Read the excerpt from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Juliet: If they do see thee, they will murder thee. Romeo: Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity. Juliet: I would not for the world they saw thee here. Romeo: I have night's cloak to hide me from their sight; And but thou love me, let them find me here: My life were better ended by their hate, Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love How are the themes of Romeo and Juliet and Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" similar? Both address the cruelty of war. Both present forbidden love. Both discuss life after death. Both show sibling rivalries.

Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" is believed to be inspired in Ovid's "Pyramus and Thisbe" taken from "The Metamorphoses" in which the love between Pyramus and Thisbe is prohibited and they can only communicate through a wall due to the enmity of their families. Romeo and Juliet's love is also forbidden due to similar reasons. The correct option is the second one.

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jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2022-02-08T12:59:21+01:00

The way in which the themes of Romeo and Juliet and Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" are similar is:

Both present forbidden love

What is a Theme?

This refers to the unifying idea which is the central message an author is trying to pass across to his audience about any given text,

With this in mind, we can see that from the two texts, there are narrations about people falling in love with each other but they have powerful forces that are against their love.

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