Romeo And Juliet And Pyramus Comparison

In the olden era, there existed two love stories that turn into agonizing tragedies. In the novels Pyramus and Thisbe and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet there are many traits and events that are similar and different. In the beginning of both the stories, Romeo and Juliet, Pyramus and Thisbe, they both fell in love with each other. Then towards the end of both the stories their love stories revolved into tragedies. The two stories, then discontinued with deaths and both the characters decided that committing suicide was the best response.
There are many similarities amidst the stories Pyramus and Thisbe and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. A substantial example of a similarity between these two stories is that in both stories, the primary characters were in love. In Pyramus and Thisbe, this can be encountered when Thisbe says, “...’and your love for me. I too can be brave. I too can love. Only death
would have had the power to separate us” (Ovid 489). In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, you can see that they posses a great depth of love when Juliet says, “Or, if thou will not be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (Shakespeare 404). Romeo replies by stating that he will never be Romeo (Shakespeare 404). Another example of a similarity is that the parents in both stories did not want them to marry each other. In Pyramus and Thisbe, you can detect the parents do not desire them to marry when the narrator recites, “They longed to marry, but their parents forbade” (Ovid 488). In Romeo and Juliet, their families were rivals. Romeo kissed Juliet and Romeo says, “Is she a Capulet? O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt” (Shakespeare 493). He was distraught about what his parents would insist if they found out. These quotes are just a few examples of resemblance between the two stories written by Shakespeare and Ovid. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe there contained many differences.
To commence with, within the story Pyramus and Thisbe, they lived directly next to each other and communicated through a wall to each other. “Semiramis, in houses so close together that one wall was common to both” (Ovid 488). In Romeo and Juliet, the Capulets and the Montagues lived on the opposing side of the town. “My master is the great rich Capulet; and if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine” (Shakespeare 385). Another example of a difference is that when Romeo and Pyramus killed themselves, they performed it in two disparate ways. For instance, Pyramus killed himself by impaling himself with a dagger. “He drew his sword and plunged it into his side” (Ovid 489). While Romeo killed himself by consuming a poison that an apothecary gave him. “Here’s to my love! [Drinks.] O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (Shakespeare 473). These were just a few quotes and examples of the deviations between the two
novels. Moreover, even though the two novels weren’t by the same author, they still possessed similar traits and events and even retained differences between them. Also, the stories composed the same ending, which was that some love stories may end in tragedies. In conclusion, the two stories, Pyramid and Thisbe and Romeo and Juliet have many similarities and differences.