Lady Montague dies out of her depression over the exile of Romeo. Paris, Juliet,Tybalt, Mercutio, and Lady Montague died. While all the characters that died had scenes to show their death, Lady Montague “death scene” was spoken by Lord Montague.
Theme
Love:
Wss- Love is shown in west side story with Maria and Tony. These two characters fall in love but aren’t able to be together as Maria is already arranged to marry chino. The race of each characters also stop them from being in love as Maria is Puerto Rican and Tony is an American, and their friends wont allow it.
Romeo+Juliet- Love is shown in Romeo and Juliet as these two characters fall in love at a party but are forbidden to see each other as both their families have their differences.
Devised- Love is shown in our devised piece as our characters ‘Rose’ and ‘Julian’ both have strong feelings towards each other but are unable to even speak to each other as they are in separate friend groups who have tension towards each other.
Conflict:
Wss- Conflict is shown in West Side Story within the racial groups. The Jets are American and the Sharks are puerto rican which sets a racial barrier.
Romeo+Juliet- The conflict in Romeo and Juliet is due to the family feud, nobody knows what these feud is about as it is an ancient feud.
Devised- Conflict is shown in our devised piece through the two friend groups. The hatred comes as Lauren (one of the friends in the girls group) is ex’s with Mario (a friend from the boys group)
Death:
Wss- Death occurs in West Side Story when Bernardo accidentally stabs Riff, Tony sees this and stabs Bernardo, Chino then shoots Tony ending in a total of 3 deaths at the end of the musical/film.
Romeo+Juliet- Lady Montague dies out of her depression over the exile of Romeo. Paris, Juliet,Tybalt, Mercutio, and Lady Montague died. While all the characters that died had scenes to show their death, Lady Montague “death scene” was spoken by Lord Montague.