Production Lay-outs

Item format or mechanical production system is intended to deal with items that are made utilizing particular machines in a sequential construction system (Product lay-out).â Each line is intended to address explicit necessities of a product offering in a consecutive manner.â There is a smooth progression of creation (for example transport upheld) starting with one particular machine then onto the next which is alluring in large scale manufacturing where request is unsurprising while volumes are high.â This kind of format, hence, is fitted in delivering buyer items for a general market instead of creating for a few fragments of the market. The upsides of the item format are its request and effective procedures that can prompt quicker client reaction and less interest on lead times.â It likewise advances modest work since ability prerequisites are low that causes unwinding of high salaries.â Although this design is proficient and simple to utilize, it is exceptionally firm in light of the fact that an adjustment in one mechanical production system can lead bottleneck in its production.â Further, in item improvement, obtaining an entirely different arrangement of machines and working territory is important to address explicit necessities of the product.â When request is low, the benefits can be underutilized. As it produces boats and planes, fixed position format is a strategy applied to defenseless, difficult to-move and concentrated items (Layout and Flow).â Factors of creation (for example work, machine, types of gear and instruments) are required to meet in a solitary creation area to deal with assembling errands there. It is standard to leave machines in the site when not used to forestall breakage or harmed notwithstanding the exorbitant transportation required for pull-out and returning to the site. Further, to limit the high capital in obtaining new machines, most organizations are utilizing legally binding leases in light of the fact that their utilization of the machines is under constrained time frame.â Its points of interest are diminished development of machines that guides in limiting danger of harm or lost and coherence of procedures on the grounds that the requirement for rethinking is decreased as individuals meet in one place.â However, a portion of its burdens incorporate are more significant compensations as laborers must have explicit abilities to complete the task, development of individuals/machines to site can be expensive and inert machines can have low use since they stay inactive rather use for profitable methods when the creation is at stop. In contrast to fixed position, utilitarian or procedure design recognize the work bunch into various divisions that offer ascent to various and particular workstations (Facility layout).â As creation is irregular and clustered, practical format is perfect in serving diverse market sections that have profoundly separated needs.â Compared to item format, volumes are extensively low while the interest can change significantly from one period to another.â There is specialization in useful format, for example, partition of men, ladies and kids' garments in a retail establishment. Machines in this design are for general use while laborers are educated on the best way to work machines inside their station.â The upside of this format is inverse the burden of item format (for example adaptability) while the other way around is additionally evident (for example useful format is inefficient).â Disadvantages, for example, backtracking, bottlenecks and postponements are common.â Further, the extra spaces for crude materials are gigantic while inventories of the completed items are low since they are quickly conveyed to customers.â The basic issue to consider in this design is to discover the relationship of each station to machine focuses to build up a more space-productive plan between them. To deliver the issue to space-productivity among stations and machine focuses, cell design is glorified to consolidate the benefits of item and useful formats (for example effectiveness and flexibility).â Cells speak to a workstation that produces comparative client requirements.â A machine that can't be dispensed in space is deliberately situated between cells that require machine preparing to make a state of use.â The standard plan is that the sequential construction system is seen in creating segments and parts while process design assume control over the relationship of every segment delivering cell. With the utilization of data frameworks, finding cells and distinguishing inactive machines can be effortlessly conveyed out.â Resulting to significant administrative work to keep up the cell format, laborers can likewise work machines inside their areas of expertise like practical layout.â Its favorable circumstances are decrease in material giving and travel time, insignificant set-up time, limited work-in-progress, productive utilization of human capital, control and automation.â On the other hand, it can have backfire, for example, nonattendance of adequate number of part stations to make cells, imbalanced cells, all the more preparing and exacting portion of laborers and expanded capital consumption. Support of the most suitable format Albeit testing to build up, the present condition and creation needs of Manychip should utilize cell layout.â First, its plant and deals directs are situated in created economies where quality and costly HR are dwelling.â Second, it works in a profoundly unpredictable interest that can be effortlessly influenced by natural changes that adaptability is required to forestall cost related with over-forecasting.