Romeo & Juliet and The West Side Story emulate in so many ways. The numerous characters from The West Side Story resemble some of the characters from Romeo & Juliet, considering the fact that West Side Story’s character situations favour Romeo and Juliet’s character problems. Even though the two stories are from different time frames, they share similar scenes. Majority of the scenes from Romeo & Juliet are recreated by The West Side Story, in a more modern-day quality, while Romeo & Juliet has more
other’s throats” is usually only used as an expression, the two families in Romeo and Juliet seem to take the phrase a tad bit too seriously. The Montagues and Capulets are feuding families that are almost constantly fighting. Romeo Montague is in a depressing slump over the love of his life, Rosaline, and after a deep conversation with Benvolio decides upon going to a feast being hosted by the Capulets. There, he meets Juliet, and falls in love with her, and vice versa. After quite a few quarrels between
In, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, and, ‘pride and prejudice’, Shakespeare and Jane Austen show that love can be based on romance, duty or financial consideration, it can be short lived and tragic love like Romeo’s love for Juliet and Rosaline. Yet regardless of both texts being completely different, one being a play and the other a novel, they both use a variety of techniques to portray feelings of love. In the beginning of, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Shakespeare in his prologue introduces, “star cross’d lovers
Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew may not be the first to come to mind. The former is an iconic tragedy about young love and death, ending in heartbreak, while the latter is a romping comedy filled with wit and sass. However, these two seemingly different plays show yes, some differences, such as gradual love versus immediate love, but also many similarities, including puns and witty dialogue, and themes of marriage and family. For Romeo and Juliet, it’s love at