Romeo And Juliet Compare And Contrast Pyramus And Thisbe
People used to be very superstitious. They used to believe that their lives were determined by the stars, or destiny. In “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare makes multiple references to the stars. They don’t make any references to destiny in “Pyramus and Thisbe”. Destiny, however, does not exist. This essay will analyze both “Romeo and Juliet” and “Pyramus and Thisbe” to show how the ending of these two stories was simply the outcome of bad decisions from both characters. The main reason these two stories ended in tragedy was because the characters were rushing into their marriage or relationship. Romeo and Juliet meet each other at a party, where they fall in love. They meet again the next day and have a conversation. Juliet asks Romeo what he wants, and he replies with, “Th’exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine.” (Shakespeare
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O, let us hence! I stand on sudden haste.
Friar. Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast. (Shakespeare, 411, Lines 93-94)
The Friar knows that people who rush into things will have to pay the consequences. Romeo, who does not have enough life experience, does not seem to know this. In “Pyramus and Thisbe”, they fall in love over time. However, they have finally had enough of not being together, so they decide to run away that night without even making proper preparations (pg 488). The two lovers are young. They don’t think about what might happen to their parents when they leave. They only care about themselves and whether they can be together.
Once each character finds out that their lovers are dead, the only logical conclusion in their minds is to kill themselves so they can be together. Romeo hears of Juliet’s “death” from a friend. He immediately goes to an apothecary to buy poison to kill himself (pg 468). Juliet, however, was not dead. She had taken a potion that made her appear to be dead so she wouldn’t have to marry Paris. Pyramus finds Thisbe’s cloak, bloodied and torn up from the lioness she ran away
O, let us hence! I stand on sudden haste.
Friar. Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast. (Shakespeare, 411, Lines 93-94)
The Friar knows that people who rush into things will have to pay the consequences. Romeo, who does not have enough life experience, does not seem to know this. In “Pyramus and Thisbe”, they fall in love over time. However, they have finally had enough of not being together, so they decide to run away that night without even making proper preparations (pg 488). The two lovers are young. They don’t think about what might happen to their parents when they leave. They only care about themselves and whether they can be together.
Once each character finds out that their lovers are dead, the only logical conclusion in their minds is to kill themselves so they can be together. Romeo hears of Juliet’s “death” from a friend. He immediately goes to an apothecary to buy poison to kill himself (pg 468). Juliet, however, was not dead. She had taken a potion that made her appear to be dead so she wouldn’t have to marry Paris. Pyramus finds Thisbe’s cloak, bloodied and torn up from the lioness she ran away