argument or narrative, by means of music. Romeo has lines that tighten the heart or catch you up in to the heights, alternately with heartless fustian and silly ingenuities that make you curse Shakespeare’s stagestruckness and his youthful inability to keep his brains quiet.” (Bloom 37) Though certain aspects are changed, the story remains beautifully sound and serves as a classic example of the power of love. The new version, in my opinion, is the better version of the story. Not only does it depict the original tale, it adds visual stimuli to help draw the reader in. But the stories still have their similarities. Though Romeo + Juliet has many differences from the original version from Shakespeare, it supports the original characters, themes, dialogue, and key issues of the classic tale of the star-crossed lovers. ...
