Romeo & Juliet & West Side Story: Comparison/contrast Chart
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1Romeo & Juliet & West Side Story: Comparison/Contrast Chart
Playwrights Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim took William Shakespeare’s most
famous tragic love story, Romeo & Juliet, and turned it into a musical called West Side Story,
that was produced in 1957. Now that we have read the play, watching the musical should allow
us a new and deeper understanding of the story being told. As you watch, fill in the chart
which will help to detail the similarities and differences between the play and the movie.
You WILL be turning in this completed chart for a grade after the move is
over, AND will need to use this for your group essay!
Romeo and Juliet
West Side Story
Setting: Verona, 1300s
Setting:
Feud: Montagues versus Capulets
Gang war: ____________ versus ________________
Lovers: Romeo (Montague); Juliet (Capulet)
Lovers: ________________ (Jet); ________________(Shark)
Authority: Prince Escalus
Authority:
Friend/confidante: Benvolio (Romeo's); nurse (Juliet's) Friend/confidante: _______ (__________); ________ (_______)
Other similarities to note:
Juliet's Balcony
Maria's ____________
______________
The Capulet's Ball/Lovers meet
The school _______________/Lovers meet
Lady Capulet/Nurse discuss Paris with Juliet
Anita discusses ____________ with Maria
Prince Escalus interrupts the fight
Krupke and _______________ interrupt the fight
Nurse grieves Tybalt's death
Anita grieves ____________________ death
Apothecary provides poison to Romeo
________ provides "poisonous" message to ________________
Romeo forced into exile for his actions
Tony plans __________ with _________because of his actions
Family loyalty spawns dissention
_______________ loyalty spawns dissention
Below, jot down AT LEAST 7 differences you can pick up on between the play
and the movie:
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