What Are The Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet And West Side Story

Some people may say that West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet are different, but that’s not true. West Side Story is an interpretation of Romeo and Juliet’s Balcony scene because they both talk about the sun, moon and the stars, in both someone like Maria's father and Juliet's nurse is constantly calling to them when they are on the balcony and finally the both confess their undying love to one another.

In Both Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story in the balcony scene, they both talk about the stars and how bright the world is. In West Side Story it says “ ….for here you are and what was a world is a star….the world is full of light with suns and moons….the world is wild and bright….shooting sparks into space….a world is a star….” This is

A line from Romeo and Juliet that Romeo happened to say was “By love, who first did prompt me to inquire” Also there is a line in West Side Story that also helps show this spoken by Tony that says “And there's nothing for me but Maria Every sight that I see is Maria” There is plenty more lines in each of theses pieces that both people confess how much they love each other. Both these couples did not know each other for very long so for both the plays to have a way where they both confess their love is suspicious. Also in both these scenes the man who is Romeo and Tony in both plays they are the ones who approach the girls who are on the balcony. Some people might say that this point isn't very persuasive because, in many movies, plays and musicals love scenes that get shared all the time. That love scenes happen particularly early on in after the couples have met. But there's a catch. In both of the plays, they use the balcony. Romeo and Juliet is the famous play written by William Shakespeare, that is famous for its balcony scene. This play is the play that almost everyone knows because of how much the balcony scene is popular. West Side Story has a balcony scene that is so close to this that it can't be