DIFFERENCES ABOUT THE FILM AND THE BOOK OF ROMEO AND JULIET

These are the differences between the book and the film of Romeo and Juliet.

In the film Juliet wears a dress of an angel, Romeo wears a dress of a Knight, Mercuito wears a dress of a woman and Paris wears a dress of an astronaut. 

In the book Verona is an old city but in the film Verona is a modern city. The story of the book happened in the city of Verona in 1595 (16th century) and the story of the film happened in Verona beach in actuallity (21st century). 

In the film there are some important metaphors and images like the water, that represents the purity. The innocence, that represents the unity of the two bodies who are in love. The fire, that represents the evil and the death. The day is the time to be separed, to stay alone and dreaming with the night. The night represents when the two lovers finally meet again with the dark of the sky. And the moon that represents the fake love, because the moon is constantly change, but the love of Romeo and Juliet is for ever. 

In the film, the main characters are Romeo, Juliet, Fray Laurence and the parents of Romeo and Juliet. In the book the narrator is a person that is watching the story but in the film the narrator is a reporter who is telling news. We can see this reporter on TV in the beginning and in the end of the film.  

In the book the characters fight with swords but in the film they fight with guns. The characters don't use horses like in the book, in the film they use cars.

In the scene of the balcony, in the book, Romeo and Juliet are talking in a balcony but in the film they are talking in a swimming pool. 
In the book, when Juliet is death in the tomb, Romeo killed Paris. In the film Paris didn't be in the tomb and Romeo didn't kill he.