et at the local drug store, Tony sneaks off to talk to Maria after the dance where they meet for the first time. After a few gang fights, Maria begs Tony to stop the fighting. Meanwhile both of the gangs set the date for an all out rumble. Right before the rumble starts, Tony comes rushing in to stop the fight for Maria. This enrages Bernardo, and he challenges Tony to a fight. In that fight Bernardo is stabbed and dies. Tony rushes back to Maria and she has already found out about her brothers’ death. A few days later some rumors are spread that Tony killed Maria. So one of the Sharks shoots Tony for killing Maria.So in the West Side Story, the two people never get married. In Romeo and Juliet, they get married but they cannot tell anyone about their marriage. Also in Romeo and Juliet, there are no gangs but the two families that they come from are constantly fighting. In the West Side Story there is hardly any irony, if any at all. In Romeo and Juliet there is so much irony with the audience knowing so much more than the characters in the play. Like when Juliet has her marriage to Paris arranged nobody except Juliet and Romeo know that she is already married. Some of the similarities between these two stories are pretty obvious. In the West Side Story, the gang that each person is in represents the two families that Romeo and Juliet are part of. In both of the stories, the two people in love are willing to take the risk of being caught just to be together. One of the easiest similarities to spot is the whole story line. In both of the stories the two people who want to be together can’t and they just won’t have it any other way. Towards the end of both of the stories, it seems like everything that could go wrong does. In the West Side Story, Tony kills his girlfriend’s brother. Then a shark thinks that Tony killed another shark, so Tony is shot and killed. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo thinks...
