1. WEST SIDE STORY
ROMEO & JULIET

2. Similarities
 IN BOTH STORIES THE MAIN CHARACTERS
MET AT A DANCE PARTY.

3. Similarities
 THERE ARE TWO ENEMY GROUPS IN BOTH
STORIES.

4. Similarities
 THE SCENE OF THE BALCONY IS THE SAME
IN BOTH STORIES.

5. Similarities
 IN BOTH STORIES, TYBALT KILLS ROMEO’S
FRIEND AND THEN, ROMEO KILLS TYBALT.

6. Similarities
 BEFORE MEETING ROMEO, IN BOTH
STORIES JULIET IS ENGAGED WITH
ANOTHER BOY.

7. SIMILARITIES
 THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE THE SAME
BUT THEY AREN’T NAMED THE SAME.

8. SIMILARITIES
MARIA = JULIET

9. SIMILARITIES
ROMEO = TONY

10. SIMILARITIES
ANITA = NURSE

11. SIMILARITIES
BERNARDO = TYBALT

12. SIMILARITIES
RIFF = BENVOLIO

13. SIMILARITIES
INDIO = MERCUTIO

14. SIMILARITIES
DOC = LAURENCE

15. SIMILARITIES
CHINO = PARIS

16. SIMILARITIES
OFFICER KRAPKE = PRINCE OF VERONA

17. DIFFERENCIES
 THE DISCRIMINATION OF WEST SIDE STORY
DOESN’T APPEAR IN ROMEO AND JULIET.

18. DIFFERENCIES
 THE CHARACTERS’ NAMES ARE DIFFERENT
OFFICER KRAPKE = PRINCE OF VERONA
CHINO = PARIS
MARIA = JULIET
ANITA = NURSE
BERNARDO = TYBALT

19. DIFFERENCIES
 WEST SIDE STORY IS A MUSICAL, SO THEY
ARE ALWAYS SINGING AND DANCING.

20. DIFFERENCIES
 WEST SIDE STORY WAS FILMED IN THE 60’S,
AND ROMEO AND JULIET WAS WRITTEN IN
THE 16TH CENTURY.
1596 1961

21. DIFFERENCIES
 THE STORIES TOOK PLACE IN DIFFERENT
PLACES.
West Side Story
NEW YORK
Romeo and Juliet
VERONA

22. DIFFERENCIES
 IN ROMEO & JULIET THE HATE IS BETWEEN
TWO FAMILIES. IN WEST SIDE STORY IT’S
BETWEEN TWO BANDS: ONE OF THEM
DISCRIMINATE THE OTHER BECAUSE THEY
ARE PUERTORIQUEANS.