Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet were two young kids in love. The problem was that their love for each other also lead to their demise. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet shows how love can bring people together no matter who they are. Although it shows how wonderful love can be, Romeo and Juliet also teaches how love can lead to unfortunate consequences like death. That is the case in Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton and The Odyssey by Homer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes obviously contains the story of the Trojan War and how it was started by an act of love. The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus’ long adventure home from the Trojan War. He comes home in finds that his house had been overrun by suitors in love with his wife. Both these stories explain how although love brings people together, it can also tear them apart.
In the story of the Trojan War from Mythology: Timeless Tales of
While Odysseus was away from home for 20 years, suitors flocked his house. His lovely and lonely wife Penelope was stuck dealing with them. She still loved Odysseus, but all the suitors loved her. They took advantage of her and were snobs. They ate their food, killed their cattle, and made a mess of their house. When Odysseus came home he made a plan to avenge his home with the help of his son and servants. Odysseus then put his plan into action. He showed all the suitors that he was Odysseus by shooting his bow. Then he killed the nastiest suitor first whose name was Antinous. Odysseus then shouted, “‘You yellow dogs, you thought I’d never make it home from the land of Troy. You took my house to plunder, twisted my maids to serve your beds. You dared bid for my wife while I was still alive… Your last hour has come. You die in blood.’” (Homer 957). Odysseus killed all the suitors because they loved and wanted to be with his wife. The suitors love for Penelope ended up getting them all