Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story Comparative Essay Two feuding families in the old city of Verona‚ and two rival gangs in New York’s West Side; what could these two scenarios possibly have in common? They both consist of a pair of star-crossed lovers and the story of their short lived love‚ which eventually ends in deaths. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Arthur Laurents’ West Side Story are similar in many ways. They both have the similar theme of forbidden love and love that is
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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
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play West Side Story‚ by Arthur Laurents‚ is based upon the play Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare. Despite a few differences‚ both works‚ in essence‚ have the same plot. The source of violence in Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story is the ever-present hatred between families and between gangs‚ although‚ because of the "star-cross’d lovers" motif in Romeo and Juliet‚ the hatred plays a larger role in producing the ending of West Side Story than it does the ending of Romeo and Juliet. <br> <br>The
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Everyone knows the heartbreaking tale of Romeo and Juliet. The two teens so desperately in love‚ they were willing to go to the extremist of measures to prove it. It is one of the most influential pieces of work ever written. Themes found in Romeo and Juliet are still widely emphasized in today’s pop culture. Take‚ for example‚ West Side Story. West Side Story takes Romeo and Juliet and puts a modern twist on it. However‚ even though the movie shares multiple themes with the tragic classic‚ there
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“Romeo and Juliet” Compared and Contrasted to “Westside Story” “Westside Story” and “Romeo and Juliet” are both inspiring stories about two star-crossed lovers whose love is forbidden because of hatred between their groups‚ which leads to inevitable death. These two stories have an unquestionably wide range of similarities and differences as far as scenes and the characters that make the scenes differ or resemble to each other. The first and last scenes of “Romeo and Juliet” and “Westside Story”
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Romeo and Juliet Compared to West Side Story We have recently been studying two different stories in our class. We read the first act of Romeo and Juliet and watched the movie West Side Story. I was surprised that I actually enjoyed both. Our assignment is to write a compare/contrast paper on what we have read so far in Romeo and Juliet and what we saw in the move West Side Story. I found that there are many things alike and many things different between the two. There were two very noticeable
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Crashing Down When two people are meant to be together‚ no time is too long” (Anonymous). Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and West Side Story by Arthur Laurents show the pure evils of acting extremely hastily and how it can change the outlook on the future. Romeo and Juliet are two young lovers who were taught to hate one another and who suffer deeply because of the consequences of fate. Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were sure to be tragic as was hinted at early on throughout the play. Both
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of time. This is why the movies‚ Romeo and Juliet (1996) and West Side Story (1961) were so successful. Shakespeare’s play and the two movies modeled after it have many similarities and many differences‚ but one thing remains constant in all of them‚ They all use universal truths to relate to their audiences. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a timeless play that concentrates on many different human emotions and reactions. Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are alike in many ways‚ they were
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Scene connections to Romeo and Juliet Which 2 scenes in the film best connect this text to Romeo and Juliet * What ideas do they share * How has the director highlighted these connections Romeo and Juliet is the story of the relationship between the son and daughter of two families‚ which are enemies‚ the Montagues and the Capulets. Their families are against their plan to marry‚ and the story ends in the death of both lovers. In West Side Story‚ instead of families‚ there are two rival
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Compare and Contrast “Romeo and Juliet” is a story about two star crossed lovers who meet by fate. This great piece of literature written‚ by William Shakespeare will be compared with Baz Lurman’s rendition of “Romeo and Juliet”. The movie missed some details from the play it also added some extra scenes but it still contained the right mood and scenes for it to be a “Romeo and Juliet” movie. A major similarity between the movie and play occurs in mood
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