â Third, it is conveying just six principle memory chip items which likely have noteworthy likenesses in structure and inside parts.â This will empower formation of cells in light of the fact that the quantity of stations is adequate. Fourth, its activities in resource serious while its deterioration can fundamentally influence its profitability.â When cell format is received, sequential construction systems can effectively create segment parts for the six product offerings which will forestall inactive machines.â On the other hand, practical design are adaptable that can be applied when requests are set and items are prepared for last assembly.â Fifth, the creation of Manychip requires high lead times which can be limited when applied with cell fabricating as segments are prepared to experience get together once request is set up. On having more noteworthy nimbleness, Manychip won't free quality frameworks since explicit stations are under backup mode that can be called if irregular quality test is necessary.â With the thought of the three conditions, endorsement of cell design is very necessary.â Different parts can make cells, the managerial gathering can act like a quality gathering wherein case a station can be raised for them close to their separate procedure interests and shipment in various geological area can be tended to by convenient conveyance of products.â However, Manychip must consider that significant financing is required to build up a crossover methodology, for example, cell manufacturing.â It should likewise screen its item improvement projects to forestall disintegration of significant cells. References Item spread out (obscure). UWM. Accessible  [Accessed on 6 August 2007] Office design (obscure). SNC. Accessible from ;http://www.snc.edu/socsci/seat/333/blocks/Layout.html; [Accessed on 6 August 2007] Design and Flow (1997). Pearsoned. Accessible [Accessed on 6 August 2007] ; ; ;

Devaluation and its impact on different economic sectors

Downgrading and its effect on various financial segments We are gladly introducing the appointed report. We trust you will discover it up to the predefined mark. The main point of this report is about downgrading and its effect on various areas of economy. All the more explicitly, this report tries to investigate the degree to which the present degrading of Pak rupee has influenced the economy on smaller scale just as full scale levels. Data expected to address these issues was gotten from various exchange financial diaries and furthermore from web. We likewise met various experts and industry individuals. Well say that this examination has been a teaching experience, in the long run giving us a genuine feeling of accomplishment. Much obliged to you, Chapter by chapter list: Depiction Page # Foundation and History Degrading and its capacities Global Trade and cheapening Outside trade Rates International Trade Downgrading and its consequences for Export Declining Export and current cheapening Is enormous debasement is avoidable Late Devaluation and its transient effect Repercussion of contenders debasement of Pak Economy Points of interest and drawbacks of downgrading Proposals to Govt Conculsion Back Ground and History: Pakistan has surprising history of progressive degrading. The rupee was first downgraded in 1950 because of a comparative move by India. Later in 1972, Z.A. Bhuttos government greatly cheapened the rupee by 133%. The rupee was additionally debased in mid 1980s during General Zia system. Moeen Qureshis guardian government in 1993 additionally depreciated the rupee by 7%. After that it was Benazir Bhuttos government that further depreciated the rupee lastly same measure are being taken by the current administration of Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. Pakistan has been on an arrangement of oversaw skim since January 8, 1982. For the greater part of the previous decade the rupee had been fixed comparable to the US dollar at the pace of Rs 9.9= US$1. The new trade system initiated with an official ostensible devaluation of 5 percent in the period of January, and a combined 30 % for the year 1982. This was joined by the deserting of the fixed peg to the US dollar and its substitution by an adaptable bushel peg whereby the specialists deal with the ostensible conversion scale effectively. The conversion scale framework has stayed unlettered up to the present and the Government has intermittently re-attested its duty to this adaptable administration in adjustment and modification programs haggled with the IMF. Since the presentation of the new framework there has been a ceaseless descending slide in our swapping scale. At present the pace of Pak RS in 2010. This speaks to a deterioration of 260 percent since Downgrading and its capacity: Deterioration or cheapening alludes to the descending development of the rate at which the home money trades against the remote cash or an expansion in the household cost of one unit of the outside money. Deterioration is the name given to this drop when it happens in a free market; debasement is something very similar coming about because of government activities in a market that isn't free. Since 1973 the majority of the monetary standards are on the drifting cash framework, through the arrangement of messy skimming despite everything permits government/national banks to meddle somewhat. The topic of debasing the outer estimation of the cash is one of the fervently discussed issues in open strategy conversations. From one viewpoint, the IMF and the World Bank underpins downgrading as a significant part of their