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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
1,677 wordsAndy Warhol once said, "They say that time changes things, but actually you have to change them yourself. " Two hundred fifty years passed between the original Romeo and Juliet and the premiere of West Side Story on Broadway in 1957. However, time did not change the message of the story, simply the creators unique visions evolved. Shakespeare's delivery of the timeless tale of desperate love in his classic Romeo and Juliet proves to only intensify through retelling and modern interpretation. Aud...
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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
1,468 wordsAs a contemporary musical, West Side Story differs from Romeo and Juliet in form and detail, but stays true to the tragedy of innocent love caught in a complex social web that predestines its demise. In West Side Story, love at first sight between Tony and Maria set off a tragic chain of events which bring the story to its heartbreaking conclusion. Maria is Puerto Rican, Tony, Polish-American; they are young, innocent, rebellious-indifferent to the societal boundaries which they are trespassing....
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Romeo And Juliet West Side Story
1,435 wordsThe play West Side Story, by Arthur Laurent's, is based upon the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Despite a few differences, both works, in essence, have the same plot. The source of violence in Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story is the ever-present hatred between families and between gangs, although, because of the star-cross lovers motif in Romeo and Juliet, the hatred plays a larger role in producing the ending of West Side Story than it does the ending of Romeo and Juliet. Th...
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Romeo And Juliet Committed Suicide
480 wordsIn the play Romeo and Juliet and the musical Wet Side Story, the two pairs of lovers were part responsible for their tragic fates. First, Romeos and Juliets families were enemies. In comparison, Tony and Maria of West Side Story were practically apart of gangs that were enemies as well. Second, both couples knew they shouldnt have been together especially if they had to hide it. Third, Romeo and Juliet gave up hope when they committed suicide. Last, the couples knew their situations would be dan...
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Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Horatio And Marcellus
1,329 wordsScene 1: Bernardo relieves Francisco from his watch before the castle. Marcellus arrives with Horatio. Once Francisco has gone, Bernardo and Marcellus discuss with Horatio their encounter with the ghost the previous evening. Horatio is skeptical of their claims. The ghost appears and Horatio tries to question it. The ghost refuses to speak and departs. Marcellus asks why the watch is necessary. Horatio tells the story of how years ago, Old Hamlet defeated Old Fortinbras in battle, gaining from h...
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Acceptable Behavior Sex Life
787 wordsThe Paul Bernardo Paul Bernardo The urge shot through the mans body, uncontrollable, like sharks in a feeding frenzy. He could only quench his feverish desires by carrying out unspeakable devilish acts. The victim didnt matter, no thought was given to any implications of the satanic rituals. Several times Bernardo resorted to defecating of human beings in order to satisfy his sick and abnormal urges. Paul Bernardo's lustful and diverted sexual desires sprouted from the influence of pornography. ...
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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
1,482 wordsThe play West Side Story, by Arthur Laurent's, is based upon the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Despite a few differences, both works, in essence, have the same plot. The source of violence in Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story is the ever-present hatred between families and between gangs, although, because of the " star-cross? d lovers" motif in Romeo and Juliet, the hatred plays a larger role in producing the ending of West Side Story than it does the ending of Rome...
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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
1,734 wordsThree Hundred Fifty Years of Blind Love: A Contraposition of Shakespeare and Robbins? Romeo and Juliet Andy Warhol once said, They say that time changes things, but actually you have to change them yourself. Two hundred fifty years passed between the original Romeo and Juliet and the premiere of West Side Story on Broadway in 1957. However, time did not change the message of the story, simply the creators? unique visions evolved. Shakespeare? s delivery of the timeless tale of desperate love in ...
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Avenge His Fathers Murder Claudius And Polonius
945 wordsHamlet: A Sane Man Hamlet was indeed a very sane man. He was only feigning madness to further his own plans for revenge. His words were so cleverly constructed that others will perceive him as mad. It is this consistent cleverness that is the ultimate evidence of his complete sanity. Can a mad person be so clever? No, a mad person cannot. Hamlet is sane and brilliant. After Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus see the ghost, Hamlet tells Horatio that he is going to feign madness. If Horatio is to noti...
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Zastrozzi Pursues Verezzi Endlessly Wishing Zastrozzi Pursues Verezzi Endlessly Power
3,966 wordsWalker is a down to earth blue-collar playwright with a vibrant, vivid, deliberate style of play writing; theres no dramaturgical chicanery in his work. But there is a rough and ready quality in it that is very refreshing. Neville-Andrews George Walker is a Canadian playwright who has achieved a sort of underdog-like success. Walkers sharpened sense of comedic irony along with his unique patterns of thought have contributed to his success and his being one of the most widely produced playwrights...
