West Side Story

In West Side Story there was discrimination and differences between cultures. Differences that were shown in West Side Story were between genders. At the dance, the American boys treated the girls with disrespect whereas the Latin boys treated their girls with manners. This was proven when they were dancing. When the Latin boys wanted to dance with their girls, they motioned the girls with a polite hand. The American boys tilted their head to signal them. Both groups also had a different melody…

One of the many popular film Adaptations of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is West Side Story, directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. This modern day film adaptation, released in October 18th, 1961, takes place in a rundown neighborhood on the streets of New York City. A gang called the Jets, lead by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), find themselves in a turf war with the Sharks, a gang from Puerto Rico lead by Bernardo (George Chakiris) . Tony (Richard Beymer), a former member of the Jets, notices…

West Side Story, Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, is a classic romantic, modern day Romeo & Juliet story. The teeming teenagers from Manhattan's upper west are filled with racial tensions which later erupt into a rival between the teenage members of two gangs. Maria is newly arrived to the violence that surrounds her brothers life Bernardo, who’s the leader of a gang called the “Sharks.” Although Bernardo’s girlfriend, Anita, countlessly warned Maria to not fall in love with Tony, who…

West Side Story by Irving Shulman is a realistic fiction story that gives the reader an insight into what life was like during the 1950’s in Manhattan. During that time teenage gangs ruled the streets; but none were as dominant or well know as the Sharks and the Jets. The Sharks were made up of the Puerto Rican population and the Jets were made up of the Americans. So naturally tension would rise. This tension would rise to a breaking point in the 50’s when these gangs would declare war on each…

the enemy, Juliet leading the two individuals to go against their family values and principles of the rival. This is like the musical West Side Story by Arthur Laurents, Tony and Maria go against the ideals of their two separate rival gangs to be in love. They represent how the individual lovers are prevented and interfered with the rival families. In both stories, the protagonists from two rival groups go against their authority to be together and in love. They show how their circumstances get…

in the plays "West Side Story" and "Romeo and Juliet". "West Side Story" should be considered Shakespeare because of two main things love, and family problems. "West Side Story" was based on "Romeo and Juliet" and inspired by William Shakespeare, so they wanted it to sound somewhat the same as Romeo and Juliet so it should be considered Shakespeare. The characters in these plays are Romeo and Juliet and Maria and Tony, they love each other a lot. Maria and Tony from "West Side Story" and Romeo…

Juliet may be the most popular to fit into this category. West Side Story was made to be a modern day Romeo and Juliet, therefore there are many similarities in these two plays, but also many scenes and character traits that are unique to their individual play. This essay will compare Tony and Romeo, Juliet and Maria, and the endings of the two stories. Tony and Romeo both fall in love with someone they cannot be with very early on in the story. They both end up meeting their rushed love at a…

a natural at the piano. He met his lifelong coach Helen Coates while in high school. He attended Harvard University and studied music theory. Bernstein’s first big break was conducting the New York Philharmonic in 1934. (West 's Encyclopedia of American Law, 2015) West Side Story is an American Broadway musical written in 1957. At its time, it was considered a modern day Romeo and Juliet. The play takes place in modern-day New York, where two young people fall in love amidst a war between two…

Portfolio Task 5 Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story”-1957 is a landmark composition in the development of the American musical and it took many years for the idea to be developed into a musical. They had the idea of writing a deep meaning musical which would show people what real life was all about. The original idea was for a Jewish girl and a Catholic boy to fall in love. This theme however changed when the Puerto Ricans moved into New York and the story line was altered to focus rather on…

tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet, or the monumental musical of West Side Story. These two stories have obvious similarities in their basic plot lines, but many things are different as well. For example, the time periods, moods, and settings are polar opposite between the two. Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are obviously similar in many ways, but there are many things that make each of these stories unique from the other. The plot lines of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story both…