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Essay Comparing Romeo And Juliet And Othello

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When we compare Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with Othello we realize that both are tragic love stories that seem to have nothing in common. We don’t see the similarities until the end of both plays. It is the way they are played out that makes the plays different. Both love stories that have circumstances outside the control of the main characters that force both sets of lovers to die.
Romeo and Juliet is one of the many plays written by William Shakespeare. The play is a tragedy about two star-crossed young lovers whose long family feud between the Montague and Capulet families disrupts the city of Verona and causes tragic results for Romeo and Juliet. Revenge, love, and a secret marriage force the young star-crossed lovers to desperate measures and causes them to commit suicide in despair.
Othello, also written by Shakespeare, is about a soldier who marries a nobleman’s daughter without permission. He is loved by the Senate and deceived by a friend over military rank advancement. Othello is lead to believe his new bride and his best friend are having an affair, a cynical plot by Iago who wants Cassio’s military rank. When finally convinced, by Iago, Othello kills his wife and when he realizes he was foolish and easily manipulated he kills himself. Cassio is then becomes the leader of Cyprus and Iago is tried …show more content…

Juliet marries the son of a rival family, which for the time was against all society’s rules. In Othello, Desdemona marries a man from a different race and culture. Both girls do this behind their families back. While Desdemona can profess her love in front of the Senate and her father and live openly with her new husband, Juliet must marry in secret and dies before her family is ever aware. The result of both women marrying without their families blessing had the same result of

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