... characters are just gang members who aren't really main characters, but they just live on the streets and are present during the scenes. The author of "West Side Story" is Arthur Laurents. He was born on the 14th of July 1918, in New York City, NY. He was educated at Cornell University. ... and worked his was up to writing and being involved in many different theatrical productions. He also wrote a few more plays in which he reunited with "West Side Story's" composer and lyricist, Bernstein and Sondheim. The stage was fairly large, and the scenery was efficient, but still quite simple. Th...

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... two love struck opposites who are molded and trapped in a world of social differences. This is the basis behind William Shakespeare and Arthur Laurent's works, West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet. Although written hundreds of years apart, both pieces posses similar aspects, but yet have unique individuality. Heroism, young love ... , and hatred are just some of the common themes that are expressed in both pieces. West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet both have their share of tragic heroes. The characters in Romeo and Juliet are tragic heroes because they are ... . The two authors use for...

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Although a combination of crazy weather on the East Coast - first an earthquake and then Hurricane Irene - prevented the official Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tribute from taking place as scheduled, a two-hour interfaith prayer service was conducted at the ... ...

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West Side Story In West Side Story, themes of love, tragedy, and justice are brought to life in dance, song, and music. Leonard Bernstein created a musical based on the Romeo and Juliet story. This updated ... killed by Chino (a shark member), just at the moment Tony and Maria are reunited. Where Shakespeare used language to advance the plot and instill his play with energy and passion, West Side Story uses songs and chorography by Jerome Robbins. The Prologue establishes the underlying conflict of the entire story. The following song the Jet song is practically a tag onto the ... ...

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... has been debated, but it is commonly considered to have started in the Bronx, New York City, in the 1970's. It then migrated to the west coast cities, such as Los Angeles, California. Rap music is influenced by many genres, including rock and roll, disco, jazz, and of course blues. ... jewelry, degrading women and explicit lyrics became more common. Braggadocio, or "bragging rap" becomes popular in this era by artists like Kanye West and Jay Z. Rap and Blues are considerable similar in style and form. They use similar elements of music such as call and response, repetition, ad ... mista...

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... tion of two railroads that together would provide the first railroad link between the Mis-sissippi Valley and the Pacific coast (Allen 57). One was the Union Pacific, to run west-ward from Council Bluffs, Iowa; the other was the Central Pacific, to run eastward from Sacramento, California. ... made of made of pure gold (Anderson 223). Unfortunately, workers lives and sound construction practices were carelessly thrown aside. This com-pleted the first of several transcontinental railroads built the late 19th century. The West developed simultaneously with the building of the Western railro...

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... 2012). Hurricane Sandy is known as a; "typical late-season post-tropical cyclone", that swept through the Caribbean and up the East Coast of the United States during October of 2012 (Toro, 2013). Millions of individuals throughout five Caribbean nations, more specifically; The Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti ... the United States of America were also affected due to Sandy (Toro, 2013). Hurricane Sandy was primarily associated with a tropical wave that left the West coast of Africa on October 11th, 2012 (Blake, Todd, 2012). The large tropical wave encountered a large upper-level trough over the east...

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... their experience, without interfering with it, and retaining a perspective on it), and of course the theme of hetero and homo-eroticism (sounds like an orgy one wouldn't care to see). "Drum Taps", another poem collection written from Whitman's reaction to the Civil War, speaks about the futility and ignorance of men pitting themselves against one another in the poem "Reconciliation" ("For ... my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself is dead"). The sequel to the "Drum Taps" collection ("Sequel to Drum Taps") contains the famous eulogy on the Civil War president Abraham Lincoln; "O Captai...

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... we are able to see Nick's displeasure with his hometown in the Midwest. "Instead of being the warm center of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe." (Fitzgerald, 3) Here we clearly are able too see Nick's early emotions towards his ... often does throughout the novel, is reflecting internally. Nick soon enough, leaves the Midwest and settles on an island just outside of New York City, West Egg. Although it remained unspoken by Nick it became evident that Nick was eager to leave the Midwest in hopes for a change. Nick desperately wanted ... , 4) Clearl...

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... my team when I got to La Guardia. There were two teams when I arrived; a boys team and a girls team. Most of the boys were from the west coast except Jimmy. Most of the girls were from the east coast which I would soon find out cause me a lot of trouble. When we arrived in Paris we saw all the wonderful sights including the Eiffel Tower ... airport in New York at 6:00 pm. All of the boys except for Jimmy had left to catch their flights back to the west coast. 4 of the girls had gone with the other boys because they lived on the west coast as well. It was Jimmy and I; along with 7 other ...

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... 1870 and 1920, an astounding 29 million Europeans arrived in America. Immigrants entered the United States through several ports. Immigrants coming from Europe generally came through East Coast facilities, while those from Asia came through West Coast facilities. Amazingly enough, more than 70 % of all immigrants entered through New York City; which became known as the "Golden Door."" (Rise of Industrial America ... 1851-1900, internet, no documentation) Throughout the late 1800s, most East Coast immigrants arriving in New York entered at the Castle Garden depot in Manhattan. In 1892, th...

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... later discovered rap then started performing in New York in the 1980s he moved to the West Coast and that is when he became a hit music artist, by moving to the West Coast made him see some things and he would usually feud with rappers from the East and West Coast and he insulted them in some of his rap songs ("Shakur"). Shakur performed ... ...

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... surfing intrigues me. Apart from that, I am also a huge fan of the tropical weather near most beaches. Acknowledging that most of the east coast is far from tropical or warm, it does become beautiful and sunny the further south one goes. My background being Indian and originally from California, ... I could learn a lot about the Hispanic culture from residing there. Although I would have to sacrifice the warm sandy beaches, another place on the east coast that I could learn a couple things about culture from is New York. New York City, New York, also called the Big Apple, has enough di...

