West Side Story Essay Examples

IN MANY WAYSLaurence’s West Side story is an apparition of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet differ in many ways. Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona in about 1594. West Side Story takes in New York City in 1957. Tony is the modern character of Romeo and Maria is…

parison compare contrast essays Comparing Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story In plays, as in real life, individuals actions can change the course of events in theirs, as well as, other individuals lives. In both Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story, the lovers were forced to take their own lives or be killed…

Story are two very similar movies. Though they are alike in many ways, they arealso very different as well. The two movies mirror each other all the way untilthe fight in West Side Story and until Mercutio dies in Romeo and Juliet. WhenTony dies in West Side Story and Maria, acting as a Juliet, the…

In approximately 1594, William Shakespeare began to write one of the most well known tragedies in history, Romeo and Juliet. Arguably, no author to date has matched Shakespeare’s skill and beauty in the creation of this work. However, authors have regurgitated and will continue to regurgitate the theme, “star-crossed lovers”, for centuries. Martha Duffy remarks…

During my vacation in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, my two friends andI came across The Papermill Theater. An old run down mill, turned into a theater, withlots of history. We all decided that we would attend the play that West Side Story. Hoping it would be a good experience. As we entered the theater my…

Contrast of Romeo and Juliet and West Side StoryEssay submitted by Bob GarrardThree Hundred Fifty Years of Blind Love: A Contraposition of Shakespeare andRobbins Romeo and Juliet Andy Warhol once said, They say that time changes things, but actually you have to change themyourself. Two hundred fifty years passed between the original Romeo and Juliet…

What would Romeo and Juliet be like if Juliet hadn’t died? What if Paris killedRomeo, instead of vice versa? What if instead of occurring several centuriesago, it took place on the streets of New York City during the 1950s, with abunch of fresh-faced youths posing as street toughs and dancing and singingtheir hearts out? Well,…

West Side Story is a contemporary rendition of Shakespeare’s classic, Romeo and Juliet. Set in the late 1950s in the west side of New York, gang rivalry and love story all in one. To todays standards these two gangs are more likely to be compared to a chess club than a gang. The two rival…