No, all the violence in West Side Story is done as strictly choreographed dance and there were no real gangs with those names when the musical, West Side Story, was written.
The Sharks is the name of the street gang.
a fair fight means only fists no weapons, by time and common sense is how the rules were established
Two Rival Gangs, the Jets and the Sharks in l950"s New York. Some have argued ( it is going into warp drive as the plot does NOT mercifully involve double suicide,) That the plot is an updated Romeo and Juliet. a book running the two plays and having comparative not4es was a paperback campus classic for years and may still be in print. It's about the Puerto Rican immigrants arriving in NY, and how they fight, until the leader of the Jetts (The American) falls in love with a Peurto Rican girl.
Fitting into Gang Life.
Dally joined forces with his gang to fight the socs in the rumble at the end of the novel because he has escaped the hospital and he was threating the nurse to let him out of the hospital
The emeralds or the hawks!
There are two gangs: The Sharks and The Jets.
The rival gang was the Sharks.
emeralds and the hawks
Riff leads the Jets, Bernardo leads the Sharks.
According to wikipedia Tony the co-founder of the Jets street gang kills Bernardo leader of the Sharks in a fit of rage at the fight at the end of Act I after Bernardo stabs Riff (the Jets leader) with a switchblade.
The Jets and The SharksThe Jets (the white street gang, all teenage boys except one tomboy who is allowed to join partway through the plot) based on the Montagues in Romeo and Juliet; Tony's gangThe Sharks (the Puerto Rican immigrants, teenage boys and girls, related by siblings or romantic relationships) based on the Capulets in Romeo and Juliet; Maria is part of the Sharks
Bernardo Anita Tiger Chino Pepe Indio Luis Rocco Loco Juano Chile Toro Del Champo Rosalia Consuelo Francisca
Alright, you just want the names of the gangs. Tony's had been the Jets, a gang that could be considered racist. They had a rivalry with the Puerto Rican gang, the Sharks. These rivalries made it highly difficult for Tony and Maria to be together.
In the opening fight, Baby John is "Bloodied" by Bernardo from the Sharks gang.....
A gang of young Portorican immigrants in America whose enemies are the Jets which come from new York. This is based on what was really happening in America at the time
On the mean streets of New York City, two gangs are in a long-lasting duel. The Sharks, a Puerto Rican gang, grapple with the difficulties of assimilating into American society. The Jets, the "American" gang, want to resist newcomers entering their territory. In the midst of this rivalry, a Jet, Tony, falls in love with a beautiful Sharks' girl, Maria. After a fight between the Jets and the Sharks, Tony ends up killing Maria's brother, Bernardo. Bitter over losing Maria's love and the death of Bernardo, Maria's Puerto Rican suitor, Chino, shoots Tony dead. For a more detailed plot summary with character descriptions, see the West Side Story page on StageAgent: http://www.stageagent.com/Shows/view/697