Romeo And Juliet Comparative Essay

In the passage spoken by Friar Laurence Act IV, Scene V, he says “For though some nature bids us all lament, Yet nature’s tears are reason’s for merriment”. This says that nature may bring reason to mourn, but we must be happy when all seems lost. Which may seem weird because mourning over death should not bring merriment, but rather bring a time of sorrow. Which relates to the motif, because Romeo and Juliet loved each other so much that they were willing to die to be with one another. I’m sure this brought physical pain to themselves and mental pain to their friends and family, but in the end they would be happy with their tragedy, together. In this story sometimes things that may seem morbid, are actually quite virtuous. In another passage spoken by Friar Laurence in Act II, Scene III, he pronounced “The earth that’s nature’s mother is her tomb; What is her burying grave that is her womb”. At first analysis of this sentence, it seems macabre, being that one dies where they are born. Yet upon further examination the exclamation becomes more meaningful and sort of joyful. The thought of one peacefully dying where they belong doesn’t seem morbid at all. That is what Romeo and Juliet do,

     Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story both have a lot in common as well as major differences that set them apart. Although West Side Story is a direct rendition of Shakespeare's original play, many of the themes and symbols are altered to fit the modern perspective. The characters have a direct correlation to each other, yet racial issues give them a new light. Many of the events also reflect each other, yet small differences give them uniqueness. West Side Story differs from Romeo and Juliet in characterizations, plot sequences, and themes.

In the story Romeo and Juliet, there was a lot of death for example Tybalt, Paris, Lady Montague, Romeo and Juliet all died. In this story it starts off by you finding out that the families do not like each other, you could say they even hate each other, as the story goes along eventually Romeo and Juliet and on act 1 scene 5 meet for the first time. After that in the final act Romeo who thinks Juliet is dead so on page 272 line 120 he kills Paris and himself,

The first tragic similarity in Romeo and Juliet and To Kill A Mockingbird is they both have conflicts. For example, the conflict of the Capulets and the Montagues is stated at the very beginning of the play. These two families are of equal

They both have cousins, Benvolio (Romeo’s cousin), and Tybalt (Juliet’s cousin) who are enemies along with their

Even though there are many differences between the people and families, we can see how similar they are, mainly because both of the movies are based on the original play by ‘William Shakespeare'. They both try to show how love can affect our lives, and that it does not always have to end in a sad and tragic way. Also that feuds and problems with other can be solved if the chance is given or if one offers to talk and settle it. Both movies try to teach us that there is more than one way to approach everything in life, even though they show it in a similar

Thisbe, like Pyramus, blames Pyramus' s death on her for she knew that he committed a suicide since he thought that she was dead. Pyramus states, "I killed you, wretched girl, when I sent you by night to a place filled with dangers" and Thisbe moans, " let me be remembered not only as the wretched cause of your death but also its companion. " Ovid's theme focuses on the action of the lovers that guiltiness and fear can control one's mind to find a solution for the situation, which is death. In Romeo and Juliet, there are repetitive death occurring through lack of perseverance. These can be shown in scene, such as when Romeo killed Tybalt and when Romeo and Juliet committed suicide for if these characters had perseverance and rethought about their actions one more time, they would not have chose death as their final decision.

From my interpretation, the plots are the same in general. Both show that love makes you do crazy things. Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe thought with there hearts instead of their heads being in those situations at those times. Had they both given a little time and thinking before their actions, both of the stories could’ve ended happily.

But why is the story so different? Both films have the same concept, but have a lot of similarities and differences. But the main similarities are they both include Shakespeare's iconic poetry, Juliet fakes her death, they both commit suicide, Romeo and Juliet fall in love, and they both get secretly married at the church. Thats some of the major similarities but some not so major similarities are there is always fights breaking out in a lot of the scenes, and Juliet drinks poison to fake her own death so she wouldn't have to get married to Paris. But in both of the films Tybalt, Mercutio, Lady Montague, Paris, Juliet, and Romeo, they all end up dying.

In Romeo and Juliet, there are scenes and actions like those of Ovid’s, “The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe” and Arthur Brooke’s, “The Tragically History of Romeus and Juliet.” In those stories, and that of Romeo and Juliet, there are many commonalities in themes and literary devices, the ones I find the strongest in this case is love and death. In Romeo and Juliet, they portray love and death. Shakespeare portrays death, before the play goes into Mercutio’s death, he makes several references to death. In addition, the end scene in the play, where Romeo kills Paris, then kills himself to then have Juliet kill herself because Romeo killed himself. As for the theme of love, Romeo and Juliet express love for one another throughout the 5 day period,

The tragic ending of both stories is suicide, Both pairs of star-crossed lovers make the impulsive decision to take their lives as a result of tragic events and mislead information. In the Prologue of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare states, “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,”(Romeo and Juliet Prologue line 6). In Pyramus and Thisbe, Ovid says, “The death of two young lovers was the cause,”(947). Pyramus and Romeo both commit suicide under false pretenses and this ultimately results in Thisbe and Juliet also committing suicide. In Romeo

The last similarity is that present day teens and Romeo and Juliet have a lot of pride. In the time of Romeo and Juliet, everything was about pride and honor. Whenever someone did something, it affected their pride and honor. That is the same in our time as well. Teenagers never back down from a challenge so that their pride, honor, and reputation are never hurt. These similarities between Romeo and Juliet and teens today are very powerful.

The film adaptations both include similar important dialogue and don’t make too many large changes as of how Romeo and Juliet met as well as many other scenes.

Ovid’s Pyramus & Thisbe, and William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet are both stories about ill-fated love. With each story we can see that there is a tragic couple, the female, Thisbe represents Juliet, while the male, Pyramus represents Romeo, vise versa for each. In Pyramus & Thisbe, the two lovers communicate through the small chink in the wall. In Romeo & Juliet, the two lovers communicate through the Nurse by sending messages back and forth. In Romeo & Juliet, the meeting place is Friar Lawrence’s Cell, this represents the Tomb of Ninus in Pyramus & Thisbe, which is where they met up. Lastly, the deceiver in both stories is the main reason the tragedies happened.

Romeo and Juliet are similar to Matthew. They were both born into families that they would have set for life in. However young love made them obsessed with each other when they were un able to be together they ended their live. This is the same as Matthew ending his own life after him not being able to stay with his girlfriend. Another example of the drama of young love comes from the play Romeo and Juliet in a quote from Romeo.