Gnomeo And Juliet Compare And Contrast

Differences in love Fate… the idea that one's future lies on a road and that no matter which route one takes you end up at the same point. One’s lover already determined disregarding the walls that separate one whether it be race, gender, or class. The literary works “ Gnomeo and Juliet” by Touchstone Pictures, Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, Sound of Waves by Mishima, and West Side Story by Arthur Laurents all focus on this idea of forbidden love. The literary works share many common ideas. Whether it be miscommunication leading to conflicts within the plot, a character that acts as a mentor towards one of the main characters, or a love that goes against societal standards. One can not argue that these works do not share many similarities.

In “Gnomeo and Juliet” the gardens cause the feud. The gnomes constantly try to have the better gardens and will even go as far as to purposely sabotage the other group's garden. This differs from the cause of the feud in Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet, the feud begins over the want for power, even at the very end of the play the two families still try to outshine each other. Lord Montague says that he will make Juliet a “statue in pure gold” ( Shakespeare 5.3.316) Capulet challenges this by offering something even better and bigger. Even though their children died over the feud they still try to one-up one another. In Sound of Waves unlike “ Gnomeo and Juliet” and Romeo and Juliet the feud over wealth causes the problems. The feud in Sound of Waves contrasts the others as the fighting does not happen as deliberately. However, the reader can infer, that wealth causes Terukichi to not want Shinjit to marry Hatsue. Shinji thinks about Hatsue but quickly turns sullen as he recalls “ his own poor condition in life” ( Mishima18). Terukichi, one of the wealthiest on the island, would not want poor Shinji as a husband for Hatsure. Moreover, in West Side Story, race causes the feud. At the start of the movie the Jets, the white “gang, vandalize and paint over a mural of a Puerto Rican flag. Race feuds forbid Maria and Tony from seeing each other. Tony belongs to the Kets and Maria belongs to the Sharks, the Puerto

In “Gnomeo and Juliet” the story has a happier ever after, Juliet finds out Gnomeo survived before she gets hit. Gnomeo and Juliet survive the lawn mower crashing into the castle. The feud ends and Gnomeo and Juliet get married. The resolutions of “Gnomeo and Juliet” contrast the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo hears news that Juliet has died he rushes to her and kills himself, Juliet wakes from her sleeping potion to find Romeo dead by her side. Juliet “ [does] violence of herself” (Shakespeare 5.3.274) and by the time found their both dead. This ending differs from Sound of Waves where both characters survive. Terukichis resolves the conflict when he announces that he has chosen “ Shinji [as] the one [he’s] adopting for Hatsues husband” (Mishima174). Though Shinji gets chosen, Terukichi decides that Hatsue and Shinji can not marry yet due to their young ages and Shinji will have to continue to prove himself as a good fit until then. The ending in West Side Story depicts sadness but brings some peace. At the end of West Side Story, Chino shoots Tony killing him. Maria takes Chino's gun and threatens to kill herself, she ends up making a rational decision, not shooting anyone, including herself. The “gangs” come together to lift Tony's body. The viewer feels some satisfaction seeing that the “gangs” have come together