West Side Story is a romantic musical that is set in Manhattan‚ New York City during the 1950’s‚ where a large migration of Puerto Rican immigrants started to enter the United States. A White American gang‚ also known as the Jets‚ live in the city and have had a “turf” that they protected and ran for years. When the Puerto Ricans‚ known by the Sharks started looking for a “turf” for themselves‚ they interfere with the Jets and this causes multiple conflicts. There have been an abundance of different
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West Side Story is the modern take on the well-known William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliette‚where Tony and Maria replaced Romeo and Juliette and are involved in New York street gangs. On the harsh streets of the upper west side‚ two gangs battle for control of the turf. The situation becomes complicated when a gang member falls in love with a rival’s sister.Jerome Robbins(Director and choreographer)‚ Arthur Laurents(Author) and Leonard Bernstein(Composer) came together with the idea to write a
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Romeo and Juliet In my Englsih 1 Hnr’s class we have been studying romeo and juliet we have watched the 1996 movie‚2013 play ‚1968 movie‚ in this paper i would like to tell you about them and compared and explain their differences. Romeo and Juliet is a very beautiful love story with a tragic ending but you know what they say all good things must come to an end. The first thing we watched was the play which was made in 2013 this production was filmed in Broadway but it depicts Romeo and his Montague
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infinite”(William Shakespeare) This is the memorable line from a classic story of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet has some adaptations that no knows which truly resembles Shakespeare play. So by picking two adaptations of Romeo and Juliet the people can get a feel what Shakespeare should be like. Zefferelli’s Romeo and Juliet is a lot more precise to Shakespeare’s playwright than Luhrmann’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by comparing and contrasting the movies to the playwright. First people
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In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Benvolio is more civilized than Tybalt. To begin‚ Benvolio is respectful towards his kin. In a conversation with Montague‚ Benvolio wishes that “[his] noble uncle…so please [himself]‚ step aside” (Shakespeare 1.1.140-153). Benvolio addresses his uncle with the utmost respect and politeness‚ depicting his civilized nature. Next‚ Benvolio tries to avoid violence. Upon seeing a fight‚ Benvolio intervenes to try and “put up [their] swords” (1.1.63)
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In the olden era‚ there existed two love stories that turn into agonizing tragedies. In the novels Pyramus and Thisbe and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet there are many traits and events that are similar and different. In the beginning of both the stories‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Pyramus and Thisbe‚ they both fell in love with each other. Then towards the end of both the stories their love stories revolved into tragedies. The two stories‚ then discontinued with deaths and both the characters decided that
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Compare and Contrast “Romeo and Juliet” is a story about two star crossed lovers who meet by fate. This great piece of literature written‚ by William Shakespeare will be compared with Baz Lurman’s rendition of “Romeo and Juliet”. The movie missed some details from the play it also added some extra scenes but it still contained the right mood and scenes for it to be a “Romeo and Juliet” movie. A major similarity between the movie and play occurs in mood
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Contrast Essay: Romeo and Juliet Often times people say that William Shakespeare was and still is a legend. They are correct. It is amazing how Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet written centuries ago can be better than Franco Zefferelli’s movie production of Romeo and Juliet‚ which had much better technology to work with only decades ago. Although the movie appeared better‚ it left out some major parts. The play had better mood and plot details which made it much more dramatic and by far a
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A film Comparsion of Romeo and Juliet Whether on screen or on stage the romantic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet has been portrayed many times by different actors‚ directors‚ and writers but the themes always hold true to William Shakespeare’s original play that was wrote in the late 1500’s. The two particular movies we watched in class were perfect examples of contrast‚ one was more traditional (Zefferilli’s 1968 version) while the other appealed to a new generation‚ (Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 version)
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represent the relationships between sexuality‚ gender and power? (Using Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet) ’The course of true love never did run smooth’ - This is the answer indeed. As well as this we come to understand that with the roughness of love comes indifferent sexualities‚ gender conflicts and powered bravados that entwine themselves into one big mess to indeed create the established plays we read today. Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet very much represent the themes of sexuality‚ gender and power through
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