Have you ever desired to have something or someone so badly that you would do anything to have it? For example, in the movie Shrek, Shrek had a desire for Princess Fiona so badly that he did anything and everything to be with her. Well, when I think about love and what a person would do for love two stories come to mind, and they are "Pyramus and Thisbe" by Ovid and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. These characters in the story have many obstacles, barriers, and limitation that tried to challenge the love between two people. To begin with,"Pyramus and Thisbe" and Romeo and Juliet both had a hard time being in love because their parents didn't approve or like the fact that their children wanted to marry a certain person.
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In "Pyramus and Thisbe" there was a wall that separated them from being physically being together. The speaker says, "The hateful wall that separated them..." (947). He expressed that this wall was an unpleasant, dislikable, distasteful wall that separated them. In Romeo and Juliet, the feud between the Montague and Capulet families kept Romeo and Juliet apart. The speaker said, "The fire of your pernicious rage" (1.1.80), referring to the conflicts between the Capulet and Montague families. This feud kept them apart just as the wall keeps Pyramus and Thisbe …show more content…
In "Pyramus and Thisbe" the mulberry tree was their symbol of love. The tree had fruits which were white and turned red which symbolized the blood of "Pyramus and Thisbe" when they killed themselves. In the story, they were separated by a wall, however that still didn't stop them from being together or their love for each other. Therefore, the branches represent them always being attached to each other. According to the text, "The everlasting memorial of these true lovers, and one urn hold the ashes of the two whom not even death could part"(Ovid 949). In Romeo and Juliet, the statue was their symbol in the play. "But I can give you more. I’ll raise her statue in pure gold. As long as this city is called Verona, there will be no figure praised more than that of true and faithful
In "Pyramus and Thisbe" there was a wall that separated them from being physically being together. The speaker says, "The hateful wall that separated them..." (947). He expressed that this wall was an unpleasant, dislikable, distasteful wall that separated them. In Romeo and Juliet, the feud between the Montague and Capulet families kept Romeo and Juliet apart. The speaker said, "The fire of your pernicious rage" (1.1.80), referring to the conflicts between the Capulet and Montague families. This feud kept them apart just as the wall keeps Pyramus and Thisbe …show more content…
In "Pyramus and Thisbe" the mulberry tree was their symbol of love. The tree had fruits which were white and turned red which symbolized the blood of "Pyramus and Thisbe" when they killed themselves. In the story, they were separated by a wall, however that still didn't stop them from being together or their love for each other. Therefore, the branches represent them always being attached to each other. According to the text, "The everlasting memorial of these true lovers, and one urn hold the ashes of the two whom not even death could part"(Ovid 949). In Romeo and Juliet, the statue was their symbol in the play. "But I can give you more. I’ll raise her statue in pure gold. As long as this city is called Verona, there will be no figure praised more than that of true and faithful