Romeo and Juliet the 20th century, these moral arguments were disputed by critics such as Richard Green Moulton: he argued that accident, and not some character flaw, led to the lovers' deaths. In "Romeo and Juliet", Shakespeare employs several dramatic techniques that have garnered praise from critics; most notably the abrupt shifts from comedy to tragedy (an example is the punning exchange between Benvolio and Mercutio just before Tybalt arrives). Before Mercutio's death in Act three, the play is largely a comedy. After his accidental demise, the play suddenly becomes serious and takes on a tragic tone. When Romeo is banished, rather than
Romeo and Juliet on screen to that of Romeo and Juliet. The 2007 anime "Romeo x Juliet" is a fantasy retelling of the famed play. In it, Juliet's family were rulers of a floating island nation called Neo Verona before being killed by the Montagues, forcing her to hide in a theater troupe owned by a fictional version of William Shakespeare. The play has also inspired two major Bollywood romantic dramas: Mansoor Khan's "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak" (1988) starring Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Ram-Leela" (2013) starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone. "Tanna" (2015), the depiction of a "Romeo and Juliet"-like