Romeo and Juliet and “Pyramus and Thisbe”, were both amazing pieces of literature that ended in very unfortunate and atrocious ways. William Shakespeare, author of Romeo and Juliet, was born in 1564. He lived a very successful life as an author and play writer during the Elizabethan era of England. Ovid, author of “Pyramus and Thisbe”, was born in 43 BC. He was a Roman poet and had many auspicious pieces of work. Together, these two authors created two stories during two different time periods that strangely went hand in hand or at least along the same guidelines. However, these ill-fated love stories were no “new thing” for either of these time periods, so it’s very easy to understand how these stories were closely related. With this in mind, both of these stories have similarities that can be analyzed and interpreted.“Pyramus and Thisbe” was written by Ovid, a Roman poet, and published …show more content…
In both stories, their love is forbidden so they must find ways to communicate even without parental consent. In Romeo and Juliet, they are able to talk through the Nurse, Juliet’s mother figure. She will transfer messages from person to person for her “daughter” because she wants to do what she can for Juliet while she’s there. The Nurse says, ”I’ll find Romeo / To comfort you. I wot well where he is. / Hark ye, your Romeo will be there at night./ I'll to him" (3.2.138-141). In “Pyramus and Thisbe”, the two lovers live side by side and talk through a chink in the wall. They do this for many years as they grow a relationship and fall in love. Ovid addresses the chink, ”In the wall both houses shared there was a little chink. No one before had noticed it, but there is nothing a lover does not notice." (947). After all, these two communication abilities are really what started it all for both of these stories and what leads to our ending