Romeo And Juliet Comparison

In my Extended Essay, my goal is to show the extent of the resemblance between the two literary works. Coming from different parts of the world, the two stories have been passed down and famously known for several generations. British Literature, Romeo and Juliet, and Persian tale, Laila Majnu, share many commonalities, which piqued my curiosity into finding out how much they are actually similar, and not to be confused with a translation and different title. The two do share differences in the context of culture, which is why I chose to prompt the question as measuring the extent of comparative.
In order to understand and compare the two works, it is crucial to understand the background information of the works of literature. Many people
He attends a party, and there he sees Juliet and instantly falls in love. The two share a secret, forbidden love that leads to Romeo wanting to devote his whole life to Juliet. The couple comes from a family known for its rivalry. Knowing the love would never be approved, they arranged a secret marriage, but after Romeo encounters a fight with Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, resulting in Tybalt’s death, he is banished from the area. With Juliet's arranged marriage to Paris soon approaching, Romeo and Juliet come up with a plan. Juliet fakes her death so she can live elsewhere happily with Romeo, however a series of miscommunications leads to , Romeo believing that Juliet is actually dead and kills himself. Once Juliet awakes, she sees Romeo dead and kills herself too. It is a basic tale, of “love at first sight”, whereas in Laila Majnu, it is quite the opposite in that the two characters had been friends since childhood. There are several different versions of this tale, all with slightly different ending relating to the ways of death of the characters. In this essay the original will be referred to as Pickard’s and
As they grew older, they both fell in love, but due to family conflicts of class variation and conspiracy, the two are unable to be together and are forced apart. Much like the famous Shakespearean characters, Laila and Majnu share a love so deep, so pure, and so forbidden, that in efforts to separate the defiant couple, Laila is sent off with an arranged marriage, leaving Majnu alone surrounded by hatred. Being so madly in love with Laila, he could not stand to see her being forced upon a man whom will never make her happy, and takes matters into his own hands. Majnu becomes very violent with anything that stands in the way of his love for Laila. He fights in several battles (one-on-one) to prove his worthiness and value for obtaining Laila’s heart (39-41). The battles symbolize his endless courage and infinite love he has for her. Laila also retaliates against her arranged husband, but being a younger girl, her husband has full control over her. By taking repeated beatings from her husband for loving Majnu,