Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet And Othello

The plays, “Romeo and Juliet” and “Othello” were both written by one of the most influential writers of all time, also known as William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet was a story about two families who were in a serious feud. A boy and a girl from each family also known as Romeo and Juliet, fell deeply in love with each other. Since their families despised each other, there was a lot of drama. Long story short, Romeo thought Juliet was dead when she actually wasn’t so he killed himself. Juliet later found out that he killed himself so she killed herself. In “Othello”, Othello, a Muslim, was a general during the 1600’s. Racism was strong back then so a lot of people didn’t like him. Othello was married to a girl named Desdemona. A man named Iago didn’t like Othello and wanted him dead. He had this evil plan to kill Othello and it ended up working. Iago poisoned Othello’s mind into thinking Desdemona was having an affair with another man when she actually wasn’t.
One of the most basic differences in the storylines is the location. Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona Italy and Othello took place in Venice Italy. Another similarity in both stories is the wives got killed with different intentions. Juliet committed suicide because she saw the Romeo killed himself. In Othello, Othello murdered his wife Desdemona because he believed that she was having an affair with him. Another difference between the two stories was that the races of the male characters. In Othello, it mentioned that Othello was Muslim as in Romeo and Juliet, it didn’t mention Romeo’s race. In the end, there were many similar and contrasting details throughout the plays, “Romeo and Juliet” and “Othello.” In my opinion, William Shakespeare will probably always be one of the most inspiring writers of all time, especially because of these two well-known plays that will always be recognized for his