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Act 1 Scene Horatio And Marcellus
724 wordsAct 1 Scene Hamlet Plot: Act 1 Scene 1 The scene is the Castle at Elsinore. Bernardo relieves Francisco, at about midnight. Marcellus who joins Bernardo in the watch along with Horatio who was told of the appearance the previous night. Horatio believes it to be a illusion until it appears. You learn that the ghost has appeared twice in the same armor that the king wore to fight Fortinbras, king of Norway, and the Poles who he defeated. The ghost appears again and again Horatio challenges it to s...
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Hamlet Father King Of Denmark
1,048 wordsThe presence of the apparition in the opening scene of William Shakespeare? s Hamlet sets a macabre and eerie tone while emitting and foreshadowing a theme of death. In addition to the death theme the presence of the ghost illuminates on the mystery surrounding the death of Hamlet? s father, the King of Denmark. Often in literature the presence of a ghost indicates something left unresolved. In this case, the death of Hamlets father is the unresolved event as well the revenge necessary to give t...
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Act Iv Scene Act V Scene
2,447 wordsAct 1 Scene 1 The scene is the Castle at Elsinore. Bernardo relieves Francisco, at about midnight. Marcellus who joins Bernardo in the watch along with Horatio who was told of the appearance the previous night. Horatio believes it to be a illusion until it appears. You learn that the ghost has appeared twice in the same armor that the king wore to fight Fortinbras, king of Norway, and the Poles who he defeated. The ghost appears again and again Horatio challenges it to speak. At the crow of the ...
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West Side Story Tony And Maria
721 wordsWest Side Story Prejudices Vs. Gentleman's Agreement West Side Story Prejudices Vs. Gentleman's Agreement Prejudices West Side Story and Gentleman s Agreement are two very different movies, yet with one basic underlying theme: prejudice. Prejudice has been present in our world since the dawn of civilization. Greeks and Turks, Whites and Blacks, Hitler and Jews, those hateful feelings between these, and many other, groups are unfortunately still present in today s society. Until people get a clea...
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Ghost Appears Late King
408 wordsSummary Hamlet Act I The story begins outside castle Ellsinore where guards are exchanging each other at duty shifts. Two more guards Horatio and Marcellus join the guard Bernardo, whose shift just begun. Bernardo tells the story to his companions in which a ghost, who looks like the late king of Denmark, visited the guarding place last two knights. While his telling the story the ghost appears. Horatio who supposedly knows how to talk to ghosts tries to communicate with it, but the ghost leaves...
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Easier Indirect Path Laura Death Petrarch Love
894 wordsPetrarch s Quest for True Love and Spiritual Fulfillment The poems contained within The Canzoniere are spellbinding tales of love. The object of this love is Laura, the ideal woman according to the author, Francesco Petrarch. Petrarch expresses his desire for true love and spiritual fulfillment through his yearnings for Laura. In Petrarch s opinion, Laura exemplifies perfection. Her every mannerism evokes feelings of passion and love in his heart and mind. He admires her sweet presence and her s...
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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
823 wordsRomeo and Juliet vs. West Side Story Comparison The playwrights of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story, even though are separated by centuries, are very similar. In both plays there is love between two enemies. At the end, there is a tragic fate that tears apart the lovers forever. The only character difference between the plays, is the lover s reaction to the other lover s death. Both plays are considers great works of writing. In both of the plays, a member of one family, or gang, falls in lo...
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Juliet Romeo
491 wordsIn the play Romeo and Juliet and the musical Wet Side Story, the two pairs of lovers were part responsible for their tragic fates. First, Romeo? s and Juliet? s families were enemies. In comparison, Tony and Maria of West Side Story were practically apart of gangs that were enemies as well. Second, both couples knew they shouldn? t have been together especially if they had to hide it. Third, Romeo and Juliet gave up hope when they committed suicide. Last, the couples knew their situations would ...
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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
781 wordsMovie Review West Side Story West Side Story, a 1961 production starring Rita Moreno and Natalie Wood, is an adaptation of William Shakespeare s play Romeo and Juliet. West Side Story is a flashy production filled with music, dance and light. It presents Shakespeare s play from a 1960 s inner city perspective. In the movie two rival gangs, the Jets and the Sharks, demonstrate cultural prejudices between Puerto Rican and American inner city dwellers. The hatred between the two groups is evident f...
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