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    long sustained notes over a repeated syncopated bass line. The push rhythms show Tony’s anticipation. The short‚ repeated accompaniment riffs are based on a Dmajsus♯4 chord that is another jazz reference and also implies an unsettled feeling in the character. The syncopation used here feels like it is pushing Tony along as it anticipates the beats. The contrast between this fast paced bass and Tony’s held melody reflects the cool exterior that he wants to show and the excitement that is bubbling underneath

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    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 is better than the 1961 film. The 1968 version is closer to the original than West Side Story. Both are about two lovers that can’t be together. It’s at night and the male has to climb an obstacle and the lovers end up

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    Themes‚ Motifs & Symbols Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Importance of Establishing Identity As Beowulf is essentially a record of heroic deeds‚ the concept of identity—of which the two principal components are ancestral heritage and individual reputation—is clearly central to the poem. The opening passages introduce the reader to a world in which every male figure is known as his father’s son. Characters in the poem are unable

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    1961 film West Side Story‚ Frances Negron-Muntaner expresses her dislike of the film‚ arguing that the film portrays Puerto Rican men as criminals and gang members‚ and portraying the women of Puerto Rico as “sassy and virginal”. Though the film was not the first or last film to marginalize Puerto Ricans‚ Muntaner states that “There is no single American cultural product that haunts Puerto Rican identity discourses in the United States more intensely than the 1961 film‚ West Side Story. While

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    West Side Story is a very popular musical that follows the plot of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Instead of a feud between two families in fair Verona‚ in this story‚ it’s a feud between two gangs (the white American Jets and Puerto Rican Sharks) in New York City in the 50’s. Romeo is represented by Tony‚ an ex-Jet‚ and Juliet by Maria‚ a Puerto Rican girl promised to a member of the Sharks‚ Chino. For the most part‚ both versions match up on their telling of the story. However‚ whereas both Romeo

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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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    Themes‚ Motifs‚ and Symbols Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Search for Spiritual Enlightenment In Siddhartha‚ an unrelenting search for truth is essential for achieving a harmonious relationship with the world. The truth for which Siddhartha and Govinda search is a universal understanding of life‚ or Nirvana. Siddhartha and Govinda both have a fundamental desire to understand their lives through spirituality‚ seek to do this by

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    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 gangs in New York City‚ the Sharks and the Jets.  One gang is "American" and the other gang

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    By: James Nichols Reoccurring Themes and Symbols in Different Works by Nathaniel Hawthorne It is no secret that Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s "The Minister ’s Black Veil" is a parable. Hawthorne intended it as such and even gave the story the subtitle "a parable." "The Minister ’s Black Veil‚" however‚ was not Hawthorne ’s only parable. Hawthorne often used symbols and figurative language to give added meaning to the literal interpretations of his work. His Puritan ancestry also influenced much of Hawthorne

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    the three bikini-clad girls who walk into his supermarket where he is a checker. His reverie is interrupted‚ however‚ by a "witch" whose "feathers" Sammy has to smooth. The older generation are typically symbolized in negative terms throughout the story‚ those women who cannot and will not understand youth. Queenie‚ on the other hand‚ is symbolic of all that is alluring about women and life that might be possible for Sammy on the outside‚ a life that seems palatable yet unattainable to Sammy. Stokesie

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