Romeo and Juliet in a lot of ways are alike Pyramus and Thisbe, but there are also a lot of differences between the two. From the plot to the characters and the conflict of the story. Even though the stories are a little different Romeo and Juliet are based upon Pyramus and Thisbe so that’s why I will be comparing the two. In the beginning of Romeo and Juliet we are greeted by a battle between the Montagues and Capulets. A family feud between two families who live in Verona. In Romeo and Juliet this family feud is tearing the town of Verona apart. The Prince wants to put an end to it while the families continue to fight. A little later there is a party going on in honor of the caplets. Romeo, a montague, goes to the party seeking of love. He sees his …show more content…
After that they use the Nurse to communicate with each other. More in the story Romeo slays Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. He is banished from Verona and Juliet is forced to marry Paris. She then forms a plan to take some poison that will make her seem deceased from about 42 hours. Romeo thinks Juliet died. But only because a letter was not delivered to him in time. He kills himself by drinking poison laying right next to Juliet’s tomb. Juliet then wakes up sees she was too late to wake. She then takes Romeos dagger and stabs herself. After that entire thing, the towns feud between Montagues and Caplets ends. In Pyramus and Thisbe, they grow up together in Babylon and later fall in love. Though their family has its own feud, this feud is not destroying their town. Their parents will not let them marry each other. After they realize they’re in love they communicate through a crack in their walls because they live right next to each other. They plan to elope. They plan to meet under a tree but then Thisbe sees a tiger with blood all over its mouth scavenging for food. She then screams and runs away leaving her shawl behind. Pyramus then goes to the tree sees the tiger and Thisbe shawl and thinks she was