Comparison between: "Romeo and Juliet"

                                                                                                            "West side Story"

Similarities:

-They say 7 times "Good Night"

-It takes place at night: (night keeps their secrets). It a time when you can dream and your dreams will come   true.

-They know they are different from the rest of the world: "they are not one of us"

-Symbol of the balcony: it is both part of her intimary, but also outside her world (the world rejects)

-Maria doesn't want Tony to see her father because she knows he won't like him.

-Tony/ Romeo is more excited than Maria/Juliet. She seems to be sensible.

Differences:

-There is a change in rofes: at the beginning Maria calms him down, at the end it's Tony who says "Shhh". They are aware of the danger.

-They didn't kiss

-They sing together

-Maria saw Tony first

-Tony steps on the balcony: they are on an equal footing.

-The balcony is an emergency staircase which fooks like a jail ( maybe it symbolizes the prison is which their social background had put them).

Common Themes: 

-" star-crossed lovers"

-Their love is impossible in this world

-Yet, they challenge their families or gang to love each other. They betray their origins.

-A world apart

Movie summons: " It's not us, it's everything around us". Here Maria means the problem comes from the others. Romeo and Juliet just like Tony and Maria symbolize the perfect love ideal-love which can't exist in the world of hateful.

The place they are looking for is not definitive: - "a place"/ "there"/ "Some" (Somehow; Somewhere; Someday...)

Conclusion:

The point commun between Romeo and Juliet then Tony and Maria=where perfect love exist ?

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