West Side Story Question

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Anakin4Ever
Why didn't Riff kill Bernardo when he had the chance? I don't mean when he tripped Bernardo and Tony pulled him away, I mean when he was stabbed and then grabbed Bernardo's arm. I mean, he just decided to hand over the knife to Tony and die.

siriuswriter
old hollywood has very "clean" deaths. riff's wound was fatal, he died, tony was his best friend, his 'second,' if you like. his frustration of having come down to the rumble to try and stop it and then seeing his best friend killed by the brother of his lover - he tries to be noble for maria, but the jets are all behind him, so peer pressure major, and it's very easy for tony to let frustration blow up everything and kill bernardo.

but yeah - that's how they played fatal wounds. shock; silence; a phrase to remember the dead by. that's old hollywood for ya.

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