suggested arrangement bundle for less created nations (LDCs). Then again numerous financial expert and monetary arrangement producers are firmly restricted to depreciating m onetary standards has become a grimy word in numerous nations. In fact, cheapening of a cash is the final hotel when other financial and money related estimates like interest the board , monetary motivation, exchange limitations have end up being less powerful in tackling issue of parity of installment, by boosting the countrys sends out and diminishing imports. In nations like Pakistan where major monetary issue is absence of development, sends out are low a result of low quality of merchandise as opposed to the estimation of the money. The instrument of the open market continues altering swapping scale consequently and has made depreciation outdated. Adjusting Mechanism: Essentially cheapening is a measure to address a principal disequilibrium in countrys equalization of installments. Balance in a countrys balance is an aftereffect of limitation on imports and outside installments of numerous kinds and a development of fares and remote trade gaining of various types. The limitation on import can't be accomplished through interests. It must be done through direct limitation as well as through activity of the value component, in other words through creation imports costlier by working on import obligations, and this in truth has been widely done in many creating nations, including Pakistan. Be that as it may, this is available to certain complaints and restrictions so a straightforward method of making imports costlier isn't change of the conversion standard. The whole weight of making imports costlier isn't commonly positioned on the conversion scale component. It is shared by the gadget of import obligations and furthermore quantitative guidelines. T he import obligation component can likewise be utilized to make change to the new conversion scale and to give a specific measure of optional treatment to singular things of import. The Price Factor: The other significant target of degrading is to advance fare. It ought to be noticed that what is mulled over is an expansion in sends out in outside trade; in term of household cash. Fares all in all should increment by more than the level of debasement. Development of fares relies on various variables, the versatility of flexibly in downgrading nation and of interest for the results of that nation abroad. Much relies upon the costs at which the debasing nation can offer its merchandise. Contractionary Impact: Hesitance to modify the swapping scale descending way is because of its conceivable contractionary sway on yield and work, re-conveyance of salary from compensation worker to land owners, cost-push inflationary weight and the underlying ideal impact on the parity of installment. The entirety of the above will in the long run held through a procedure of household swelling and bigger imports. At the point when quantitative controls on imports obligations are scaled down alongside the degrading, imports and fares are not especially touchy to value changes particularly in the short run. This is especially material on account of UDCs whose imports are regularly comprise of basic capital merchandise, middle of the road inputs including fuel and manure and once in a while fundamental purchaser products like food grains, eatable oils and so on. There is little degree for chopping down these imports. The fares of UDCs then again basically comprise of essential wares and handled materials whos e gracefully flexibility are fairly low in short run. In the event that degrading needs to improve the parity of exchange short run, it should get through a decrease in the degree of yield and changes in the conveyance of pay towards high saver which would lessen the interest for imports and create a greater exportable overflow. Downturn, joblessness and inconsistent circulation of salary are the expenses of a fruitful downgrading. Inflationary Pressure: The ineffectual of conversion scale modification in making sure about progress in the outside parity fundamentally originates from the way that adjustments in costs emerging from swapping scale developments feed through rapidly and broadly into the economy and commitment to the accerlation of winning inflationary weight related with an improvement of the money related conditions. The unbending move in cost over a significant stretch has animated protective inflationary reactions amoung industrialists, plant growth specialist, business mens, and worker and has invalidated the effect of conversion scale alterations on the universal intensity of our fares. It ought to be considered that depreciation remedies the past inflationary and other monetary improvement that prompted antagonistic development to be determined of installment. This doesn't ensure the equalization of installments against further inflationary and other unfavorable turns of events. Visit debasement of a money is bother some. It invigorates theory and results in twisting in salary, utilization, modern development and open fund. This likewise dissolves the trust in the money. Request Management: Lamentably, for keeping our outside records disequilibrium inside manageable cutoff points, we have depended rather vigorously on conversion standard modification and not focused on the effectiveness measurement of our monetary framework. Financial effectiveness at the large scale and smaller scale levels requires high profitability, mechanical productivity, high paces of sparing and speculation, and salaries strategy that doesn't prompt cost-push expansion and financial