Tuesday, April 7, 2009

"Pyramus/Thisbe" and "Romeo/Juliet?"

What "Big Ideas" do the Pyramus and Thisbe myth and Romeo and Juliet drama proclaim regarding love? Syhthesize, react, and challenge.

19 comments:

Marie said...

Both people love eachother no matter what and don't want to love anyone else. They don't feel likeanyone can take away their love or that it can be stopped by anything, even if their love is supposed to be forbidden.

marandaD said...

Both of their love for each other are forbidden by the "laws" of their familes differences, yet they dont stop their feeling for eachother, for tehy mean that much to each other to set aside their differnces and see who their true person is, not whether thier a capulet nor a montugue. Through their eyes they see the person they vow their life to, not what their familes have labled them by through marriage. which clearly shows that the love is true.

akenna9 said...

That love has no bounds; it is something that can’t be controlled. You like someone for their personality and the compatibility they have with you determines friendship, the base of love. In these examples it shows that love is not a rational emotion and when you are in love pragmatic choices are not made. These characters were in love and so there rational minds were clouded and they could not make the best choice for them if they had been rational they would have through things through and could be together but love is an irrational emotion.

Kati A. said...
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Kati A. said...

The one major parallel that I noticed between Pyramus and Thisbe and Romeo and Juliet is the forbidden love factor. They both show how its impossible to control true love, and that no matter what, it will always find a way. In the end of both it also shows that they would rather die than ever have to live without eachother, which shows the power of love, and that restrictions on it are absolutely impossible to make.

julies said...

In both stories, the people's love was prohibited. However, they were so in love that they defied the forbiddance and loved each other anyway. They were willing to spend the rest of their lives with the other person, and even die for the other. Their love was so strong that nothing could stop it.

Cortez G said...

In the two stories the peoples love was forbedden. They where people that fell in love with each other in just a glance. There love was not to be by there parents. Both people challedged what the "athority" told them. They went for what they belived in.

Anonymous said...

Both of the pair of lovers are forbiden to be with each other. They are similar because ewach has forbiden love and can not be with each other and they kill each other for their lover. But Romeo and Juliet had time to be with each other while Thisbe and Pyramus didn't have time to see each other.

asticka said...

I think that romeo and julliet are made for eachother. However, i think romeo is in it only for the sexual aspecs, they are only in it because the features. Romeo thinks she is verry attractive and only likes her for that.

krista said...

between the two love stories, they are similar because they both are forbidden love. Romeo and Juliet aren't allowed to be with each other and same with the other couple. Also it shows that no matter what the risk is of being with the one you love nothing can stop true love.

kathyd said...

In both stories, the couples show their passion and love for one another, even though they know that their love can never actually be revealed. Although they do take take the step to have forbidden love, they take a further step to do what ever it takes to make sure their love remains a secret. This is essential to creating the image of a forbidden love between the couples.

HopeS said...

In both stories, even though the love for one another is forbidden, both Romeo and Juliet as well as Pyramus and Thisbe, it will not stop them from loving one another and they don't think that anyone will stop them or take that away from them. With that being said, they will try not let the word get out by keeping their love for one another a secret.

AmandaC said...

Both have to overcome their forbidden love. And would rather die then live without the other one.

sam m said...

Both stories do show the power of love, and that nothing can stand in its way. Both stories also show that love can be horrible. in both stories the reason death occurs is because one person can not face a world without love and decides that death is better that love less life.

Unknown said...

both stories involved the development of a relatioship between enemy family's children. Which tells us that, if u want ur children to be happy, u really shouldn't make much enemies as perhaps ur child would come to love one later on. BUt the 2 characters have over came the difference of their background by sharing the same dream of wanting to be with each other.

moorhead5 said...

romeo and juliet have such adeep and pateniet love that nothing will seperate them not even the hatered of there to familys there love is so deep that if they cant be together there is no point in livieng becasue they no they couldent live without each other

jacobs2012 said...

Pyramus and Thisbe and Romeo and Juliet both express love as a huge part of your life, as if your lover is apart of you and you are apart of your lover. It talks about how you would do anything for your love. In the myth Pyramus and Thisbe, a young couple run away from their families and plan on starting a new life together. But while Thisbe was waiting for Pyramus to come, a lion came. Thisbe ran away from the lion but dropped her cloak. The lion mouthed the cloak and had rubbed blood on it from a recent kill. While Thisbe was still hiding from the lion, Pyramus came and found the cloak. Pyramus came to the brash conclusion that Thisbe was dead and he killed himself. This story is very similar to Romeo and Juliet. Both of these stories show that when in love, many times people make hasty decisions. In addition, both of these stories are about the illusion of lost love. I believe that if you truly love someone, and they happen to die, it’s not worth killing yourself over. Love is in your heart and even if they die, they are still in your heart

Tanner L. said...

Both of them love each other, but their love is forbidden. Although, they believe that no one can destroy their love for one another. No matter what happens between them.

aharris said...

In both stories, the lovers go to great lengths in order to be with each other. They dislike their parents judgerment and decide to escape