My interpretation of a text is the most important, this is due to my own life experiences which influence my opinions on what I read and see, this is which differentiates our opinions and interpretations of what we learn because we have all had different experiences with the common themes presented in the original Romeo and Juliet text and its more popular appropriations. By exploring texts such as Romeo and Juliet which was written 1596 ago, we begin to realize as a society the relevance of these recurring themes, regardless of the great time difference, these commonly known themes such as love tragedy, violence and death, all of which have become second nature to our generations, as we have been desensitized by the media and our entire environment. The story of Romeo and Juliet has been used as inspiration by many directors who attempt to convey their own interpretation of the original text to a wider audience using film. Violence is a recurring theme in the text and its appropriations, both feuding families are proud of the way they established their name and differentiated themselves from the commoners and their feuding family, which is why the violence takes place "the two houses are identical in dignity", they clash as they are similar, this is reinforced by Zefereli's appropriation if the original text, he remains faithful to the text by placing it in the Renaissance period and using the Elizabethan language, he separated families using elaborate costumes. However, the violence presented in Baz Lermann's Romeo and Juliet is very different since in the original it depicted tragedy and misfortune, but Lurmann creates an element of humor drawn from common stereotypes about the actors' race that he chosen to play each character, for example in the Near the beginning of the film, when the Capulets meet the Montagues at the gas station, a western theme is indicated, letting the audience know that there will be some sort of violent act, a common theme in the western film genre. The Montague boys are presented as a group of young Anglo men who wear Hawaiian shirts, drive a Jeep and are constantly looking for trouble, while the Capulets are presented as a group of Hispanic men who idolize the religion but not its teachings, they drive a custom sport. The car can thrive on energy. Different camera angles and techniques were used to increase the intensity, such as the close-up of Tybalt's boots as he gets out of his car throwing his cigarillo to the ground in slow motion, which is a common act in Western films..