Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story have a lot in common with each other. There is a lot of similarities between the two plays, since they are both based on the same concept. Juliet and Maria are the two main female characters. Romeo and Tony are the two main male characters. The nurse and Anita both help Juliet and Maria.
Friar Lawrence: Unnoticed Importance In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, many secondary characters play an essential role in the play. Friar Lawrence is one of the most important secondary characters in the play. He marries Romeo and Juliet, helps Romeo and Juliet grow in their love for one another, and eventually helps end the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. He helps the characters in the play grow in a way they would not have on their own. Friar Lawrence affects the action of Romeo and Juliet by marrying Romeo and Juliet, helping Romeo escape Verona safely, and helping them reunite by giving Juliet a sleeping potion to fake her death.
The Similarities and Differences Between Romeo and Juliet and Westside Story Tracy Perry English 121 Instructor: Benjamin Daw Date: 1-30-12 Two hundred fifty years had passed when the premiere of Westside Story on Broadway. And between the original Romeo and Juliet. Time did not change the message of the story, only the creators unique vision evolved. Audiences cherish Romeo and Juliet as one of the most beloved plays of all time. Romeo and Juliet have attained the role as the Quintessential lovers.
One of the famous sonnets in the play is in act 1 scene 5, where Romeo shows his true feelings for Juliet during their first encounter. This is very much similar to ‘Sonnet 43.’ Both Browning and Shakespeare use Iambic pentameter along with a rhyming scheme in order to make the love seem stronger. In ‘Sonnet 43’ Browning
• I like how the book isn’t so musical like the film, there are more dangers along the yellow brick road, the journey seems longer because there are days and nights. I like it. • In the film, Dorothy and company were together when they confronted the Oz, but in the book they were told to each come individually. The setting for the scene was pretty much the same in both. • Oz said kill the witch in the book, but said bring back her broomstick in the movie.
The house on stilts was the best creation of the play as it helped to show the theme on class so the upper class aka the Birlings in the raised house, then working class aka Edna and the inspector on the ground and then at the bottom on society and at the stage the young children listening to the play as it progressed. The background was painted to image the night in a busy industrial city (Burley). There was a phone box in the corner of the stage which was used when Mr Birling gets a phone call to explain the death of Eva/Daisy, I do not think that it is significant to put it there as it could be a prop inside the house. I pointed this out as it was one of the first things I noticed as the curtain rose and until that point of the play when it came of use; it puzzled me why it was
He married the two in his cell. He helped them hide their relationship. Friar gave Juliet a potion that would allow her to fake her death for 42 hours (Shakespeare 74). Then Romeo would wake Juliet and they would live happily in Mantua. Friar made the wrong move.
In the 1997 film Romeo left before the morning. However the 1968 film left out the part where Juliet is on the balcony and Romeo was on the ground; she told him that she was looking down at him as he was in a grave. That part was in the 1997 film. In the 1968 film Romeo listens to Juliet speaking out loud; where as in the 1997 film Romeo hid on the vine when Juliet came out of the elevator. The 1968 Romeo and Juliet film was the better version because of the balcony scene and the setting of the film.
Friar Lawrence did have some responsibility in the deaths of the two lovers but as many can see, hastiness is by far guiltier than Friar Lawrence. Hastiness had a great influence on characters at various times throughout the play. First, Romeo and Juliet experienced an influence of hastiness when they first met each other and fell in love. “And touching hers, make blessed my rude hand./ Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!/ For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night/” (1.5.48-50).
In both plays Shakespeare explores the ideas of love at first sight, everlasting love, love being able to overcome anything and lust. Both Plays contain similar ideas and themes however since "Romeo And Juliet" is categorised as a tragedy and "The Merchant Of Venice" is described as a 'problem play' there are some key differences in their presentation. The context in which love develops also appears to have a major influence on the nature of this love. Shakespeare uses a variety of different techniques including oxymoron, sonnets and vivid imagery in his presentation of love which in turn helps to create an intimate relationship between the characters. Some may argue however that the theme of 'true love' is not presented between the main characters.