money related approach that gives a steady situation to cautious interest the executives. These are the basic and unbendable financial laws that were perceived and gotten a handle on. Neither negative controls nor counterfeit boosts like regular devaluation of outer estimation of the cash with assistance aside from a little and incidentally. Worldwide exchange and Devaluation: Globalization is the technique of todays world. The idea of data sharing has strengthened the procedure of globalization all through the world. The specialist and experts are, along these lines, taking a shot at the incorporation of the whole framework to run easily with no impediments. Taking a gander at the monetary action in this situation, there is two significant groupings, great and administrations. The globalization of products can be found in the imminent of universal exchange. By worldwide exchange we mean trade of products between the countries. Taking a gander at the economies of the world we find that the states are expanding their exercises b

An Adventure on the Charles

An Adventure on the Charles Tonight I was in an MIT admissions webcast, which was targeted towards the Midwest region but was really open to anyone. Basically, I sat around and answered questions about student life while Tiffany (who’s pretty awesome!) answered the hard questions about applications and statistics and stuff. If you were watching, you may remember that I went off on a tangent about my sailing PE class at some point. (If you were watching, you also may remember that I got asked to prom. What??) If you remember the sailing, you might have been thinking, “Hmm, it sounds like Kate really wants to talk more about this, but also knows that it would be pretty off topic, so she’s restraining herself from going off on a tangent, awkwardly.” Okay, maybe it’s a little plausible that you’d be thinking exactly that. But if you were, as a matter of fact, you’re right! I have a story about sailing. I’m a “story” kind of a person. I structure a lot of my conversations with other people around telling them stories, and listening to their stories, almost to the point of using it as a conversational crutch. So usually, when I get a good story, or more precisely when something happens to me which makes a good story, I end up telling it to just about everyone I talk to, until it’s good and worn out. And this is exactly what I was doing during the sound check for the webcast: telling my sailing story! Which gave me the idea to write it here: now I don’t have to tell everyone my sailing story over and over because I can tell it to everyone, all at once! Hamsika just blogged about sailing, but my story is so different that I’m going to tell it anyways. As part of the MIT PE requirement (which might seem weird to some of you, but for me it’s actually really chill because I was required to have PE every day in high school) I’m taking a sailing class! So this morning at 11am I reported to the sailing pavilion for our lesson, and rigged up a boat with my partner Webb H. ’14. The idea for today was to push off the dock, sail about halfway across the river, turn around, come back, and practice landing at the dock. That was the point: practice landing at the dock. When you sail you can either be the skipper, the one who holds the rudder, or you can be the crew, the one who pulls the rope that the sail is attached to. (Now, in sailing, the crew can let go of the rope holding the sail anytime she wants to, but the skipper can never let go of the rudder. Ever. Ever ever ever. Remember this, it will be important later.) Webb and I went out and practiced landing twice, once in each role. Then, it was time to go out solo. Webb went first, did a fantastic job, and then, there was no avoiding it… it was my turn. Honestly, I was mostly worried about getting away from the dock. In order to get away from the dock, you have to get the boat going, so you basically run along the dock, pulling it along, and then push away and jump onto it. And I was about 99.8%* certain I was going to land in the Charles River. I carefully planned my route along the dock so I’d be jumping from somewhere relatively dry, bit my lip, and went for it. Imagine my surprise when I found both feet squarely in the bottom of the boat! So the hard part was over. I sat down on the side of the boat, near the back, right where I was supposed to, and grabbed the rudder and the sail rope, and set sail towards Boston. And it was awesome! And liberating! I felt so self-sufficient and outdoorsy and alive! And then… it was time to turn around. In sailing, there are two kinds of turns. I like to call them the Easy Turn and the Hard Turn. Obviously, on my first solo sail, I was going for an Easy Turn. Easy Turns, also known as tack turns, involve turning into the wind by pushing the rudder away and pulling the sail in to bring it over to the other side, and then switching sides of the boat. Easy enough, right. “Okay, Kate,” I thought, “here goes. Tack turn. No big deal.” I pushed the rudder away and pulled the sail in andâ€"ran into problems. See, before, whenever I’d done tack turns, I’d done them with Webb, so I’d been either crew or skipper, but not both. So it took a solo sail to realize that really, it takes two hands to pull in the rope. But you can NEVER LET GO of the rudder! So I pushed the rudder away and pulled the sail rope in…and then needed to pull the sail rope in more, so I used my rudder hand to grab the slack in the rope, which meant my rudder hand was back in the middle of the boat, which meant I was no longer turning! This continued for 3 or 4 tries. Imagine