Romeo And Juliet Vs West Side Story Essay
One of the most famous scenes from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is the balcony scene. In this scene Romeo goes to Juliet's house and says beautiful things about her without her knowing. She is high above on a balcony and she doesn't know he's there. There she declares her love for him. Romeo reveals himself and they start talking about there love. Juliet proposes they get married. In 1968 a film of Romeo and Juliet was made and in 1961 a similar film of Romeo and Juliet was made, West Side Story. The 1968 film is better than the 1961 film. The 1968 version is closer to the original than West Side Story. Both are about two lovers that can’t be together. It’s at night and the male has to climb an obstacle and the lovers end up
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In Both films it looks like the male lover is older. Maria looks like she is in her mid twenties and Tony looks about thirty. In 1968 Romeo and Juliet Romeo is seventeen and Juliet is thirteen. Since I’m a teenager it make it easier for me to connect with Romeo and Juliet because they’re closer to my age. To me there love seems more true because they’re at a younger age. The 1861 film is a musical. The West Side Story was written in inspiration from Romeo and Juliet. In both films the two lovers declared their love to each other. But in the 1961 Tony and Maria sang there love. They sang the song Tonight. This film is meant for broadway.While in Romeo and Juliet the lovers told each other. When Romeo and Juliet were talking it was easier to tell that he loves her by the way he talked to her. You could hear the emotions in Romeo’s voice. This film is meant for the theatre. The balcony scene is important and really famous because it’s about two tennagers that fall in love and they each learn they are corresponded. If Romeo and Juliet happened today they would’ve been in high school. Almost everyone finds their “first love” in highschool so that means that almost everyone can relate in some way. Romeo and Juliet have the same problems that people have today. Not everyone is allowed to date whenever or whoever they
In Both films it looks like the male lover is older. Maria looks like she is in her mid twenties and Tony looks about thirty. In 1968 Romeo and Juliet Romeo is seventeen and Juliet is thirteen. Since I’m a teenager it make it easier for me to connect with Romeo and Juliet because they’re closer to my age. To me there love seems more true because they’re at a younger age. The 1861 film is a musical. The West Side Story was written in inspiration from Romeo and Juliet. In both films the two lovers declared their love to each other. But in the 1961 Tony and Maria sang there love. They sang the song Tonight. This film is meant for broadway.While in Romeo and Juliet the lovers told each other. When Romeo and Juliet were talking it was easier to tell that he loves her by the way he talked to her. You could hear the emotions in Romeo’s voice. This film is meant for the theatre. The balcony scene is important and really famous because it’s about two tennagers that fall in love and they each learn they are corresponded. If Romeo and Juliet happened today they would’ve been in high school. Almost everyone finds their “first love” in highschool so that means that almost everyone can relate in some way. Romeo and Juliet have the same problems that people have today. Not everyone is allowed to date whenever or whoever they