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... Boy Entertainment is the record label that Biggie is affiliated with and is headed by Puff Daddy in New York. This rivalry quickly became a rivalry between the entire West coast and parts of the East coast, mainly New York City. Consequently, you have an artist recording songs aimed at another artist, then that artist would make a record to answer the first record, and ... Boy was quickly blamed for the shooting. With no evidence at all that would even connect Bad Boy to this murder, fans still wanted to believe it. This allowed the West vs. East war to continue. Six months later, after...

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... this transition from a more agricultural nation to an industrialized one. Society in America was becoming significantly more urbanized and more diversity was introduced to larger cities on the east coast. This transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, diplomatic, social, environmental, and cultural changes. ... backbone of America's transportation was being finished - the Transcontinental railroad was now complete. A little over a decade later the Pacific railway was als...

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... people inside. As it was, only a few people were killed that day when the Mercer Arts Center collapsed, and CBGB's subsequently became the center of the universe for the east coast punk rock world."(Beeber, 45) The owner of CBGB's, an aspiring entrepreneur and supporter of artistic endeavor named Hilly Crystal, founded the club in 1973. The name CBGB's stands for ... California, there was a poetic genius from a little town called Austin, Texas attending the University of California at Santa Cruz. His stage name is Jello Biafra. Biafra was a small country in West Africa that in the late ...

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... to the slow pace and consumption of time. The farmers were not making profits which lead many to the idea of joining the east and the west, north and south to boost the economy. Roads, turnpikes, and railroads accomplished the goals of many to join America as one; with one ... . Thousands of pioneers struggled over a rough barrier: the thickly wooded Appalachian Mountains that extended down the continent. On the other side was the tantalizing west, stretching clear to the Mississippi River and beyond. Settlers" wagons jolted down roads that had once been Indian trails. When farmers and f...

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... ; Joanne, is a performance artist, and has decided to do a protest performance in the empty lot at midnight on Christmas Eve. Meanwhile, Collins, a philosopher and teacher, gets mugged. He stumbles past a drum-playing drag queen with a big heart named Angel, who, like he is, is HIV positive. Roger meets Mimi, a confused girl, full of life, passion, energy, and crack. Mimi is HIV ... Santa Fe desert. Also, during "Contact" the red, orange, and yellow lights gave it an interesting dream-like feeling. Another big part of the technical side of RENT was the sound. I don't know why, but I was ...

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... to the slow pace and consumption of time. The farmers were not making profits which lead many to the idea of joining the east and the west, north and south to boost the economy. Roads, turnpikes, and railroads accomplished the goals of many to join America as one; with one ... . Thousands of pioneers struggled over a rough barrier: the thickly wooded Appalachian Mountains that extended down the continent. On the other side was the tantalizing west, stretching clear to the Mississippi River and beyond. Settlers" wagons jolted down roads that had once been Indian trails. When farmers and f...

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... Britain. While the vocalist also known as the rapper tells a story, the disc jockey provides the rhythm, operating the drum machine and scratching. Scratching is defined as "rapidly moving the record back and forth under the needle to create rap's famous swishing sound" (Small, 1992, 12). The beat can be traditional funk or heavy metal, anything goes. The most important part of ... faces the same charges. They write their songs, and they put a lot of though into them. But part of it is thoughtful work over many hours, getting the words to sound just right so that the ideas come across w...

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... Rea to oversee the project. Alexander Cassatt hired men to buy all the real estate. Alexander Cassatt purchased tenements, dancehalls, and saloons. The terminal was to span from West 31st street to West 33rd street between 7th avenue and 9th avenue formerly known as the Tenderloin. After several years of planning, on June 22nd 1903, construction began. On November 27th 1910, nearly ... importance of an event. In the beginning of the film, as the narrator was expressed Alexander Cassatt's aspiration to create tunnels under the Hudson River and the East River, the sound editors of the fil...

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... as the repeating rifle, submarines, poison gas, and balloons dropping bombs. The Union Navy used as many as 500 ships to patrol the East Coast all the way from Virginia south to Florida and the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. The Union navy captured or destroyed 1,500 blockade runner ships during the course of the Civil War. The blockade ended up ... outskirts of Savannah on Dec. 10. In an event that is generally regarded as marking the end of the Civil War, Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, signs the surrender terms offer...

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... begun in the late 1960's by Private Developers State and city government. Thanks to the "Dream Team Associates", this consisted on a number of conglomerates companies such as Tishman Urban Development Corp (UBC). The company started to plan the development of commercial, and the renovation of theaters in 42nd street. Mayor Koch's leniency in the zoning laws made way for the construction ... way for the Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, AMC theaters and also the well-known Disney Shows such as Beauty and The Beast and The Lion King in Broadway. Walt Disney Corp was known as a very big part of...

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... . These murders stemmed from the media's insistency to provide oxygen to the flame of violence within the hip-hop nation. During the mid-nineties a bitter rap rivalry between the west coast and east coast gave way for the media to divide the country into two conflicting sides. Wallace and his recording label Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc. had strong influence in the eastern area ... ...

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New York. New York City is located on the Eastern Atlantic coast of the United States, at the mouth of the Hudson River. New York City is made of five boroughs separated by various waterways. Brooklyn and Queens occupy the western portion ... is considered to be the Downtown area of Manhattan • 1st to 14th Street contains the general "Village" area. The area west of Broadway is Greenwich Village, and to the east is East Village. • 14th to 34th Street west of Broadway is Chelsea, known for its large loft apartments and studios. • 34th to 59th Street is generally regarded as "Midtown ......

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