the scene: slightly blustery, cloudy, chilly. At rise: slightly inept novice sailor, Kate, alone in a boat, center stage (where stage=Charles River), desperately trying to do a tack turn. The boat turns about 90 degrees clockwise to face the Harvard bridge, before Kate’s lack of three arms catches up to her and the wind takes over, blowing the boat back 90 degrees counterclockwise to face Boston. And repeat. After a while of this, I decided there was nothing for it: I was going to have to try a Hard Turn. Otherwise known as a jibe, Hard Turns involve turning the other way. The advantage here is that you don’t have to do anything with the rope: it just hangs free. You pull the rudder towards you, and then (this is the part that makes it a Hard Turn) once the boat has turned around enough, the sail THWACKS across to the other side, completely unrestrained, really really fast. And it is scary. And I’d never been skipper for a jibe before, only crew. But it was the only way I could turn around, so I went for it. I pulled the rudder towards myself, and the boat turned around, and THWACK!!! and even though that’s exactly what’s supposed to happen, I screamed. And panicked, a little, I think. And then the boat was tipping wildly so I was trying to move around to balance it out so I let go of the rudder to try to balance the boat which of course made it more tippy and… wait… yes, you read right, I LET GO OF THE RUDDER!! OH NO! So at this point I was totally panicking and I was like, must get rudder and I lunged for it and I got it! And the boat calmed down, and straightened out, and I got my bearings and looked up to the front of the boat… and I was looking at Boston. I’d done a complete 360! Eventually, I managed a tack turn by wedging the slack of the rope between my knees, and made it back to the dock. It didn’t help that right after my jibe-360 fiasco, the instructors started using the loudspeakers to tell us all to come home. I was clearly the furthest one out in the river, and I did not look like I was planning on coming home anytime soon, and I just wanted to say “No! I’m trying, I promise!” But I did make it back, and the funny thing is, my landing was perfect. Yeah, the skill we were supposed to be learning? I rocked that. But turning around… heh. Heh. So, sailing aside, I started this blog post talking about the admissions webcast. Which happens to have gotten me into a question-answer-y mood. (There’s got to be a better word for that kind of mood…) The gist is, if you have questions about MIT/Admissions, I’m happy to answer them! (hah. As if I’m not ALWAYS happy to answer questions about MIT!) *Did you know that 72.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot?

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William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet Essay William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is one of the worlds greatest love stories. There have been many different interpretations of the play; one of the most famous interpretations of the play is the modern version produced by Baz Luhrmann (1996). The Baz Luhrmanns production captures the intensity and emotional hardship of the characters. Its surprising how much pain and sorrow this interpretation can inflict on the audience. Every aspect of the film adds something extra, such as; the sweeping orchestral music, action, violence and above all the atmospheric weather, which changes like a symbolic mood that passes through you. Although traditional and somewhat clichà ¯Ã‚ ¿Ã‚ ½, Zeffirellis version made in 1968, sticks very much to the original text compared to Luhrmanns. Zeffirellis interpretation has less violence and does not use music to set an emotion or atmosphere as much as Baz Luhrmanns. I am focusing on Act 3 Scene 1 from the Luhrmanns version of the play. This scene is the deaths of Mercutio, Romeos best friend and Tybalt, Juliets cousin. This is a pivotal scene in the play as it leads directly to Romeos exile and ultimately to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Romeos anger towards Tybalt for murdering Mercutio, leads him to kill Tybalt. From this point in the scene Romeo realises that he has ruined his life forever. O, I am fortunes fool. We will write a custom essay sample on William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now We will write a custom essay sample on William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer We will write a custom essay sample on William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer Act 3 Scene 1; based on the Luhrmanns interpretation. The scene opens with Mercutio and Benvolio on a hot summers day on Verona Beach and the Capulet boys have just arrived. If we shall meet, we shall not scape a brawl. Tybalt appears asking for Romeo, demanding a fight. Mercutio responds with outrage and draws to fight him. Tybalt does not back away. Benvolio tries to move them to secluded place where no mans eyes can glaze. Withdraw unto some private place. Here eyes graze on us. Mercutio and Tybalt ignore Benvolios remark and continue to fight. Luckily for Mercutio, Romeo arrives and Tybalt backs off. Peace be with you sir, here comes my man. He tries to start to fight with Romeo but Romeo withdraws and tries to declare his love for Tybalts cousin, Juliet and explain why he cannot fight him. So good Capulet which name I tender as dearly as mine own. Mercutio steps in and takes Romeos place. Tybalt and Mercutio battle it out. From this point in the film it shows how modern Baz Luhrmann has made it, because originally in the play it was a sword fight between Tybalt and Mercutio but Baz Luhrmann