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For this assignment, you are to write a one-page response (250-300 words) to the following question:
Which of the two endings, Act V, scene3, from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, or Act II, scene 6, from
West Side Story, is the most powerful? Why?
Videos:
WSS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzDfaI83C74
R&J DVD (Scene 16) available in part at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WB7mUQnsDw
Texts:
R&J https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/romeo-and-juliet
WSS script http://www.bmyp.com/WSS%20audition%20pieces/WSS%20script.pdf