Anonymous Period 8 11-5-14 Film West Side Story Analysis West Side Story is an adaption of a play written by Arthur Laurents‚ and remade into a film‚ directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. West Side Story’s theme is centered on the struggles of two groups of racially separated young people‚ and how their environment has molded them. The movie revolves around two protagonists‚ Tony‚ a white ex-jet‚ and Maria‚ the
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The making of West Side Story contains multiple aspects that fascinate me. Part one of the 3-part radio series explains the interesting original plan for the show‚ the use of cinematic movements‚ and the illusion of tough talk. The producers originally devised a plan that involved parties‚ Catholics‚ and Jews on the east side of New York City. However‚ the papers filled with juvenile delinquents and gangs inspired them to change the plot to the gangs of the west side. I find their inspiration for
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representation of this character with the corresponding character from West Side Story. You should analyse the way that characterization reflects context. Explain how each character reflects the values‚ attitudes and/or lifestyles within that society. Which aspects of the character transcend the context and remain universal? William Shakespeare wrote the play Romeo and Juliet approximately four hundred years ago for Elizabethan audiences of the time. After watching the film West side Story directed by
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Caucasian gang called The Jets. The rivalry between the gangs is in place from the beginning‚ but it reaches a fever pitch when Maria falls for Tony‚ the founder of the Jets‚ at a local dance. West Side Story is the classic tragedy of Romeo & Juliet set in a modern setting. The setting is the Upper West Side of New York City in the late 1950s with conflict between rival street gangs rather than families. In the opening of the film‚ during which nearly 15 minutes pass before a real line of dialogue
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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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Josephine Tschirhart Mrs. Hughes Advanced ELA 26 May 2016 Love and Fear A pair of star-crossed lovers. Two gangs who kill. Three young boys who die. In the musical West Side Story by Arthur Laurents‚ there are two gangs- the Jets and the Sharks‚ who are constantly brawling over a block in New York City. The leader of the Jets is Riff‚ and the leader of the Sharks is Bernardo. Bernardo’s sister‚ Maria‚ falls in love with Tony‚ who is from the opposite gang. The gangs eventually have a
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We see the members of Glee and indeed Rachael and John Book begin to challenge their stereotypes‚ but Arthur Laurents’ musical West Side Story demonstrates the true importance of interactions with others. A modern American adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ West Side Story depicts the 1940s American gangland warfares between two gangs‚ the Jets and the Sharks. Similar to Shakespeare’s Montagues and Capulets‚ each member of the gang is brought
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EN294: Mythology Summer 1 Instructor: John Kivari Contact information: RM 4108a; kivari@ecc.edu ; Ph: 270-5964; Office Hours: By appt. Course Description: A study of the major mythic stories and archetypal themes which continually reappear in literature as subject matter‚ symbols and allusions. Course Objectives: Students will understand the following by the end of the course: Myth is a shared heritage of ancestral memories‚ related consciously from generation to generation
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‘A critical reading and contextualisation of West Side Story written by Arthur Laurents‚ music by Leonard Bernstein‚ lyrics by Stephan Sondheim and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.’ West Side Story is a 1961 film set in the mid-1950s in the upper west side of New York. West Side Story is based and inspired by Williams Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story. In West Side Story the protagonist is the former leader of the Jets‚ Tony‚ who
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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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