2012 Similarities and Differences of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story No one goes through all of life without the knowledge of these two timeless classics: West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet. These films are each a great literary work that defines the true meaning of life‚ sorrows and love. We all have knowledge of Shakespeare’s original Romeo and Juliet. In 1957 Leonard Bernstein created a Broadway Musical with a plot similar to Romeo and Juliet. As well as this film‚ Baz Luhrmann created a
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Romeo and Juliet. A tragic story about two young star-crossed lovers‚ known by many throughout the world. This story originally written by William Shakespeare‚ has been rewritten‚ performed and filmed numerous times with modified versions of the original script. Even though all of the different performances of this Shakespearean tragedy all revolve around the same concept‚ some performances and/or films better represent the original story when compared to others. This is the result of some of the
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even songs. For instance Romeo and Juliet‚ the movie directed by Baz Luhrmann. In this movie two characters‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ find love. The only wringer about that is‚ Was it really love or just an obsession. Romeo‚ 18‚ and Juliet‚ 13‚ hit it off instantly. Before Juliet was part of Romeo’s life he supposedly had another “true” love. Rosaline was the name. Rosaline wasn’t that typical girl in a story. As a matter of fact‚ she was a Capulet‚ the cousin of Juliet. Some people could say that if things
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the name used by both the Sith and Jedi orders for something in the universe‚ a power they tap into or act on behalf of. There are two sides to the force: The Light side and The Dark side. The Light side was aligned with calmness and used by the Jedi and was used for knowledge and defense. The God we discuss in class has some similarities to the Force’s light side. The Jedis use light when they need knowledge or when they are fighting and need to defend themselves. God is used as assistance when things
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Act 2‚ Scene 5 - Juliet and the Nurse "Sweet‚ sweet‚ sweet nurse‚ tell me‚ what says my love?" (RJ 2.5.55) In Zeffirelli’s version of Romeo and Juliet‚ Act 2‚ Scene 5‚ Juliet seems bratty and impatient because the nurse fails to deliver the information about Romeo as soon as she walks through the door. Luhrmann made his version more modern‚ and makes the characters kinder to emphasize their relationship. These movies contain some similarities and differences; they both use some of the same lines
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One could argue that the love Maria is shown to feel for Sir Toby could cause her sudden rebellion‚ but her actions as a mother figure and how she is continuously being separated from Sir Toby and Sir Andrew even when Maria is added into scenes she was not originally present for conflict with this statement because Maria is put into a serving position that could explain her actions instead of love. After walking around with Malvolio‚ Maria has to go outside to collect a drunk Sir Toby‚ and when they
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The play‚ West Side Story‚ was written by Arthur Laurents. West Side Story‚ the movie‚ was produced in 1961‚ featured Natalie Wood as Maria‚ and was directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. There are some major differences between the two works. For example‚ some of the musical numbers switched places in the movie. Also‚ the song “America‚” is different in the movie than in the play. In the movie many of the characters were different‚ and some of the lines differed as well. In the movie‚ the
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In his 1968 interpretation of Romeo and Juliet‚ Franco Zeffirelli seems determined to defy every possible public conception of the elements of a Shakespeare movie; essentially‚ it seems to be Shakespeare distilled for public consumption. This is not to imply that Zeffirelli is not authentic in his interpretation of the text and drama; rather‚ he is‚ in the truest sense‚ staging an adaptation of the ancient tragedy to the modern medium of film. Far from altering or rejecting the Elizabethan conventions
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Tracy Hoang Per 3 May 31‚ 2012 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
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Maria Bochkareva Becca Roberts 4th 2-25-14 Russia had rules forbidding women joining the army‚ but some did. For the first few years of the war‚ the few women who actually fought in the front lines required required the complicity of military officals-- except one. Maria Leontievna Bochareva was the third daughter of a pesant family. She as born in Novgorod Oblast in 1889. Badly beaten by her alcoholic father‚ she left home at fifteen to marry Afansi Bochkareva. The couple moved to Tomsk
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