Tony‚ one of the main male characters‚ in West Side Story is similar to Romeo‚ the main male character in Romeo and Juliet. Maria in West Side Story is similar to Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. Juliet’s nurse is harassed when she tries to relay a message to Juliet just as Maria’s friend‚ Anita‚ is harassed when she tries to communicate with Tony. Even though Romeo and Juliet and Tony and Maria are partly responsible for their deaths‚ most of
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Romeo and Juliet and The West Side Story is love – deep‚ intense and passionate love that defies friendship‚ family and everything in between. This point is reinforced when Maria later disregards the death of her brother‚ Bernardo‚ at the hands of Tony and agrees to marry him‚ consummation sealing the deal. • In the original play‚ Romeo is a pre-buscent teen‚ portrayed as a romantic‚ yet often hysterical and impetuous. There is a series of intense thoughts and emotions around Romeo - who takes
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of “Amigo brothers” by Piri Thomas illustrates that friendship is stronger than a competition because a real bond is for life‚ it gives you more things than a bout and you would not find a bond like that. Antonio and Felix were very close friends. Tony and Felix know each other since they were little kids. Their friendship has lasted a long time‚ they even practiced
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Love and friendship plays a major role in everyday life. This is shown particularly well in the film Billy Elliot‚ directed by Stephan Daldry. It is set in Everington in 1984‚ during the miners’ strike. Throughout the film love and friendship is portrayed in a range of different ways as Billy‚ the main character‚ has a different relationship with each of the other characters. The effective use of symbolic and technical film codes and the narrative elements; point of view‚ plot and characterization
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are Sheriff‚ Tony‚ and Beth. Sheriff and Tony are dealing with very similar moral dilemmas throughout the movie. They are both asked to return to Malaysia‚ where they recently vacationed‚ in order to spare someone’s life. They are placed in this dilemma because on their vacation they were involved with drugs along with another character Lewis‚ who eventually got caught with the drugs and is now facing the death penalty. Although they both have different priorities‚ Sheriff and Tony face the same
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Moment of truth The crowd was deafening. A few drunken chants‚ a boo here and there was all I could make out over my asthma-like pants. I didn’t blame them though. For two rounds I’ve been dodging‚ shifting‚ and shoving myself around the ring. I didn’t stand still‚ I couldn’t stand still. I wasn’t going to win this one. He was too big‚ too bulky‚ too mean looking. “There’s no way he’s 76 kg‚ there must have been some sort of mistake” I kept telling myself. I was a half expecting the referee to
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why we get influenced by certain people‚ it maybe because we like them‚ known them for a while‚ because we know their knowledge in certain things or so on. It all depends in our surrounding. For example‚ in the first scenario‚ Alex‚ his best friend Tony and his new roommate Daniel decided to head to Miami for spring break. Alex and Daniel were new to the city‚ but his new roommate was actually a native there. They bought many tickets for different concerts that were available that week. As they decided
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Little Caesar‚ Mervyn LeRoy‚ Edward G. Robinson‚ Warner Bros.‚ 1931 The Public Enemy‚ William Wellman‚ James Gagney‚ Warner Bros.‚ 1931 Scarface: Shame of the Nation‚ Howard Hawks‚ Paul Muni‚ Universal‚ 1932 This purpose of this paper will be to explore and define the gangster genre in American film history from the years of 1930-1932. These gangster films center on the criminal actions of bank robbers‚ hoodlums‚ and the bootlegging of alcohol during the period of prohibition. The gangsters
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Case study 1 Josephine is a 47-year-old single woman. The hardest times of the year for Josephine’s family are holidays and family gatherings; Josephine never seems to enjoy herself. She seldom smiles‚ laughs‚ or reacts to people and events around her. She remains detached and often goes into a room and plays video games or watches TV by herself‚ even when the rest of the family is eating. Her family members say that she is rude and do not want her around. Josephine lives by herself. She has
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(a) Al‚ a terrorist captures Bill. Al says “unless you kill Tony I will kill your family”. Bill kills Tony. (b) George‚ a depressed terrorist‚ captures Margaret. George says “unless you kill me I will kill your family.” Margaret kills George. (c) Cedric‚ a particularly fat pot-holer‚ gets stuck in the entrance to a pot hole. Three other pot-holers are stuck inside. After four days‚ without food‚ and all attempts to move Cedric having failed‚ one of the three (Dave) blows Cedric up with dynamite
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