“Romeo and Juliet” and “Pyramus and Thisbe”
Both “Romeo and Juliet” and “Pyramus and Thisbe” are stories that are very similar but at the same time they can be very different. The characters might have different names but their stories are very alike. Both stories are based on a star-crossed lovers. Shakespeare had taken many ideas for “Romeo and Juliet” from Ovid’s poem “Pyramus and Thisbe”. Although Shakespeare did change much of Ovid’s poem. Shakespeare included more detail into his play which ended up making the play more dramatic. He had also made the characters life a little different than Ovid’s poem.
Looking first at “Romeo and Juliet” it’s one of the most known love stories there is. Romeo was a Montague while Juliet was a Capulet so, that meant that these two lovers couldn’t be together. Nurse. “Nurse. His name is Romeo, and a Montague, The only son of your great enemy. Juliet. Juliet. My only love, sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me That I must love a loathed enemy.” (Act 1, Scene 5, Page
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She found out that he was part of the Montague family which were their great enemies but she didn’t care because she was in love with Romeo Montague. As for Romeo he had also fallen in love with Juliet Capulet “Yet, wert thou as far As that vast shore washed with the farthest sea, I would adventure for such merchandise,"(Act 2, Scene 2, Page 211, Romeo and Juliet) this is the part that Romeo is telling Juliet about his love for her and that he would do anything as long as they are together, he would even risk his life to be with her. As for “Pyramus and Thisbe” they were no enemies but they were neighbors separated by a wall. Both Pyramus and Thisbe end up fallen in love as well. Pyramus is a lot like Romeo because he is willing