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 are quite a few variations between the two. The similarities of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are most clearly evident in the characters. Resemblances of personality are apparent in almost all of the actors. In West Side Story‚ the ever charming
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Romeo & Juliet and the west side story have a lot of comparisons and differences. Romeo & Juliet and the west side story portray the theme of romance‚ violence and sadness in much different and similar ways. The movie Romeo & Juliet has romance it was when Romeo and Juliet fell in love in the first sight and got married. For the west side story tony and Maria in the first sight but didn’t get married they were about to run away and get married but they didn’t. There are many violence of the movie
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(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 both very successful in their day. West Side Story is essentially
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West Side Story‚ Gnomeo and Juliet‚ Lion King and She’s the Man are just a few of the adaptions made in the image of Shakespeare’s critically acclaimed plays. Shakespeare’s tragedies have acquired critical respect from literary enthusiasts all across the globe‚ yet many people believe that Shakespeare’s comedies are unworthy of the same respect. However‚ Shakespeare’s comedies entail the same levels of timelessness and poetic writing as his tragedies‚ which means that they deserve the same level
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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 families suffer with the loss of their children as well as other family members. Maria and Tony are split from one another
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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” both resemble much similarities
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Are there too many musicals in the West End? (I am writing in support of Michael Billington’s article‚ ‘ This West End Theatre boom is not all good news’ However throughout my article I will analyze the benefits and draw back for the current state of the west end and where it could go in the future.) Throughout this year 2012 the West End has comprised of 42 commercial theatres 32 of these have put on musical productions as opposed to traditional plays (1). Compared to a year ago when the
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The West Side Community Collaborative The west side of Buffalo‚ NY has had a bad reputation for a long time now‚ but it hasn’t always been that way. Many years ago the area known as the west side was a popular and extravagant place to live. Through years of economic hardships however‚ the west side took a wrong turn somewhere. It is now viewed by many people as “a lost cause.” The crime rates have skyrocketed and the standard of living has plummeted. Gangs are a huge issue in the west side of Buffalo
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Today Tonight The Current Affairs Program‚ “Today Tonight‚” uses facts to create critical arguments inviting the viewers to draw conclusions on current social issues. In the segment involving NRMA/AIG dodgy car insurance agency‚ this is accomplished through the persuasion of the attitudes and values of the unfairness of trade‚ honesty‚ quality of products and services‚ and getting what you pay for. This is achieved by means of structure‚ selection of detail‚ use of language and film techniques.
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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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