Romeo And Juliet And Pyramus Similarities

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The story of Romeo and Juliet and the story of Pyramus and Thisbe. Both of these stories are very similar but have many small differences. Shakespeare took the theme and idea from the story Pyramus and Thisbe. So you can see why these stories are very similar they are basically the same concept with some small differences, like interactions between the lovers, backstory, and characters pool. In the stories Romeo and Juliet, and Pyramus and Thisbe there are a lot of similarities. Such as they both end up committing suicide, “Romeo there dead, was husband to there Juliet, and she there dead, that Romeo's faithful wife” (Shakespeare 476). and missing each other by minutes. There are so many instances when you read Pyramus and Thisbe that you

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