used guns and their fists to emphasize the violence and angry emotions. Romeo jumps between Mercutio and Tybalt, stopping them from hurting one another. Blocking Mercutio from Tybalt, causing Tybalt to stab Mercutio in the chest. Tybalt and the others did not realise how fatal the wound was. As Mercutio was even being witty to the point of his death, he was pretending that he was not hurt ay, a scratch, a scratch and cursing their households under his breathes plague of both your houses. At this moment Romeo realises that Mercutio is actually fatally wounded and its his entire fault if you ask for me tomorrow and you should find me a grave man. As Mercutio is blaming him for his wound I was hurt under your arm. But Romeo thought he was only doing it all for the best. Mercutio falls to the ground and slowly stops breathing in Romeos arms. In the Luhrmann production of the play, the weather and the light changes to show Romeos emotions. Baz Luhrmann uses weather and light to set emotions of a characters feelings and build up the violence. The weather changes in this scene from a hot summers day, to a storm. The heat of the afternoon represents the emotions and violence, which are building up from the characters and the storm represents the burst of violence and angry emoti ons from Romeo. The light, from clear sunny sky quickly changes to a stormy atmosphere; Baz Luhrmann also uses music to set the mood and emotions of the characters. Romeo, with such outrage and anger chases Tybalt. Baz Luhrmann uses a car chase and dark lighting with flashes of bright lights and close ups of Romeos anger and Tybalts scared facial expressions. He also uses loud dramatic orchestral music to add to the atmosphere. Romeos and Tybalts cars collide into each other. Baz Luhrmann adds an extra scene of Juliet happily waiting for Romeo on their wedding night, while Romeo is out fighting with her cousin. Tybalts gun slides across the tarmac and Romeo reaches for it and points it directly towards Tybalt, while shouting, threatening to kill either one of them. For Mercutios soul is but a little way above our heads. Staying for thine to keep him company. Either tho or I, or both must go with him. With outrage Romeo shoots Tybalt in the chest. Tybalts body falls into the river, at the feet of a religious statue. Baz Luhramm adds the statue to show how religious the play is. There is silence as the gun that murdered Tybalt falls from Romeos hands, to the ground, with a loud echo. Romeo realises, that he has ruined his life. O, I am fortunes fool! It starts to rain and Romeo falls to the ground and breaks down into tears. Luhrmann adds the rain for effect on Romeos emotions and feelings in this scene. Benvolio arrives to warn Romeo that the Prince and Lady Capulet are on their way. Tybalt slain, stand not amazed. The Prince will doom these deaths, hence, be gone away. In the Luhrmann interpretation, Benvolio arrives in a car, this makes the scene more modern as in the original text. The Prince and Lady Capulet arrive to find the body of Tybalt floating in the river. Benvolio explains the situation. Tybalt, here slain, whom Romeos hand did slay. Lady Capulet is furious with anger and demands that Romeo should die Romeo slew Tybalt, Romeo must not live. The Prince is outraged as Mercutio was one of his Kinsman and the conflict between the two families leads to innocent peoples deaths. The Prince decides that Romeo should be exile to out side the fair Verona walls. When they find him, that hour is his last. Baz Luhrmanns version of the play is extremely modern interpretation. I think this is one of the reasons why the film was so successful because the audience of today could relate to it and also using well-known teen actors/ actresses to appeal to the younger age group. Luhrmann used several different methods to make the play modern. Some of the ways he used to achieve the film modernism Clothing to modernise the film: the Capulet boys wore dark religious tight fitted, clothing. Where as the Montague boys wore lose Hawaiian shirts and dark lose trousers, these outfits represents their characters personalities. Using guns instead of swords. Car chases. Using music, lighting and weather to set the moods and emotions of the characters. Capulet and Montagues are both involved in the building industry in this version. Loud dramatic music orchestral. Fast moving shoots. Police and ambulances. Set in a modern city- busy, multi-cultural. Using well-known young actors/ actresses. Extra add scene for effects. Comparing Baz Luhrmanns modern version to Zeffirellis version of the play. The Zeffirellis version is extremely traditional. As Zeffirelli sticks to the original text, Zeffirelli uses traditional costumes, does not use music much, to set the atmosphere, in act 3 scene 1,it is more humours compared to Baz Luhrmanns version, Zeffirelli also does not use cars, weather or lighting changes to set a mood/ atmosphere but Zeffirelli uses sword fights unlike Baz Luhrmanns, Zeffirelli set it in the period when it was set in the play originally. In the Baz Luhrmann version, we, the audience, know more of what is happening before the characters do. Example; when Romeo and Juliet first meet, the audience know that their families are enemies before they find out. Also we, as the audience, know about Romeo murdering Tybalt before Juliet finds out. The Baz Luhrmann interpretation is very different to all the other interpretations of Romeo and Juliet that have been made since the original because he has made the film modern. The audience of today in my opinion, would react positively to this version because the film