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Romeo and Juliet Compared to West Side Story

We have recently been studying two different stories in our class. We read the first act of Romeo and Juliet and watched the movie West Side Story. I was surprised that I actually enjoyed both. Our assignment is to write a compare/contrast paper on what we have read so far in Romeo and Juliet and what we saw in the move West Side Story. I found that there are many things alike and many things different between the two.
There were two very noticeable similarities that I saw in the stories. In Romeo and Juliet, there was the famous balcony scene, and West Side Story also has a balcony scene. Both stories also have a common setting of a ball or dance. These are two of the many things the stories have that are alike.
There were also a lot of differences. One major difference was the time period each story was set in. In the movie West Side Story, the setting was more modern. Romeo and Juliet had a setting in the older days,......

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