Many love stories have the same plot and the same events that happen as in other stories. Pyramus and Thisbe and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet are a great example of how similar two love stories can be. There are many similarities between these stories that make them almost identical. Both stories are not only love, but also tragedy! You can see it in the title of Romeo and Juliet, but not so much in Pyramus and Thisbe. So when you read these stories, you wouldn't expect them to be so similar! In the two great love stories The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe there are many similarities. First, in both the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe, the two lovers are kept apart because of their parentage. Romeo and Juliet are kept apart because their families are feuding, Pyramus and Thisbe are kept apart because their parents didn't want them to get married. Juliet says, "My only love was born of my only hate! / Seen too soon unknown and known too late!" (Act I, scene v, page 830, line 137). This is what he tells the reader...
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