covers, most genres of films, as it has action, drama, romance, comedy and I also think that the audience of today would react positively to it because they could all relate to the story line in one way or another. I think if the audience of 1968 saw the Baz Luhrmann version then they would act differently compared to the audience of today because todays culture are more prepared for tragedy and deserters as todays culture has suffered more than the culture of 1968. William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet Essay Example William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet Essay William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is a story set in Elizabethan times. It is about two lovers in an unfortunate situation which, from the start, is certain to end in tragedy. In Elizabethan times, the ideas on family life, parenthood and ranking in society were very different to what they are now. This is where Shakespeare took ideas from. For example, children were thought of as small adults and were property of their parents and women were property of their husbands. In act 3, scene 5 the tension, which is already quite high, builds quickly as a number of unfortunate events plague Juliet. The scene in general, is the beginning of the certain tragedy, which comes upon them. It shows how Juliet becomes completely alone and discarded. This creates a growing amount of sympathy, which grows throughout the scene. Shakespeare uses a number of clever techniques in the language of the characters, the link to society at that time and carrying on a general theme throughout the whole play. The first point in which the tension begins to build in the scene is when Romeo and Juliet first wake up. Romeo and Juliet try to postpone their separation as much as they can. Juliet says Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day. It was the nightingale and not the lark that pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear. The metaphor fearful hollow of thine ear, could add tension. This is because Juliet is remarking on how terrible the morning birds call is to them because it means that its time for them to be separated. Tension is built in the audience because of the sympathy towards the fact they will be inevitably separated. We will write a custom essay sample on William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now We will write a custom essay sample on William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer We will write a custom essay sample on William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer There is then a sudden rise in tension when Nurse bursts into the room and tells them, Your lady mother is coming to your chamber. The day is broke, be wary, look about. Upon hearing this there is a desperate struggle by Romeo to get dressed. This builds more tension because Lady Capulet could walk in at any moment and catch them. The audience would feel nervous at this point because they wouldnt want the two of them to get caught. The theme of love vs. hate runs strongly through this part of the scene because although they both love each other, it is Romeos fault that they are to be separated because he killed Tybalt. It must be hard for Juliet to make up her mind because Tybalt was one of her favourite cousins and she wont see her husband again. At the next point, the theme of love vs. hate once again runs strong through this part of the scene. There isnt much of a rise in tension. It rises a little at the thought of Lady Capulet walking in the room at any moment and catching the two of them but it is otherwise calm. The sympathy within the audience is what rises more than anything else. It rises most dramatically when Romeo says to Juliet, Farewell, farewell, one kiss and Ill descend, because they are being separated and becoming sadder and sadder. When Romeo has descended, Juliet has a discomforting moment. She has a premonition of Romeo dieing. She says to herself O god, I have an ill divining soul. Methinks I see thee now thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb. Either my eyesight fails, or thou lookest pale. This adds to the tragedy because it involves the death of one of the protagonists. The audience would feel the add in tension because they will not want one of the main characters to die. The next part of the scene is when Lady Capulet walks into the room. She thinks that Juliet is crying because of Tybalts death but really she is crying because she has just said goodbye to Romeo. Lady Capulet tries to cheer up Juliet by telling her Marry my child, next Thursday morn, to the gallant young noble gentleman, the county Paris. Juliet is faced with a dilemma because in those days parents were the owners of their children and she is not really allowed to refuse them. The audience know that she is married but her parents do not so there is a bit of dramatic irony involved as well as the fact they feel more sympathy towards her ever-growing problems. This all adds to the tension because the audience dont know how Juliet will react and how this will affect her mother. Despite the fact she is not allowed to refuse her parents, she does it anyway. She tells her mother Now by Saint Peters church and Peter too, He shall not make me a joyful bride. This is because she doesnt like Paris but most importantly because she is still married to Romeo, and bigamy and divorce were both against religion in Elizabethan times. The tension rises because Juliet suddenly bursts with anger and she might strike out at her mother. The audience would feel surprised because she has disobeyed her parents, which is unusual