Romeo And Juliet - Comparisson To West Side Story
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The play West Side Story, by Arthur Laurents, 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 " ....
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.... hatred. When Tony kills Bernardo, Chino is driven by the need for revenge and he kills Tony.
In order to fully understand the plot of West Side Story, one must have an understanding of the nature of gangs in the 1950’s and know the reasons for their actions. Between 1941 and 1956, more than 500,000 Puerto Ricans moved to major cities in the U.S. such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Cleveland. The majority of them lived in poor areas of ....
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Number of words: 1473
Number of pages: 6 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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