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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In the 19th century‚ after a long period of isolationism‚ China and then Japan came under pressure from the West to open to foreign trade and relations. The Industrial Revolution in Europe and the United States had created a wide gap between them and the West‚ leaving the two Asian nations behind technologically and military. In that period‚ neither of them had the power to stand up to the Western nations‚ and eventually both had to sign unequal treaties that forced them to open their ports and cities
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The American Musical has often been used as a medium in which uncomfortable issues were boldly addressed. This has been the case for the issue of race and ethnicity in America‚ in particular the following musicals: Show Boat‚ Memphis‚ and West Side Story. The first two musicals addressed the issue of the integration of African Americans into American culture‚ with Show Boat‚ set in the early 1900s‚ focusing on the difficulty of true racial blending in America‚ and with Memphis‚ set in the 1950s
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Juliet’ and The West Side Story’ are both movies based on William Shakespeare’s play. They are very similar in many ways‚ but different in others. It is about two teens that fall in love and see each other without their families knowing‚ because their families have a feud against each other. I will be discussing the differences and similarities between‚ Romeo and Tony‚ Juliet and Maria and finally‚ the families and the Gangs‚ which are in the movies‚ Romeo & Juliet’ and West Side Story’. Event thought
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TA 300 23 September 2012 From West Side Story to Spring Awakening: The Evolution of the American Musical Broadway‚ also known as The Great White Way‚ no matter how you chose to describe it‚ they describe a place that for over one hundred years has put on the most spectacular musicals in the world. From Ancient Greece to the Globe Theatre and finally to Broadway‚ these places have all been known for being “the” place for plays and musicals. “Broadway is the street in New York that has come
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Comparing Tonight with Maria (Both from ‘West side story’) (Tonight also known as balcony scene – Tony and Maria sing together. Maria – sang by Tony.) The piece ‘Tonight’ begins in B maj; it opens with Tony stating “the most beautiful sound I ever heard” this is sang in a very recitative style; mainly monotone (D) – rubato. This makes his words seem the prominent element – stressing the drama. The gentile bassoon plays a descending line – while the horn plays a simplified version ~ this ‘decent’
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the Great Depression is completely the opposite of its reality‚ which is of a Native American woman surviving life in times of the American settlement. Because people become accustomed with their single view point‚ they fail to see the other side of the story and reveal what is behind the curtain. Stein’s whole idea is based upon that question of illusion and that icon status rips away the reality. I myself comprise of one very specific occurrence‚ in which the misapprehension that was captured through
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20 September 2012 Crooks’s Side of the Story His crooked back aches as he lies down on his tiny bed. Crooks takes one look out the the little window and hears cries of joy and laughter as the evening games commence. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men Crooks comes off as a mean old man‚ bus considering his conditions‚ it is not surprising. Crooks is forced to sleep in a tiny room that smells of fresh manure. He lies on a narrow‚ straw filled bed. This man is forced to sleep in the barn because
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though there are many differences between protagonists in short stories‚ there are actually many similarities that can be found as well. An example of this is the similarities and differences between the protagonists in the short stories “Stolen Day” and “The Night the Bed Fell.” This essay will tell you these similarities and differences‚ and possibly change you thinking about what protagonists in short stories actually have in common. The short story “Stolen Day” by Sherwood Anderson describes
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Professor Helen Driver English 1302 January 28‚ 2013 The Protagonist Have you ever picked up a book and within minutes you couldn’t put it down? Have you felt a deep connection with a character‚ yet at the same time; not understood why the characters do the things they do? The way we connect with our favorite characters is no accident. The author’s resolve when writing is for the reader to connect with the protagonist of their stories. I know that The author of “Circumcision” Pramoedya (Prah-MOO-dia)
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