Letter to Juliet

This letter is a symbol for how Romeo and Juliet were determined to be together, even with their rivaling families, and how the story of Romeo and Juliet is still impacting people today. The letter Sophie reads in the movie Letters to Juliet has lasted 50 years before she finds it. Even after 50 years, the woman who sent the letter was still longing for her long lost love. The woman's love lasted many many years, just like how Shakespeare's story of Romeo and Juliet has. Also, this story begins with hope and a whimsical feeling, but Romeo and Juliet immediately begins with war and violence. Act I Scene I states, "SAMPSON Draw if you be men.—Gregory, remember thy washing blow. They fight. BENVOLIO Part, fools! Drawing his sword. Put up your swords. You know not what you do. Enter Tybalt, drawing his sword. TYBALT What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? Turn thee, Benvolio; look upon thy death. BENVOLIO I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword, Or manage it to part these men with me. TYBALT What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, coward! They fight. Enter three or four Citizens with clubs or partisans. CITIZENS Clubs, bills, and partisans! Strike! Beat them down! Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montagues!" Romeo and Juliet immediately opens with war and violence, but Letters to Juliet opens with happiness and cheerfulness. Although both these works are about love and fate, they both carry different tones throughout the film and play.