Pyramus And Thisbe Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet

How can love be blinded by rose-colored glasses? The two love stories, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, and Pyramus and Thisbe by Ovid, both depict how dangerous love can get when forbidden by society. In Shakespeare’s, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare is inspired by the theme of forbidden love and the plot events found in Ovid’s Pyramus and Thisbe, but Shakespeare adapted Ovid’s original source by transforming the challenges, setting, and characters. But how was it done?

To start off with, the two classic tales differ in characters, and setting. The titles of the texts show the difference within the names of the main characters, and on page 247, prologue, it shows the setting for Romeo and Juliet, Verona,

For example, on page 247, and page 248, Romeo and Juliet, there are many examples of archaic language, such as “tis, thou, art, hadst, thy, and thee”, as opposed to Pyramus and Thisbe, where there is a more modern language all throughout the text. Also, Romeo and Juliet maintains a poetic stance throughout the text, as well as using metaphors and similes such as, “he’s a man of wax,” on page 308, indicating that someone is a role model. On the other hand, Pyramus and Thisbe uses imagery, one example being, “Every morning when the dawn had put out the stars,” which really makes the reader picture it in their head, since it is a vivid description. Now, on to structure, Romeo and Juliet uses poetry, rhyme, plays, acts, stage directions, lines, sonnets, which are fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter, and it is a long text. On the contrary, Pyramus and Thisbe uses prose, paragraphs, sentences, and is a short story. This indicates how language has evolved throughout the years, and the various text structures that one can use, therefore, giving light to the contradistinction of the tales in language and

First, the most recognizable, the death of the main characters, act V, scene III for Romeo and Juliet, and page 409 for Pyramus and Thisbe, which was ultimately caused by the coercion from the society the lovers had to endure, since the notion of forbidden love can invigorate individuals to prevail over obstacles, which can lead to ominous tragedy. However, this could have all been evaded for both stories, but it is crazy, stupid love after all. Furthermore, the plot was also preserved, for example, both lovers had families that had an ongoing rivalry, with physical and social barriers. Conclusively, this all shows how Shakespeare was enamored by Ovid’s Pyramus and Thisbe’s theme and plot, thus, leading to him enshrining said elements. Consequently, both stories ultimately have the same woeful