Romeo and Juliet / West Side Story - A Comparison / Contrast

Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Western stories" have many things in common, there are also big differences. West End's story is a direct interpretation of Shakespeare's original drama, but many themes and symbols have been modified according to a modern perspective. The characters are directly related to one another, but the problem of the race gives them new highlights. Many events also reflect each other, but slight differences make them unique. The story of the West District is different from the features of Romeo and Juliet, the order and theme of the story.

West Side Story: The West Side Story is an example between texts and talked about Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" contemporaneously. Tony (Romeo) and Maria (Juliet) are in love. But hostile groups whose families and their loyalty depend on are prohibited from their love. The story of West End creates a new original story using Romeo and Juliet's theme (such as the end of taboo love and tragedy).

I think that the movie version "Romeo and Juliet" (1961) of the "Western Story" is better than the version after Franco Zefirelli's "Romeo and Juliet" in 1968. Jerome Robbins, director of West End Story, has different goals and performances in Romeo and Juliet, but he uses his various effective techniques to produce his own movies. Robins chose it as a transformation of Romeo and Juliet, not the original drama of Shakespeare, but it is not the case

Romeo and Juliet, the story of West End, the eternal drama of eternal life. One of the big differences is that in Romeo and Juliet the silicon is spoken in the story of the western district, but it is in the song. Although both express the feelings of the character at the same time, I feel that the music style of West Side Story leads the audience / listener to the game, making the game more effective. One example is that in the second and second scenes of Romeo and Juliet, also known as the balcony scene, Romeo expressed his idea in a very slight way before Juliet came out. In Romeo and Juliet, all of these are in the story of the West District, music that is shared by Mary and Tony.

West Side Story: Similarities and differences between Romeo and Juliet and the story of Siad (construction)