeo even after she found out that he killed her cousin. i think the verona beach is a relly good idea because i agree with tanya that it looks like a little city. in modern days i would make romeo and juliet something like eachothers competition. i would make sure juliet was the more troubled one and romeo would be the more sophisticated one. they would still be lovers and they would fight hard to be together.
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Alicia Murphy
4/17/2009 04:29:49 pm
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Alicia Murphy
4/17/2009 04:34:12 pm
I totally disagree that the families dont fight because of their name, i mean the fued goes back through generations but if the enmity is rooted deeply then a name is strong enough to cause a conflict no matter who loves who. Verona beach doesnt really look like a town with two families with a fued because it looks like a modern day city wiith big buildings- except for the statue
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Florentina Castro
4/18/2009 10:38:06 am
Verona beach is modern.. much more modern than shakespeares setting. I woud use new york city as my setting and the families would be two competing business owners. I dont know really I can't come up with anything.
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Elizabeth Taveras
4/19/2009 03:15:32 am
I think that Verona Beach it a lot more modern. But at the same time is not too modern because the two families are fighting because of the last name, I think that it would be better if they change the purpose of the conflic to another reason.
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4/19/2009 08:39:53 am
i agree with Davon and Breanne because well the family's are not gonna just fight because of they're last names now these days. They now come with a better reason and purpose. Romeo and Juliet had death well plan i guess because the made their own decisions. i mean Juliet and Romeo both knew the things the were doing is wrong yet the chose to go off the high end and kill themselves when things weren't going so well.
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Antonia D.
4/19/2009 12:34:52 pm
Verona Beach looks similar to today it's a little bit more modern and such a beautiful setting where i would dream to vacation at.For Romeo and Juliet, I would change the names Rome-Gunna and Pretty-Paid-Jul. I would use Gunside as my setting.I would change the families, two gangs (B.M.G) and (Y.G).
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4/19/2009 01:04:08 pm
verona beach is a lil bit alike to todays but the way they dressed and& lived was different.
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Mattia S.
4/20/2009 07:28:21 am
VeronaBeach just looks like a regular big city like New York or Chicago, but I wouldnt use a city for Verona, because Montagues & Capulets would see eachother almost every day because the size of the city,so there would be more conflict around.
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javon faison
4/20/2009 09:21:36 am
1)i think dat veronas beach is very nice
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ShaQueen Star Slater
4/20/2009 12:22:40 pm
wow reading Sharlene Casado
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IGNACIA HAYES
4/20/2009 01:44:27 pm
I think Fair Verona is a good setting so i wouldnt change it.
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Tiffany Villacis
5/5/2009 12:24:46 am
I think that Fair Verona is good. Well in the morden moive it look perfect. I wouldnt change that, But Fair Verona in other thimes are to old. I would like to see other clothing and not the old peoples clothes
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