The Jets (Leader: Riff; formerly Tony) and the Sharks (Leader: Bernardo)
The Sharks (the Puerto Ricans) and the Jets (the whites)
The Jets and the Sharks
Jets v. Sharks
There are only two gangs in West Side Story.
The jets were the Americans the Sharks were the puerto ricans
the opening scene where the gangs dance fight until the police breaks it up
The similarities are: They are both set in the 1950's They both explore the theme of exclusion They both belong to gangs They both are about young love and finding way in life They both end in a showdown between gangs The differences are: Greece is set in high school and West Side Story isn't Greece is light hearted and West Side Story is more serious Musical Styles are very different West Side Story is based on Romeo and Juliet and Greece is a new specially written story Greece takes a whole school year and West Side Story takes place over just 2 days Greece takes place in California and West Side Story is set in slum area of New York's west side :) Hope it helps :)
All are Broadway musicals. the first two are musical comedies, however the last-named has much street violence, and one of the lead characters is killed in a gun fight by a rival gangster. There were no gangs or gangsters in either of the other plays.also all three were originally stage plays and later adapted to movies.
The two rival gangs are the Sharks and the Jets.
West side story is about two rival gangs, the Jets, and the Sharks. One day, two people fall in love. Turns out one is a member of the Jets, and the other a member of the Sharks. Conflict ensues
The conflict in West Side Story is the conflict between "natives" and "immigrants." In this case the natives are the white Jets and the immigrants are the Puerto Rican Sharks, both street gangs in late 1950s New York City. The story, and the conflict, is a retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, with the rival families recast as rival street gangs.
There are only two gangs in West Side Story.
No, all the violence in West Side Story is done as strictly choreographed dance and there were no real gangs with those names when the musical, West Side Story, was written.
The Sharks and the Jets
No, Maria does not kill herself in West Side Story like Juliet does in Romeo and Juliet. Instead, the story ends with Maria mourning the loss of her lover, Tony, who is killed in a skirmish between rival gangs.
The Shakespearean play that inspired the hit musical West Side Story is Romeo and Juliet. West Side Story is a modern adaptation of the classic tragedy, with the story transposed to the streets of New York City and the warring families replaced by rival gangs.
The modern musical "West Side Story" was inspired by Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." It explores themes of love and rivalry through the story of two young lovers from rival street gangs.
Love and the rivalry between the gangs - the Sharks and the Jets.
Like Gangs and what Michael would do in that situation. Like West Side Story :)
The rival gang was the Sharks.