Do you think Romeo and Juliet is similar or different compared to Pyramus and Thisbe? Each story has actions in common, but also have many differences in the play that don’t relate them the two stories at all. In this essay, we’ll begin to look at some of the similarities of the two love stories, and then moving onto some differences and then which one of the two stories is better in our eyes. Both stories have many similarities. First off they are both love story's. As Romeo and Juliet were going to be together no matter what happened. Likewise, for Pyramus and Thisbe. Another resemblance is that they both died for each other. As Romeo says “Here’s to my love [Drinks.] O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (Shakespeare 473). The drank a vial to kill him next to and in the Capulets tomb. As for Pyramus “Your own hand killed you, and your love for me. I too can be brave. I too can love. Only death would have had the power to separate us” (Edith 489). Thisbe killed himself because he thought Pyramus was killed. Lastly, each family dislikes each other. “They longed to marry, but their parents forbade” (Edith 488). Neither house wanted their children to get married and yet they did. …show more content…
One of the first contrast between the stories is they don’t live next to each other. “ Semiramis, in houses so close together that one wall was common to both” (Edith 488). They grew up with only a wall separating them, as for Romeo it has been just the families didn’t want them to be seen together. Another reason is Juliet's fake death was planned where Pyramus was by total accident. Juliet faked it because she didn't want to marry Paris. Thisbe died because Pyramus was kidnapped. Lastly, Romeo and Juliet talked through the Nurse not through a hole in the