Question

Connect in the prologue to Romeo and Juliet, the play is summarized in this manner, "A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,/Whose misadventured piteous overthrows/Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife." What changes did Shakespeare make to the central ideas of "Pyramus and Thisbe"?

Answer 1

Answer:

Shakespeare changed the reason why the two lovers were unable to be together and how their death impacted each other's family.

Explanation:

"Romeo and Juliet", one of Shakespeare's most famous works, was inspired by the story of "Pyramus and Thisbe". That's because Pyramus and Thisbe were two young people in love with each other, who were forbidden by their parents to be together. Unlike "Romeo and Juliet" Pyramus and Thisbe's parents knew of the romance between the two, besides, the romance between Romeo and Juliet was prohibited because of the fight between their families, but no one knows why the parents of Pyramus and Thisbe did not allow love between the two. We can also say that the death of Romeo and Juliet has a strong impact on story, since Shakespeare shows that these deaths were able to change the behavior of the families of young people, because it made them realize that the enmity between them was disastrous. In Pyramus and Thisbe we do not know the impact of deaths on families.

With that, we can say that Shakespeare, left his history more detailed, comprehensive and identifiable.