for the time the play is set. And also the audience would worry about her parents reaction to her defiance and her well being because of that. The tension takes a sudden rise when Lady Capulet says Here comes your father, tell him so yourself, and see how he will take it at your hands. Juliets mother says that because she doesnt want to tell Capulet herself. This is because men were considered the owners of their wives and they were able to do almost what they wanted to them for example, hit them. The tension could also rise because we know from earlier scenes in the play that Capulet has a short fuse and there is a chance that he will be fuming with anger, or even react with violence. The audience at this point will feel scared for Juliet for that same reason. When Capulet first walks into Juliets room, he is in a relatively good mood. He asks Juliet why she is crying How now a conduit girl? What still in tears? Evermore showering? The tension drops because Capulet isnt yet in a rage and doesnt look as if he will react badly to Juliet. The three questions is a clever technique used to create sympathy. This does create sympathy in the audience towards Juliet because it makes her sound even sadder than she really is. When Lady Capulet breaks the news to her husband, the tension takes a huge rise. This is because when she says Ay sir but she will none, she gives you thanks. I would the fool were married to her grave, you dont know how Capulet will react. The audience and characters would become scared and anxious as to whether Capulet will react angrily or calmly. The mystery adds to the tension. The theme of parent child conflicts is here more than anywhere else because, Juliet, by refusing her fathers offer, has initiated a certain argument that she definitely will not win. She recognises her limited power but she is determined to use it despite the fact she lives in a male dominated society. The tension takes a rise when Capulet reacts to the news that he has been disobeyed. He gives many commands like Thank me no thankings nor proud me no prouds but fettle your fine joints gainst Thursday next, to go to Saint Peters church, or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither. These commands signal his immense anger and the fact that he is or should be in control. The audience will feel scared for Juliet because Capulet seems out of control and could use violence and this adds to the tension. Juliet, after this, tries to reason with her father. She knows that she has limited power but she is determined to try and use it. This adds to the tension because she lives in a male dominated world and defying her father will add to dyer consequences. She kneels down and says Good father I beseech you on my knees, hear me with patience, but to speak a word. Her father cuts her off and gives her even shorter and harsher commands which show his anger building. He tells her Speak not, reply not, do not answer me. The audience will become even more scared for Juliets well being. This will add to the ever growing tension. Capulets anger excels so much that he threatens to throw out Juliet if she does not comply. He tells her Thursday is near, lay hand on heart, advise. And you be mine, Ill give you to my friend; and you be not, hang, beg, starve, in the streets, for my soul, Ill never acknowledge thee. The audience will feel sympathy and feel scared for Juliet because she is used to living being served hand and foot and if she were to be in the streets she would certainly die in the streets. This would be a tragedy as she is the main character and nobody wants her to die. Capulet leaves Juliets room and leaves Juliet feeling rejected. She then turns to her mother and she once again gets rejected. Her final resort is to get help from Nurse. The tension then takes a rise when she stuns everybody by saying that she would commit suicide. She tells nurse O, god! O, Nurse, how shall this be prevented? My husband on earth, my faith on heaven, how shalt that fait return again to earth? The audience would be surprised to hear this because it is not something that an innocent young girl would be expected to do in this situation. This links to the theme of fate and destiny because in the prologue it says that they will die. The tension takes a final rise as nurse surprises everybody. She tells Juliet I think it best you marry with the county Paris. The audience would be very surprised at this and the tension also takes another rise because this is not what you would think nurse would say because on previous impressions of nurse this is not in her personality. The most probable reason she would have said this is so she doesnt get thrown into the streets for disobeying her superior, Capulet. Shakespeare uses a wide range of techniques to build tension throughout Act 3, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet. He tries to create an intimidating atmosphere to try and signal that there is tension in the scene. This tension at first gradually then rapidly increases as Juliet, a protagonist, becomes involved in more and more threatening and challenging situations which lead to a complete rejection from her family and end with her being in a potentially life threatening situation. In my opinion the tension doesnt really drop at all at the end of the scene as it is left in sort of a cliff-hanger. This leaves an air of mystery as to what Juliet will do next and generally keeps up the tension. Generally, the tension in the scene is created by the thought of death and violence which rises and rises as the scene progresses and never drops as the scene ends in a sort of cliff-hanger.