West Side Story

At around 12:00 PM on November 27, 1981, Miracle on 34th Street and West Side Story actress Natalie Wood boarded her yacht, called the Splendour, along with her husband, Robert Wagner, and her Brainstorm co-star, Christopher Walken. Two days later on November 29, 1981, Wood’s waterlogged body would be discovered floating face down about two hundred yards off of Catalina Island, California. She was found not far away from a dinghy from the Splendour, which was washed up onto rocks. Its ignition was

the love story People are always rewriting other people’s stories - consciously or unconsciously - cutting and trimming, pasting, rearranging, and adjusting to new times and circumstances, sometimes adding truly creative elements and occasionally actually improving on the original. The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet which was a narrative poem by Arthur Brooke is considered to be William Shakespeare's base source for his famous play Romeo and Juliet (Mabillard). West Side Story (1961) is

musical called West Side Story. Both are excellent displays of Romeo and Juliet in a more modern light, however, they have their own similarities and differences from each other. This essay will compare and contrast the plot, setting, and characters of both movies. Overall, the plots of the two films were fairly similar. Romeo and Juliet's plot adheres to the original play. Near the very beginning of the plot in Romeo and Juliet, a party is held by Lord Capulet. In West Side Story, the leaders

Juliet and West Side Story have many similarities as well as many differences. Both the musical and play of both stories have resembliing storylines. These pieces focus on the limitations of star crossed lovers. In both scenerios, there are feuds between the two opposing groups of characters. Overall, the theme is the same and both pieces are romantic tragedies. Although these writings are mostly corresponding, they can differ in many ways. One similarity Romeo & Juliet and West Side Story have in

Lovers, murderers, and life-long rivals are all confined into one story, where homicide, suicide, and drama all take place in a single setting. The classic fantasy by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet takes place in fair Verona, Italy. Two lovebirds are stuck in the middle of a family feud, which results in many deaths, including the close companions who took their own lives. The 1961 film, West Side Story is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. It is about a couple from two fighting gangs in New

but the tragic heroes in Romeo & Juliet and West Side Story always seem to find love in the wrong places. Yes they do find love, but the two stories have many differences from each other that impact the whole outcome. West Side Story, directed by Jerome Robbins, sets itself apart from Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare through racial tensions, settings, and tragic hero differences. Throughout life there have always been racial tensions. West Side Story has difficulties between the Jets and the

The story of Romeo and Juliet is a classic play that still holds a tremendous impact in today's society. The themes and lessons learned are what makes Romeo and Juliet so timeless. West Side Story is a movie adaptation of Romeo and Juliet that shows the same classic love story but in a more modern way. The differences in time periods and the modernization of West Side Story contributes to the impact of Romeo and Juliet because it proves the themes and lessons are still present in modern times. The

In the novel West Side Story, by Arthur Laurents, we see a forbidden love. This forbidden love consists of Tony (an ex jet) and Maria (the sister to the leader of the sharks). This love story is doomed from the beginning as Tony and Maria come for two completely ethnic backgrounds that can not stand each other. This story of romance would ultimately end as tragically as we would all suspect. Riff (Tony’s best friend) is killed by a stab wound to the chest, Bernardo (Maria’s brother) is killed by

Chapman Dr. Paula Hutton MUSC 2013 March 30, 2016 Romeo and Juliet vs. West Side Story Since the beginning of time people have been intrigued by the story of “two star-crossed lovers”, those who long to be together but never can. Such is the case of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and the collaboration work, West Side Story. The purpose of this paper is to show the similarities and differences between these two tragic love stories. Romeo and Juliet is a timeless literary work written by William Shakespeare

an end. In the BBC adaption, the plot stayed true to the original and the style of the play gave it more of an original feeling. However, in the West Side Story adaption, the plot remained similar to the original plot, but the mood and style of the movie was altered to give it a modern feel with the addition of gangs and the issue of racism. West Side Story is set in 1950s New York with an Aryan gang, the Jets, and Puerto Rican gang, the Sharks, as the opposing groups. Despite the large contrasts between