other authors and their stories. The screenplay writer of West Side Story‚ Ernest Lehman was inspired by the author of Romeo and Juliet‚ William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare inspired Ernest Lehman because of the obvious similarities in theme‚ plot and the characters of both of their stories. Inspiration can be the best way to jumpstart your own imagination and is especially helpful when it comes to the theme of a story. The themes of both Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are very similar. The
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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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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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Romeo and Juliet/ West Side Story Compare and Contrast I recently finished reading Romeo and Juliet‚ as well as West Side Story. As I read I noticed various things which were similar between the two stories. That also got me thinking about the things that are different as well. One of the obvious similarities is what happened to Bernardo and Tybalt as the stories progressed. They both tried to stop the two lovers from continuing their romance. If they left the two lovers alone they would have lived
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Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story Comparative Essay Two feuding families in the old city of Verona‚ and two rival gangs in New York’s West Side; what could these two scenarios possibly have in common? They both consist of a pair of star-crossed lovers and the story of their short lived love‚ which eventually ends in deaths. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Arthur Laurents’ West Side Story are similar in many ways. They both have the similar theme of forbidden love and love that is
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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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The play West Side Story‚ by Arthur Laurents‚ is based upon the play Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare. Despite a few differences‚ both works‚ in essence‚ have the same plot. The source of violence in Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story is the ever-present hatred between families and between gangs‚ although‚ because of the "star-cross’d lovers" motif in Romeo and Juliet‚ the hatred plays a larger role in producing the ending of West Side Story than it does the ending of Romeo and Juliet.
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West Side Story" are two similarly different stories. They are both great stories written by great writers. "Romeo and Juliet" is a sad love story that’s a classic known by many. It is the perfect model to be used by other writers. It is one of the best works of William Shakespeare. Although "West Side Story" is not as famous as "Romeo and Juliet"‚ it was a impressive work of it’s time‚ and it has left his mark on the times afterwards. It is also a love story which also ends with somebody’s death
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story both have a lot in common as well as major differences that set them apart. Although West Side Story is a direct rendition of Shakespeare’s original play‚ many of the themes and symbols are altered to fit the modern perspective. The characters have a direct correlation to each other‚ yet racial issues give them a new light. Many of the events also reflect each other‚ yet small differences give them uniqueness. West Side Story differs from Romeo and Juliet
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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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