Romeo And Juliet Vs. West Side Story

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Every movie has differences to the other movies just like every person is unique. The movie Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are a good example of contrasting to each other. Both of these movies were based and changed on the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. The play talks about the star crossed lovers of the family that’s enemy of each other, Montague and Capulet. The movie Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story is good movies for contrasting because the setting of the movie were located at different places, the main characters have different backgrounds, and the story was ended in a different way. There is a huge difference on the topic of setting. Even though both movies start in a city, it was identified as different cities. …show more content…

Both of the lovers in Romeo and Juliet were dead, but in the West Side Story only one of the lover died which was Tony. In Romeo and Juliet Romeo killed himself by drinking the poison, right on the instant when Juliet woke up. After Juliet found out Romeo drank the poison and died a moment later, she took Romeo’s gun and shot herself on the head. In the West Side Story Tony was killed by Chino in the basketball court. Maria didn’t kill herself like Juliet did, but her words stopped the conflict between the Jet and Shark gang. These were the difference of the ending of two movies. Overall, These factors presented the differences of these two movies in an obvious way. The setting starts at different city and end at different places, one is the church and the other one is a basketball court. The characters have different background information compare to the characters of the other movie. In Romeo and Juliet both Romeo and Juliet suicided because of their love to wach other. In the West Side Story only Tony was killed but Maria was still alive. This is why the movie Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are different from each

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