From today's viewing of West Side Story, respond to the questions below using complete sentences. Check your spelling, grammar and punctuation. Turn in your answers tomorrow as soon as you come to class. DO NOT COPY THE QUESTIONS. Simply answer in complete sentences.For help, use the following links:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/plotsummary.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/synopsis.
1. Describe the Overture music themes and how they relate to the colors you see on the screen. (A different color appears for each song.)
2. Who is snapping fingers first in the opening scene on the playground? What does the snapping of fingers do for this whole scene? How does it add to the scene?
3. Why do you think the Jets dislike the Sharks so much?
4. How does Bernstein (the composer) combine jazz dance and ballet in the opening scene in which the two gangs are chasing each other?
5. What two gangs are chasing each other in the first scene?
6. Who breaks up the fight in the schoolyard between the Sharks and the Jets?
7. Who does Tony work for? Why is Tony working for him (i.e. what is he trying to accomplish)?
8. What ethnicity are Maria and Anita?
9. What are Maria and Anita doing when we first see them? What does Maria ask Anita to do?
10. Who is the leader of the Jets?
11. Who is the leader of the Sharks?
