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Your Name: _______________________________________________Date Assigned and Begun in Class: April 2, 2013Date Due: Upon Completion of the FilmWest Side Story:The Romeo and Juliet ConnectionWest Side Story is a modern-day adaptation of the timeless classic by William Shakespeare. They both involve two young people that fall in love, but are kept apart by their friends/families. This causes grave consequences.DIRECTIONS: (1) Before viewing the film West Side Story in class, please read each of the following questions carefully and thoughtfully. (2) Please answer each question thoroughly, directly on this handout, while watching the movie. (3) This worksheet is due at the completion of the film. 1.) For each of the below listed characters from West Side Story, please write the name of the character from Romeo and Juliet who is the equivalent:A.) The Jets: _______________________________________________________________B.) The Sharks: _____________________________________________________________C.) Anita: __________________________________________________________________D.) Bernardo: _______________________________________________________________E.) Chino: __________________________________________________________________F.) Doc: ___________________________________________________________________G.) Maria: _________________________________________________________________H.) Riff: __________________________________________________________________I.) Tony: __________________________________________________________________J.) Lieutenant Shrank: ________________________________________________________2.) In what city does the film West Side Story takes place? _________________________________3.) During what decade do you think West Side Story takes place? ____________________________4.) Where are each of the gangs in West Side Story from? ____________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________5.) Which characters state each of the following quotes:A.) “Look, Tony, I've never asked the time of day from a clock but I'm asking you, come to the dance tonight. I already told the gang you'd be there. If you don't show I'll be marked lousy.” ________________B.) “Who knows? Maybe what you've been waitin' on will be twitchin at the dance tonight.” _____C.) “From here on in, everythin's gonna be all right! I got a feelin'!” ______________________D.) “A trip to the moon! And I'll tell ya a secret. It ain't a man that's up there, Doc. It's a girl, lady. Buenas noches, Senor.” ________________E.) “All of you! You all killed him! And my brother, and Riff. Not with bullets, or guns, with hate. Well now I can kill, too, because now I have hate!” __________________F.) “I felt, I knew something never before was going to happen, had to happen. But this is so much more.” ________________G.) “When do you kids stop? You make this world lousy!” _______________________________H.) “All right, wise guys. Now you listen to me. All of ya! You hoodlums don't own these streets. And I've had all the roughhouse I'm gonna put up with around here! You wanna kill each other, kill each other! But you ain't gonna do it on my beat. Are there any questions?”________________I.) “You little wise apple! You want me to run you in?” _________________________________J.) “We gotta stand up to them Doc; it's important.” _________________________________K.) Fighting over a little piece of street is so important?” ______________________________6.) Plot and Structure Comparisons. Please correctly fill in the blanks:Romeo & JulietWest Side StoryThe play begins with a fight between the rival __________________ and ________________ clan's servants, reported on by Sampson and Gregor.The movie begins with a fight between rival gangs the ______________________ and the __________, commented on by Jets members.In Scene Two, we meet _______________ for the first time. He has neglected his friends for a while because he is in __________________. He has been counseled by his priest, ________________________________.In Scene Two, we meet ________ for the first time. His close friend, ______________, the ______________________'s leader, is upset by Tony's neglect of the ________________.Also in Scene Two, _________________ is encouraged to attend the ____________________ that in the rival "territory" of the _______________________ house. He agrees, thinking that he might see his ex-lover _______________________, and having a feeling that something important, a "miracle," may occur.Also in Scene Two, _______________ is urged by __________________ to attend the dance at the gym to challenge the rival _______________. __________ agrees, not fully knowing why, only having a strong feeling of "a miracle due."________________ first appears in Scene Three. She is with her __________________, a personal and romantic confidante._______________ first appears in Scene Three. She is with _______________, a "big-sister" friend, a personal and romantic confidante.__________________ confesses that she dreads her upcoming arranged ___________________ to __________________.____________ confesses that she dreads her upcoming arranged __________________ to ___________.____________ questions the importance of family ________________________ in the face of true ____________ in her "What's in a name?” speech in Act Two Scene Two.______________ expresses his newfound ___________ in the song about her name: "__________________.”The ______________ off ____________'s room is the __________ place where the lovers express their feelings.The _________ ________________ of ____________________'s apartment is the ___________ place where the lovers express their feelings.The dialogue of the play uses mush imagery related to ______________. But, almost all of Romeo and Juliet happens during the ________________ or at __________________.Tony and Maria sing "_______________" about a "world full of ______________." Despite this, almost of all West Side Story's action occurs during the ________________ or at ___________.___________ must seek advice in the darkness of ____________________________'s monastery.While _________ and ___________ sing of __________, the ________ members and their girlfriends are meeting in ________'s "dark and musty" _________ __________ to plan the ____________.__________ __________________ is sympathetic to ____________, and gives him advice and warnings. He is an herbalist, familiar with medicines and poisons.__________ is caring of ___________ and sympathetic to some of the ____________ members, but he is severely critical of their violence and racism. He is also a druggist.The ____________ is fearful that _____________ will not marry _____________, and become involved with a man from the wrong family.__________________ is aware and fearful that __________________ is involved with a ________________ from the wrong side.The fight unfolds, with the killing and counter-killing of ________________ by ____________, and of ________________ by ______________.The fight unfolds, with the killing and counter-killing of ________________ by __________________________, and of ___________________ by __________.______________ can forgive ____________ for killing her ___________________ because she is convinced that external forces in the world are struggling with the power of ________________.___________ can forgive _________ for killing her ______________ for the same reason. She insists, "But it's not ______! It's everything _________________ us!"____________ _____________________ gives ________________ a medicinal potion so she can fake _______________ and get a message to the exiled ___________ in _____________ to meet her in her family's ________ and ____________.When held for questioning by __________________ ____________, _____________ sends ____________ to the ________store to "get medicine,” but really to warn ___________, who is hiding there, that __________________ is out to ___________ him, and he should meet __________________.__________ kills __________ in the ________, thinking __________________ is ___________, he __________ himself. ____________ awakens to find them both __________ and ___________ herself._______________ kills ____________; ___________ holds him as he ________ (she, however does not ______________ herself).The families find their children __________; they are horrified and confronted by ______________ _____________ about the consequences of their ____________________.___________ turns on both __________ with a ______, confronting them with the consequences of their _______________. ................
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