ASSESSMENT TASK: Transformations Romeo and Juliet A text that embodies the values and beliefs exclusive to one niche in time would be difficult to adapt to any other context‚ unlike Shakespeare’s ’Romeo and Juliet’. This text contains universal values that have proven to be relevant to generations over four hundred years and is still continuing to appeal to audiences today. ’Romeo and Juliet’ is a timeless story that has been adapted from the stage to film‚ television and novels‚ which demonstrates
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the Royals was no more than ’business’ if you will. The author doesn’t emphasize on the unbreakable bond that the gang members felt toward each other. After evaluating some main points in West Side Story I feel that the author elaborated a lot on the inseparable bond that the Jets had with each other. The story was very light weight‚ and there was a very up beat feel to it. The boys were very cocky‚ but it seemed that together they could take over the world. The Jets felt that if one of them went
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There is a common theme in both of the stories “The interloper”s and “Romeo and Juliet”. They are that they both have a rivalry like in “The Interlopers” they had a rivalry for whose land it is. The common interest in “Romeo and Juliet” is that there is a rivalry of who is more powerful between the families of “Romeo and Juliet.” First I am going to talk about the similarities that the story “Romeo and Juliet” have in common. The common interest in this story and “The Interlopers” is that they both
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There have been several moments in theatre that seems to whitewash the ethnic characters. West Side Story is one of those musicals. West Side Story is a loose musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The twist is that it’s set in 1950s New York‚ with the plot set around youth street gangs entangled in a racially charged conflict over their “territory” in the lower West Side of Manhattan. There is the Puerto Rican “Sharks” led by Bernardo‚ who has recently brought his family‚ including
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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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was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” Romeo and Juliet‚ a tragedy written by Shakespeare in 1595‚ became one of the most famous written plays by Shakespeare simply because of its heart-wrenching plot‚ the need to love‚ tragic deaths‚ and one of the biggest feuds in play history. During this play‚ Romeo and Juliet find love where they shouldn’t have by alignment of the stars. The Montagues‚ Romeo’s family‚ and Capulets‚ Juliet’s family‚ are feuding over the unknown. Romeo and
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America (West Side Story) Introduction This document is the lyrics of the song America extracts from the movie West Side Story. This movie is a musical directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise in 1961. It sets in NY in the 50’s. It deals with a confrontation between two rival gangs : the Jets (american) and the Sharks (Portorican). It also deals with a love story between Tony and Maria. Their love story is based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as the two lovers belong to different groups
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Every person who has gone through high school probably understand and knows Romeo and Juliet. This piece of seemingly common knowledge is referenced in many movies‚ books‚ and paintings throughout time. Often though‚ much of these references change parts of the classic story to show a different meaning or attract a different audience. The common part of these different artistic interpretations is that the role of characterization exists. Understanding these characters is done through details
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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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In Romeo and Juliet Juliet and Romeo should be able to freely express their love for each other regardless of their families feuding. In Romeo and Juliet the balcony scene starts off with Juliet thinking she is all alone until Romeo appears out of the darkness. What Juliet seems most concerned with is her family differences. Juliet is afraid of her family seeing Romeo outside and says “ If they do see thee‚ they will murder thee” (2.2.75). Romeo then replays to Juliet saying “ My life were better
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