Date Assigned and Begun in Class: April 2, 2013

Your Name:______

Date Assigned and Begun in Class: April 2, 2013

Date Due: Upon Completion of the Film

West Side Story:

The Romeo and Juliet Connection

West 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'sgonna 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. Buenasnoches, 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'tgonna 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 & Juliet / West Side Story
The 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 Juliethappens 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 ______.