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    Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story both have a lot in common as well as major differences that set them apart. Although West Side Story is a direct rendition of Shakespeare’s original play‚ many of the themes and symbols are altered to fit the modern perspective. The characters have a direct correlation to each other‚ yet racial issues give them a new light. Many of the events also reflect each other‚ yet small differences give them uniqueness. West Side Story differs from Romeo and Juliet

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    Comparison of West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet West Side Story’s characters have a number of similarities with the characters from Romeo and Juliet. The characters are: Romeo and Tony‚ Juliet and Maria‚ Mercutio and Riff‚ and Tybalt and Bernardo. These characters are alike‚ yet different. They have similar scenes‚ similar loves‚ and similar deaths. Throughout the movie of West Side Story‚ even more characters similar to the characters of Romeo and Juliet. In this I will also compare the

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    Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Author - William Shakespeare Type of work - Play Genre - Tragic drama Language - English Time and place written - London‚ mid-1590s Setting (in play) - Cities of Verona and Mantua‚ Italy Time (in play) – 14th or 15th century Characters – RomeoJuliet‚ Friar Lawrence (friend of both Romeo & Juliet)‚ Mercutio (Kinsman to the Prince‚ Romeo’s close friend)‚ The Nurse (Juliet’s nurse‚ cared for Juliet all her life)‚ Tybalt (Juliet’s cousin)

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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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    Romeo & Juliet and the west side story have a lot of comparisons and differences. Romeo & Juliet and the west side story portray the theme of romance‚ violence and sadness in much different and similar ways. The movie Romeo & Juliet has romance it was when Romeo and Juliet fell in love in the first sight and got married. For the west side story tony and Maria in the first sight but didn’t get married they were about to run away and get married but they didn’t. There are many violence of the movie

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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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    West Side Story" are two similarly different stories. They are both great stories written by great writers. "Romeo and Juliet" is a sad love story that’s a classic known by many. It is the perfect model to be used by other writers. It is one of the best works of William Shakespeare. Although "West Side Story" is not as famous as "Romeo and Juliet"‚ it was a impressive work of it’s time‚ and it has left his mark on the times afterwards. It is also a love story which also ends with somebody’s death

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    Romeo and Juliet” Compared and Contrasted to “Westside Story” “Westside Story” and “Romeo and Juliet” are both inspiring stories about two star-crossed lovers whose love is forbidden because of hatred between their groups‚ which leads to inevitable death. These two stories have an unquestionably wide range of similarities and differences as far as scenes and the characters that make the scenes differ or resemble to each other. The first and last scenes of “Romeo and Juliet” and “Westside Story”

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    West Side Story written by Arthur Laurents is actually a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The West Side Story is set in Upper West Side Manhattan. It is about rivalry between two teenage gangs of different backgrounds. Anton‚ a member of the white gang‚ fell in love with Maria‚ the sister of the leader of the rival Puerto Rican gang. Romeo and Juliet is undoubtedly the most popular romantic love story to ever hit the literary world. It talks about intense passion between the

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    The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet vs. West Side Story Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and Arthur Laurent’s West Side Story share many elements in common‚ but also have differences that separate them. West Side Story is a modern version of Shakespeare’s classic love story that ended in tragedy. Because it is set in 1950’s New York City the scenes‚ characters‚ and plot have their own interpretations. The differences in some plot elements make each tragedy its own‚ but the similarities

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