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Introduction
The star-crossed lovers in this animated version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet are garden gnomes who belong to two different tribes, one blue and one red. The tribes live in neighbouring gardens belonging to the Montague and Capulet families. Although this story isn’t as tragic as the original, there’s still a lot of competition and warring between the two tribes.
Gnomeo (voice of James McEvoy) is the son of Lady Blueberry (Maggie Smith), the leader of the Blues. Juliet (Emily Blunt) is the daughter of Lord Redbrick (Michael Caine), the leader of the Reds. Gnomeo and Juliet meet by accident, unaware that they’re from opposing tribes. They instantly fall in love. Things get tricky when they realise that their love is doomed, but Juliet is a headstrong girl, determined to break away from her overprotective father.
Gnomeo and Juliet feel that their love is stronger than family rivalry and continue their romance with almost disastrous consequences.
Raising Children Network. (2020). Gnomeo and Juliet. Retrieved from https://raisingchildren.net.au/guides/movie-reviews/gnomeo-and-juliet
Gnomeo and Juliet
Bloodworth, B. (Producer). Asbury, K. (Director). (2011). Gnomeo and Juliet. [Motion Picture]. UK: Touchstone Pictures.
Romeo and Juliet - Bite Size Shakespeare
BBC Worldwide Learning (Producer). (2014). Romeo and Juliet. [Video File episode]. In BBC Worldwide Learning (Producers), Bitesize Shakespeare . Retrieved from Https://online.clickview.com.au/
English Renaissance times
- Bumgardner, J. (2017). Elizabethan Age. In World Book Student. Retrieved from http://www.worldbookonline.com.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/student/article?id=ar756160
Elizabethan Age, or Elizabethan Era, was a period of English history during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, from 1558 to 1603 - Gibbs, G. G. (2017). Elizabeth I. In World Book Student. Retrieved from http://www.worldbookonline.com.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/student/article?id=ar178460Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was queen of England from 1558 until her death in 1603. Her reign is often called the Golden Age or the Elizabethan Age because it was a time of great achievement in England.
- Hankins, J. (2017). Renaissance. In World Book Student. Retrieved from http://www.worldbookonline.com.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/student/article?id=ar464720Renaissance was a great cultural movement that began in Italy during the early 1300's. It spread to England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and other countries in the late 1400's and ended about 1600.