In the last century‚ two musicals have stood out from there comic counterparts. Les Misérables and West Side Story tell more serious stories and have captivated audiences with revivals and film versions. Both are based on classic literature‚ and share universal and relatable social problems. West Side Story created by Lenard Bernstein‚ Steven Sondheim‚ Arthur Laurents‚ and Jerome Robbins tell the story of Romeo and Juliet in 1950s New York. Les Misérables by Composer Claude-Michael Schonberg and lyricist
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Two stories of two love birds who were so deeply in love but‚ couldn’t be together due to the cruel fate. One story was based on a book and the other one was based on a poem. In face it is commonly known that Willian Shakespeare stole the story from a poem that was written by Arthur Brooke and West Side Story was kind of based of off Romeo & Juliet. Both stores are really romantic. Overall both of them are beautiful musical play/ movie. The love birds met at the dance where they deeply fell in love
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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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Themes of West Side Story: Peer pressure: this is seen when the gangs are about to have a rumble and some of the members don’t want to use weapons or even fight. By looking at this scene closely you see that they seem to be forced to do so to stay in that gang. As well as Maria being forced to accept Chino’s marriage proposal which is also in Romeo and Juliet where Juliet is being forced to marry. Family: There is a bond between Maria and Bernardo that is seen‚ where Bernardo is seen as being
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and thoughtful friend) About – The play is a tragedy about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. The Montague’s and Capulet’s do not get on at all. Comparison: In both Romeo and Juliet & West Side Story there are two ‘rival’ gangs/families which both hate each other. The main male characters have many things in common. In fact‚ Toni (WWS) and Romeo (R+J) both miss the beginning fight at the beginning of the plays; they both fall in love and end
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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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In his academy award winning movie‚ The Blind Side‚ released in 2009‚ John Lee Hancock‚ an award winning director and author‚ illustrates the relevant racism against African American in modern society shown through the non-fiction narrative of Leigh Anne Tuohy‚ a woman who encounters a young African American boy that only has two personal belongings‚ an extra shirt and pants. Hancock develops his illustration by retelling the story Ferdinand the Bull through Michael Oher’s character as well as developing
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February 2016 Comparison and Contrast between Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story West Side Story by Lehman is a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. There are many similarities and differences between Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet and the modern musical West Side Story. Overall‚ the stories are similar‚ however there are some differences. The plot and theme of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are very similar. Both are tragedies with the major conflict centering
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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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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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