Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona, Italy, where there is an ongoing feud between the Capulets and Montagues. Far less well known is the fact that Shakespeare based his play (1594) on other material, particularly a narrative poem by Arthur Brooke entitled The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet (1562). West Side Story maintains Romeo and Juliets intricate and exciting plot using appropriate adaptations to accommodate mid-twentieth-century pop culture. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play written by Shakespeare, that follows the lives of two star-crossed lovers. OL14917333W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 93. It is widely known that West Side Story (WSS) is based directly on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (R&J). In West Side Story, Tony (the Romeo-modeled character) is murdered, but his love, Maria, lives on with the trauma of the experience.

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Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story by William Shakespeare