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    West Side Story” Analysis Do you believe that everyone has a reason to hate someone or something just because of the way they look? May racism be the starting point to hatred? In “West Side Story”‚ author Irving Shulman gives us nothing but clues to these questions. The Sharks and the Jets are in a “ turf ” war. But two people‚ one from each side fall deeply in love. Irving Shulman writes how interracial relationships cause hate to increase in an instant and how racism leads up to hate. The

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    Jared Malpass 1-29-2012 PD. 5 West Side Story Theme Essay In the movie West Side Story‚ there are many themes that were created. But the two that are the most important to me are‚ the importance of putting your differences aside‚ and that poor choices create bad outcomes. I think one of the themes that most reassembles West Side Story is‚ the importance of putting your differences aside is because both the Sharks and the Jets had there differences‚ but if they were to just put them

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    Murders Of Romeo And Juliet In the play Romeo and Juliet two lovers in the middle of a family feud are driven to commit suicide. The three characters that are most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are Friar Laurence‚ the nurse and Romeo himself. Friar Laurence secretly marries Romeo and Juliet and devises a plan to fake Juliet’s death. The nurse helps Romeo and Juliet sneak out and send messages to one another and then turns her back on them when they need her the most. Romeo sneaks

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    West Side Story: Education Beyond the Classroom Being at an Ivy League institution‚ it is easy to think that the best learning experiences for a student comes from the classroom‚ but I was able to witness that this is not always the case. This semester I had the privilege of participating in Melodramatics production of West Side Story. I was cast as Chino‚ second hand man of his best friend Bernardo who is the leader of the Puerto Rican gang called the Sharks. I was a bit unfamiliar with West Side

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    The musical direction and sound design in the Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s production of West Side Story contributed to its success and excellence. The musical director of this production is Steve MacKinnon‚ and the sound designer is Craig Beyrooti. The production contained a live orchestra on stage for the music. The music reflected the tone of the scene and the play. As I walked into the theater‚ I was greeted by the sound of old Jazz that in some moments turned into suspenseful music. This music

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    CHARACTERS: Romeo & Hamlet I. INTRODUCTION Incorporating something irrational into your life isnt much of a good thing. Romeo & Hamlet find out the hard way. A. ATTENTION GETTER:What do most people become to deep into in their daily lives? Now days‚ social networking mostly. B. NARROW TO THESIS Romeo & Hamlet let their love take over‚ and pratically live their life. C. THESIS:Shakespeare’s characterization’s of Romeo and Hamlet in Romeo & Juliet & Hamlet suggest te following about Elizabethan

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    Westside Story and Romeo and Juliet Essay There are some plays that remind the audience about the past movie they have seen that related in the same general ideas. After learning about “Romeo and Juliet” and watch “Westside Story” play. Both plays show the audience their point of view of how the plays create in their own unique way but share the same themes and moral lessons. So‚ they bring up a lot of differences and similarities that can compare together throughout the whole stories. There are

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    West Side Story The drama/musical‚ which parodies the story of Romeo & Juliet‚ takes place in a city of New York‚ probably in the early 50’s late 40’s. It is a tale of two rival gangs‚ which despises the other in a vicious circle of hate. Riff leader of the Jets; a group mainly of Polish origin and the Sharks of Spanish origin with their leader Bernardo. It seems as though the two rivals have been at their quarrels since before the story took place. Through mysterious fate the neutral one’s

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    “I feel pretty. Oh‚ so pretty‚ I feel pretty and witty and gay. And I pity any girl who isn’t me tonight”. One of the most popular songs from the world wide successful musical West Side Story. The book was written by Arthur Laurents. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and Music by Leonard Bernstein. The star Maria who moved from Puerto Rico to live in New York wasn’t feeling pretty all the time. It was a temporary joy when she decided to love the American sharks gang member Tony. Her love lead to many major

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    Love and Lust are two different things with regards to relationships. Love is when two people like something about each other‚ but having a desire for someone is called Lust. In the book "West Side Story" by Stephen Sondheim‚ two people from different gangs think they love each other‚ but from my point of view‚ they are just attracted to each other. They don’t show true love because they keep on thinking about their looks and they showed desire towards each other. First of all‚ true love is when

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