Romeo And Juliet And West Side Story Analysis

The plot line for the musical was similar to the storyline of Romeo and Juliet. West Side Story was a tragic romance about two protagonist lovers from opposing gangs, the Puerto Rican Sharks and the White American Jets. The protagonists in the musical are Maria, a Shark, and Tony, a Jet; two young adults who fell in love with one another. The two gangs, let their rivalry and differences constantly get in the way, whether they are at a dance, on a basketball court, or in a convenient store. At one of their rumbles, each side ended up murdering the other side’s leader.

Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story share many similar themes. Romeo and Juliet both chronicle a story of overcoming prejudice and hatred, forbidden love, and defying stereotypes that nobody thought could be broken. The two stories are similar in a multitude of ways, even though their settings are centuries apart- Romeo and Juliet set in the 1500’s, and West Side Story set in the 1950’s. Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story both teach a lesson of how prejudice can teach you how to hate, and how one of your rivals may be the one who helps you remember how to love.

The text Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and the text west side story by Arthur Laurent’s deals with the main themes of love and conflict. The two stories are similar in multitude of ways, even though their settings are centuries apart. The author explore (other themes) family, friendship, and hate. Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story both teach a lesson of how to hate, and how one of your rivals may be the one who helps you remember how to love.

Three Hundred Fifty Years of Blind Love: A Contraposition of Shakespeare and Robbins’ Romeo and Juliet Andy Warhol once said, "They say that time changes things, but actually you have to change them yourself." Two hundred fifty years passed between the original Romeo and Juliet and the premiere of West Side Story on Broadway in 1957. However, time did not change the message of the story, simply the creators’ unique visions evolved. Shakespeare’s delivery of the timeless tale of desperate love in his classic Romeo and Juliet proves to only intensify through retelling and modern interpretation. Audiences cherish Romeo and Juliet as one of the most beloved plays of all time from the Elizabethan Age to the present.

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Anton and Maria Topic: Romeo and Juliet connection In the movie the Westside story a rendition of the classic story of Romeo and Juliet set in 1960’s New York City. This also means that the story was adapted into the time period making a movie that in itself is a classic. Talking about the two gangs into the story the Jets and the shark and there racial implications, the historical background of the story.

Romeo and Juliet is set in fair Verona around the 13th century, while West Side Story is set in New York around the 1950s. In both pieces they each have certain locations that are identical to each other. We encounter street fights, a small community with shared values, while a ball and balcony in Romeo and Juliet become a school dance and fire escape in West Side Story. These adjustments in both pieces drastically change the theme as in West Side Story the time era shows racism to anyone who wasn't American.

Young love can be very dangerous. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. The main characters of this play are: Romeo, Juliet, Nurse, Tybalt, Lord and Lady Capulet. In William Shakespeare's play “Romeo and Juliet” Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. Both these Family’s dislike each other greatly, so when Romeo and Juliet seek to be married it nearly impossible. Secretly the two lovers find a Friar to marry them in hopes of ending the feud. Romeo and Juliet met the night of a big party at the Capulet house, after their marriage Tybalt Capulet was so offended by a Montague crashing their party, he challenges Romeo to a duel. Romeo has just married Juliet who is the daughter of Lord Capulet that he does not want to fight Tybalt. Tybalt teases him, and during the duel Romeo kills him by accident. Romeo was banished from their city, therefore he could not see his secret wife (Juliet). Juliet is devastated and because her family doesn't know about her marriage to romeo they want her to marry Paris, who is apart of the royal family. Juliet goes to

On the contrary of both texts, they both fall under the same storyline even though their settings are centuries apart. Likewise, Romeo and Tony had similar character traits by them both being blinded by love and in the characters of Juliet and Maria, they believed in nothing but lust over any thing else. With both young lovers in the two texts, there was a tragedy that had happened. Just as how Juliet is forced to marry prince Paris but she angrily disagrees, she has no idea what to do next but turns to Friar Lawrence to fake her own death. Romeo receives the wrong message just like how Tony with Maria being dead but was a lie. Correspondingly both couples in both texts lead to death but on the other hand Romeo and Juliet had died, in West Side Story Tony only died. At the same time the deaths of the two pairs were both caused by the risk of love they had for each other.

On April 20, 2017 a freshman from Lindsey Wilson College in Kentucky committed suicide, her boyfriend leaving along with her 2 days later and similar to Romeo and Juliet, they did it for love. In the Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet were young teens from different houses or families who fell madly in love just after knowing each other for less than a day and couldn't love the way they wanted to because of a ancient feud between their families. Just like Romeo and Juliet, in the movie West Side Story the main characters, Tony and Maria,have a similar love story to Romeo and Juliets. In this paper I will be comparing Shakespeare's play, the 1996 movie, and West Side Story. Shakespeare play and the 1996 movie have numerous similarities but also plenty of differences.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story written by William Shakespeare. West Side Story was another love story between two people who couldn’t be together, which was written by Arthur Laurents. In both stories, Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story, each of them, Romeo and Juliet and Tony and Maria, couldn't be together because of where they came from and which families they were from. Somethings that made their love a conflict was their actions and how they went about it.

West side story is American musical loosely based on the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It takes place in New York City in the 1950’s and is a love story between Maria and Tony who come from rival street gangs in the upper west side. Tony is an ex-gang member of the Jets, and is best friends with the Jet’s leader Riff. The Jets is a caucasian gang that has a rivalry with a Puerto Rican gang called the Sharks. Mira, is the sister of Bernardo, who is the leader of the Sharks.

Even though their love was toxic, due to the hatered between both families, Romeo and juliets love over powered it. thus, both of their fates lead to death. because Romeo was banished and Juliets family wanted him dead. but how could his wife agree. so she is torn between the two. she fakes her death. Romeo lost without his wife he drinks poison to be with his beloved. she awakens and see that he committed suicide. so then she does the same with a dagger. both families notice what they have done to their loved once., getting married secretly is what they did. the death of Romeos friend by Juliets cousin, and the death of juliets cousin by her husbands hand in revenge made things worse., and their families did not like one another. so they where

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragedy about two people who are in love. In this play there is a girl name Juliet ; Romeo and Paris both want to marry her. Juliet only wants to marry Romeo, but he is a montague. Juliet parents want her to marry paris because of his wealth. Paris and Romeo have similar qualities that lead to the death of both young men.

​Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is one of the most well-known tragedies in English literature. It tells the story of two star-crossed lovers from feuding families who meet, fall in love, and within a week suffer untimely deaths. The rivalry between their families, the Capulets and Montagues, is what ultimately causes the demise of Romeo and Juliet. They have to hide their love and marriage in fear of being caught and punished. This leads to Capulet forcing Juliet to marry Paris, not knowing that she is already wedded. Their hatred also provokes many scuffles between the servants and younger generations and builds up until the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio causes Romeo’s banishment.