West Side Story Song Analysis #2

"tonight"
this scene parrallels the scene in romeo and juliet commonly known as the balcony scene, as seen with te whole looking out the window to have a secret rendesvous. both maria and this song are very focused on the idea of love and the pure infatuation the two have for each other, but maria is about tony, and this song is about both of them. i feel pretty is the alternative to maria.

"i feel pretty"
this song shows how "odd" maria feels after having met tony, her love is so strong that she does not care what other people think or view her for no matter what she is pretty because she's loved by a pretty wonderful boy. the other girls view her as crazy for seeing things they cannot see, we think she's crazy because she's in love with a man she cannot be in love with.