Romeo and Juliet / West Side Story
Working on Shakespeare’s influence on pop culture : what are the differences and the similarities between Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story ?
Pay attention to the setting, the characters, the details, the mediums...
Influence :

Have an impact on
Have influence on
Change
Turn (something) into
Keywords and phrases used to compare or show similarities :

Like
As well as
similar
both
the same
In comparison
Comparatively
of the same order
worthy of comparison
match up with

Keywords and phrases used to contrast or show differences :

in contrast
differently
on the other hand
even though
although
whereas
but
unlike
distinctive