Read the excerpts from Ovid’s Pyramus and Thisbe and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. "Pyramus and Thisbe" They had no confidant—
and so used signs: with these each lover read the other's mind: when covered, fire acquires still more force. Romeo and Juliet Romeo: She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow Do I live dead that live to tell it now. Benvolio: Be ruled by me, forget to think of her. Romeo: O, teach me how I should forget to think. Benvolio: By giving liberty unto thine eyes; Examine other beauties. Which statement best describes the difference between these excerpts? Only Ovid suggests that romantic relationships encounter obstacles or objections. Only Ovid shows his male character searching for a more suitable companion. Only Shakespeare reveals a character’s doubts about his beloved. Only Shakespeare shows a character warning against a doomed relationship.
The theme of The Count of Monte Cristo is revenge and forgiveness, power and powerlessness. When Dantes is given a life-prison sentence by his enemies, he spends every waking moment planning his revenge
