Somewhere By West Side Story

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In the video of “Somewhere” by West Side Story there is a scene where Maria and Tony are singing to each other. The two are in love and they want more to life than where they are the moment. They are striving to get to this so called place and will get there together. This scene shows sentiment by the two facing each other while being close and making eye contact with one another. They are also holding hands while doing all of this which shows intimacy. The lyrics at this certain scene in the video are, “Hold my hand and we’re halfway there, hold my hand and I’ll take you there”. These lyrics are saying that the lovers will one day go somewhere together and they just have to trust each other that they are almost there. In this scene the audience

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