West Side Story The drama/musical‚ which parodies the story of Romeo & Juliet‚ takes place in a city of New York‚ probably in the early 50’s late 40’s. It is a tale of two rival gangs‚ which despises the other in a vicious circle of hate. Riff leader of the Jets; a group mainly of Polish origin and the Sharks of Spanish origin with their leader Bernardo. It seems as though the two rivals have been at their quarrels since before the story took place. Through mysterious fate the neutral one’s
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presents itself in to simplistic of a way. The story divides two gangs apart just by social class but the way Ponyboy see’s it everyone has the same struggles at the end of the day. Also keeping with motif‚ the author empathizes on the details of character eyes. Ice blue being heartless and invulnerable while another guys eyes were black as if blocked from feelings and always on the ready. I cant help but relate this book to the West Side Story. It was a movie that came out some time The outsiders
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differences of West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet‚ the modern director captures Shakespeare’s original themes and ideas in West Side Story. Because West Side Story is a movie musical‚ it will be a lot of narrative conveyed through the song. While in the Romeo and Juliet we will be more find the characters says to himself or herself using poetic words of Shakespeare. That is the general differences that clearly visible on both movies. But if we examine in more detail‚ the movie West Side Story and Romeo
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and Juliet and Ernest Lehman’s West Side Story are similar in many ways; however‚ in those comparisons there are some minor differences. Aside from the similarities between Romeo and Tony or Juliet and Maria‚ there are many other likenesses such as the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet and the fire escape scene in West Side Story. In Romeo and Juliet the scene starts off with Romeo listening to Juliet give her "What’s in a name?" speech‚ and similarly‚ in West Side Story the scene starts off with Maria
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet vs. West Side Story Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and Arthur Laurent’s West Side Story share many elements in common‚ but also have differences that separate them. West Side Story is a modern version of Shakespeare’s classic love story that ended in tragedy. Because it is set in 1950’s New York City the scenes‚ characters‚ and plot have their own interpretations. The differences in some plot elements make each tragedy its own‚ but the similarities
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Romeo & Juliet vs. West Side Story What would Romeo and Juliet be like if Juliet hadn’t died? What if Paris killed Romeo‚ instead of vice versa? What if instead of occurring several centuries ago‚ it took place on the streets of New York City during the 1950s‚ with a bunch of fresh-faced youths posing as street toughs and dancing and singing their hearts out? Well‚ just take a look at West Side Story‚ and you will have your answers. It is impossible for anyone familiar with both texts to not
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Romeo and Juliet versus West Side Story By Kirk Forte’ Romeo and Juliet‚ West Side Story‚ two timeless dramas that will live forever. Although both of these stories have many similarities‚ there are also many differences. These differences include the differences in sililoquy‚ the fact that Maria doesn’t die‚ the fact that we never see Tony or Maria’s parents‚ as well as the issues of marriage‚ the importance of gangs and families to each story. To understand these differences‚ I have
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Juliet and West Side Story are timeless stories about young love and the troubles it can cause. Romeo and Juliet is a famous play written by William Shakespeare in 1595‚ set in the 13th century. West Side Story is a semi-modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet from 1961‚ set in the late 1950s. Although they are similar in overall plot and theme‚ each of these works has some distinct differences that set them apart from each other. One of the obvious differences between Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story
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Comparison of West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet West Side Story’s characters have a number of similarities with the characters from Romeo and Juliet. The characters are: Romeo and Tony‚ Juliet and Maria‚ Mercutio and Riff‚ and Tybalt and Bernardo. These characters are alike‚ yet different. They have similar scenes‚ similar loves‚ and similar deaths. Throughout the movie of West Side Story‚ even more characters similar to the characters of Romeo and Juliet. In this I will also compare the
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ROMEO AND JULIET COMPARISON IN THEMES • The overriding theme‚ of course‚ between the two stories – Romeo and Juliet and The West Side Story is love – deep‚ intense and passionate love that defies friendship‚ family and everything in between. This point is reinforced when Maria later disregards the death of her brother‚ Bernardo‚ at the hands of Tony and agrees to marry him‚ consummation sealing the deal. • In the original play‚ Romeo is a pre-buscent teen‚ portrayed as a romantic‚ yet
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