Thursday 27 February 2014

Jets Characterization - Devarsh and Ruben

Post Title : Jets

http://www.buehnenfotos.de/musical-west-side-story.htm

The Jets have more control of the stage and they tend to be bad tempered. Jets would always start the fight and were always interested in fighting. When the Sharks entered the Jets territory, the Jets responded straight away in anger, which almost caused a fight, but got stopped by officer Krupke. The Sharks left right after in anger, and Krupke scolded at the Jets for fighting them. The Jets  go to the dance to fight with the Sharks. They were about to fight once again, but got stopped by Officer Krupke. The Jets decide to arrange a rumble against the Sharks with weapons. Officer Krupke comes in and tells the Jets that it should a fair brawl with fists. This shows how eager the Jets want to fight against the Sharks.




Questions:

  1. How does the hatred differ between the two sides in West Side Story, as opposed to Romeo and Juliet?
  2. Why do you think the Jets were presented more on the stage than the Sharks?

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3 comments:

  1. English Grade 1027 February 2014 at 09:21

    1. The hatred is different in west side story because in Romeo and Juliet they are more agressive than in West side story.

    2. In my opinion we were supposed to see the story more from the Jets side and the Jets side had more action that could be shown.

    Julian Pohl

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  2. Unknown28 February 2014 at 03:58

    1. The feud is not explained in R&J. But in WSS we know the feud is over land and is because of Racism.

    2. I think that Tony is the main character in this play, so it is normal that we would see his family more.

    Molly Tobin

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  3. English Grade 1028 February 2014 at 04:13

    In west side story alot of the conflict seems to be more verbal compared to Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet they never mention the source of the conflict while in West side story they do. The hatred does not stem from family issues and the fight in West side story is recent unlike Romeo and Juliet which is a family feud that has been going on for years.

    Because it is to show the racism in the past and they wanted us to sympathize with the jets as opposed to the Sharks. We follow the story line of Tony more than Maria because we are supposed to relate with his character more.

    Renua Raje

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