consider themselves the true Americans. The young protagonist‚ Tony‚ one of the Jets‚ falls in love with Maria‚ the sister of Bernardo‚ the leader of the Sharks. The dark theme‚ sophisticated music‚ extended dance scenes‚ and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theatre. Bernstein’s score for the musical has become extremely popular; it includes "Something’s Coming"‚ "Maria"‚ "America"‚ "Somewhere"‚ "Tonight"‚ "Jet Song"‚ "I Feel Pretty"‚ "One Hand‚ One Heart"‚ and "Cool"
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Story No 10: Tonight (Ensemble) Maria‚ Tony‚ Anita‚ Riff‚ Bernardo‚ Jets and Sharks In this number‚ all the participants talk about the eventful evening they feel is ahead‚ each with their own thoughts on what will happen. There are three trains of thought: 1 Riff and Bernardo - thinking (in terms of their own gangs) of the fight arranged for later that evening 2 Anita - thinking about her ’nocturnal activities’ with Bernardo after the fight 3 Tony and Maria - more romantic love‚ idealised‚
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through the gangs‚ song and dance‚ and relationships. Tony and Maria’s relationship was filled with alienation. Tony is from the Jets and Maria is from the Sharks‚ star crossed lovers. Tony and Maria’s relationship is very similar to Romeo and Juliet. Both couples fall deeply in love with one another‚ despite the deferent sides they were on. When Tony and Maria met each other for the first time the camera zoomed up on them‚ as the background got blurry. “Slowly‚ as though in a dream‚ they drift into
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Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. West Side Story’s theme is centered on the struggles of two groups of racially separated young people‚ and how their environment has molded them. The movie revolves around two protagonists‚ Tony‚ a white ex-jet‚ and Maria‚ the sister of Bernando‚ the leader of the sharks. The two develop a relationship after falling in love at a dance. This story is a retelling of “Romeo and Juliet”‚ with similar events unfolding as the story progresses. The “Jets” the white ethnic
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The films show the story of two young lovers that belonged to opposite gangs. Tony‚ a former member of the Jets (the American gang)‚ fell in love for Maria‚ Bernardo’s sister. Bernardo led the Puerto Rican gang‚ the Sharks. Both gangs were in continuous conflict‚ but everything got worse after Tony met Maria. Both gangs were against the union of Maria and Tony‚ therefore they had a rumble to try to “fix” the problem. Tony was not going to take part of the rumble‚ but he showed up to try to stop the
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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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In west side story the Puerto Ricans are highly discriminated against. This movie takes place in Manhattan around the 1950’s when the only acceptable way to live was as a middle class white man. Everyone else was marginalized. In the 21st century many African American teenage boys are still discriminated‚ many people think they are scary or bad people. No matter what happens many ethnic groups will always be marginalized because we don’t trust them even though we should. Its an individual person’s
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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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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the musical shows the rivalry between two teenage street gangs‚ the Jets and the Sharks. The Jets are a white working class group while the Sharks are from Puerto Rico. The lead male‚ Tony is a Jet and he falls in love with Maria‚ the sister of Bernardo who is the leader of the Sharks. The story follows the obstacles that they must face in order to be together‚ and also how the two different cultures of the time clashed. While watching the "Prologue" and the "Jet Song" I
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EIGHTY-ONE YEARS after it first appeared on the eve of World War I and with over ten million copies sold‚ Louis Hémon Maria Chapdelaine is among the all-time French-language best-sellers. 1 A grim tale of life and death in the rugged Lake Saint John country‚ the novel initially met with a mixed recep- tion in Quebec and‚ over the years‚ has given rise to much controversy. 2 it can- not be gainsaid‚ however‚ that Hémon‚ a Frenchman who worked for a year as a farm hand at Péribonka shortly
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