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CharactersSongsSettingPlot
Leonard Bernstein
Theme comparison
West Side Story
Romeo and Juliet
Maria – Chino – Tony
Juliet – Paris – Romeo
Anita
Nurse
Jets vs. Sharks
Montagues vs. Capulets
Bernardo
Tybalt
Riff
Mercutio
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Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare
1597
•Montague and Capulet family feud
•Romeo and Juliet meet at Capulet ball
•(Juliet to marry Count Paris)
•Fall in love
•Balcony scene
•Romeo & Juliet marry – Friar Laurence
•Street brawl – Tybalt kills Mercutio –
•Romeo Kills Tybalt
•Romeo banished to Mantua
•Poor Juliet – arrangements made for marriage to
Count Paris
•Friar Laurence has a plan – sleeping potion to appear
dead
• Wrong message to Romeo –gets poison
•Goes to tomb – good bye to Juliet – kills Paris
• Takes poison and dies as Juliet awakes
• Juliet kills herself
• Families unite – end feud
•Never was a story of more woe
•Than of Juliet and her Romeo
The same tale has been told numerous times in past cinematic history, including:
•Romeo and Juliet (1916) with vampish Theda Bara as Juliet
•Romeo and Juliet (1916) with Francis X. Bushman as Romeo
•George Cukor's Romeo and Juliet (1936) with elderly 'teen' lovers
Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer, John Barrymore as Mercutio,
Edna May Oliver as the Nurse, and Basil Rathbone as Tybalt
•Renato Castellani's Romeo and Juliet (1954) with Laurence Harvey
and Susan Shentall in the leads
•Paul Czinner's Romeo and Juliet (1966), with ballet dancers Rudolf
Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn
•Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968), with appropriately-aged
star-crossed lovers Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey
•Baz Luhrmann's hip and updated William Shakespeare's Romeo +
Juliet (1996) with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes
West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein –1961 musical
•Gangs feuding : The Jets and The Sharks
•Maria and Tony meet at the school dance
•Fall in love
•Fire escape scene – sing “Tonight”
•Pretend marriage
•Rumble – Bernardo kills Riff, Tony kills Bernardo
•Tony and Maria plan to leave town
•Anita delivers wrong message to Tony
•Chino shoots and kills Tony
•Tony dies in Maria’s arms – she threatens to kill herself and others
•Gangs come together and carry Tony’s body to the
ambulance
There's a place for us,
Somewhere a place for us.
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us
Somewhere.
There's a time for us,
Some day a time for us,
Time together with time to spare,
Time to learn, time to care,
Some day
Characters
•Romeo is a Montague. He falls in love with Juliet and proceeds to
marry her. He is a tragic character. He is characterized as hasty and
emotional. He is young.
•Juliet- She is a Capulet. She falls in love with Romeo. She believes
marriage should be for love. She is also characterized as hasty. She is
young
•Lord Capulet- He is Juliet's father. He is strict, harsh, not
understanding. He wants her to marry Paris.
•Lady Montague-She is Romeo's mother. She is very busy and
strict.
•Lord Montague-He is Romeo' father. He is stubborn and not
willing to forgive.
•County Paris- He is kinsman of Prince. He cares about Juliet and
wishes to marry her.
•Prince Escalus- He is Prince of Verona. He wants to call a truce and
end the family feud.
•Friar Lawrence- He is the Priest in Verona. He weds Romeo and
Juliet hoping it will unite both families. Instead it causes fighting. He
later gives Juliet sleeping potion. He helps Romeo out.
•Friar John-He was supposed to deliver a letter to Romeo about
Juliet, but Romeo did not get it.
•The Nurse- She cared for Juliet during childhood. She wants Juliet
to be happy. She is very talkative.
•Mercutio-He is a good friend of Romeo
•Balthasar-He is a servant and a friend of Romeo.
•Benvolio- He is a friend of Romeo
•Tybalt- He is a nephew of Lady Capulet. He has a bad temper.
•Samson- He is a Capulet servant
•Gregory-He is a Capulet servant
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou…?
Romeo and Juliet
West Side Story Characters
Maria- P.R., falls in love with Tony, to marry Chino
Tony- former Jet who meets Maria at dance and falls in
love with her, killed by Chino
Bernardo- P.R. , loves Anita, killed by Tony, Leader of
the Sharks
Riff- leader of the Jets
Doc- owner of the drugstore
Lt. Schrank- prejudice police officer
Jets- American gang
Sharks- Puerto Rican gang
Anita- Bernardo’s girlfriend
Homework Assignment:
In a well developed essay, explain
how you would resolve the conflict
between the Jets and Sharks – nonviolently. Be specific and use
comparisons to “West Side Story”.
Maria
The most beautiful sound I
ever heard:
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria .
..
All the beautiful sounds of
the world in a single word .
.
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria .
..
Maria!
I've just met a girl named
Maria,
And suddenly that name
Will never be the same
To me.
Maria!
Somewhere
There's a place for us,
Somewhere a place for us.
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us
Somewhere.
There's a time for us,
Some day a time for us,
Time together with time spare,
Time to learn, time to care,
Some day!
Cool
Boy, boy, crazy boy,
Get cool, boy!
Got a rocket in your pocket,
Keep coolly cool, boy!
Don't get hot,
'Cause man, you got
Some high times ahead.
Take it slow and Daddy-O,
You can live it up and die in bed!
Boy, boy, crazy boy!
Stay loose, boy!
Breeze it, buzz it, easy does it.
Turn off the juice, boy!
Go man, go,
But not like a yo-yo schoolboy.
Just play it cool, boy,
Real cool!
SURVEY SAYS …
Let’s play a game of FAMILY
FEUD!
Montague's vs. Capulets
Jets vs. Sharks
Rules for “Family Feud”
•Create 6 different categories for each game –
•West Side Story – Ensemble songs, Duets, Sharks,
Jets, Main Characters, Similarities to Romeo and Juliet
•Romeo and Juliet – Montagues, Capulets, It’s all in
a name, tragic deaths, scenes, similarities to West Side
Story
• Each group needs a group leader/host
• Each category should contain from 2-5 answers
and all totals should add up to 100 (people
surveyed.)
• Example: Category – Cats: Siamese –36, Persian
–25, Lions – 23, Tigers – 16
• You may add new categories
• Write everything down
Word Search
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