Essay about Three Favorite Texts from This Semester

The first thing I noticed were the way the relations between the couples began in the stories. Pyramus and Thisbe grew up together and were in love since they were children. Romeo and Juliet fell in love at first sight. After the moment they have spotted each other, they fell head over heels in love with one another. When does that ever happen? I believe this is when Shakespeare was trying to show that there was going to be consequences for being so naïve. Shakespeare probably felt young love, especially at first sight, was foolish. Romeo and Juliet shows the consequences of young love and moving too fast. That is how I read it.

Although the root of most conflict in the play is the trouble of romance and the play involves many romantic elements, I could rightfully not tell you that is truly a love story. You see, my goal was to distance the audience from the emotional aspect of the play in order to make fun of those in love and suffering. The tone of this play is meant to be lighthearted to the point where the audience does not even doubt that all will end well and can thus freely enjoy the comedic aspect of the play without worrying about what might happen next. Once again, this is reflected in the play-within-a-play. Although the plot of Pyramus and Thisbe is meant to be one of tragedy and love, the product is quite comical and therefore the story does not seem quite as tragic to the

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragic love story. The story concerns the love between two young people, Romeo and Juliet. This is set against a feud between their two families: the Montagues and the Capulets. This feud develops the themes of conflict, deception and dignity in the play. The play includes a lot of themes, love, family, hate, deception and revenge.

Pyramus and Thisbe and Romeo and Juliet are two tragic romance stories that are comparable in many ways. The similar concepts and elements reflected in the two works portray themes of love and tragedy, while also expressing the same types of characters and events. The works of the two writers, Ovid and Shakespeare, were written in completely different time periods, but are remarkably comparable in the senses of character purpose, elements, theme, and events.

The play of Pyramus and Thisbe is about two lovers whose families do not approve their love. “Be it so she; will not here before your grace consent to marry with Demetrius, I beg the ancient privilege of Athens, As she is mine, I may dispose of her.” Egeus, Hermia’s father, wants Hermia to marry Demetrius instead of Hermia’s lover, Lysander. Automatically we see a resemblance. “Wilt thou at Ninny's tomb meet me straightway?” Pyramus and Thisbe decide to run off to Ninnus’ tomb to be together in secret, just like Hermia and Lysander run off to the wood beyond Athens. “Steal forth thy father's house to-morrow night; and in the wood, a league without the town, where I did meet thee once with Helena to do observance to a morn of May. There will I stay for thee.”

Ovid’s Pyramus & Thisbe, and William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet are both stories about ill-fated love. With each story we can see that there is a tragic couple, the female, Thisbe represents Juliet, while the male, Pyramus represents Romeo, vise versa for each. In Pyramus & Thisbe, the two lovers communicate through the small chink in the wall. In Romeo & Juliet, the two lovers communicate through the Nurse by sending messages back and forth. In Romeo & Juliet, the meeting place is Friar Lawrence’s Cell, this represents the Tomb of Ninus in Pyramus & Thisbe, which is where they met up. Lastly, the deceiver in both stories is the main reason the tragedies happened.

I am a reader. I know many of you who are reading this may not be readers, but the truth is if you are in college you are a reader. My reward for reading forced material in school is that I get to read fun books in the summer. There are so many books out there that has left a imprint on me as a person. The truth about reading is that it can help you become a better student, and helps you think for yourself. Here are 11 books that I think every College student will not only enjoy but they will not be able to put them down.

The plots of Pyramus and Thisbe and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet are very similar to one another. For example, it says directly in Pyramus and Thisbe: “But marriage was forbidden by their parents. Yet there’s one thing that parents can’t prevent: The flame of love that burned within them” (Ovid’s Pyramus and Thisbe 11-13). This directly correlates with the plot of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, with Shakespeare writing “The exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine. I gave thee mine before thou didst request it” (Shakespeare II.ii. 127-128). This shows that both couples in each story are in love, which shows a parallel in plot structure. Furthermore, Pyramus and Thisbe also has another plot similarity with The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet: the death of each couple in the

I remember reading a lot of Shakespeare. I read Beowulf, Lord of the Flies, To Killing a Mockingbird, Mythology, and there was some Maya Angelou thrown in the mix. I also read works by Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, Twain, Hawthorne, Orwell, Hurston, and Miller. Even though I took AP English classes I do not think that I got enough exposure to different types of writing. I have always loved to read, but I think I could have learned more by analyzing a wider variety of texts, instead of just the typical high school English class selections. By far my favorite year for English class was my sophomore year. This was the year that I was taught how to dig deep into a text and analyze it. This is also the year that we read some of my more favored authors. It was by far my best experience with an English

Last but not least, in both texts of Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe, they are very similar as they both end with terrible, terrible tragedies. Both these readings are known for being tragedies, which make them both so memorable. In Romeo and Juliet, Act V Scene III lines 307-310 the Prince says these concluding words, “Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; some shall be pardoned, and some punished; for never was there a story of more woe, than this od Juliet and her Romeo.” That itself sums up that it is one of the greatest tragedies known to man. The same ending through misunderstandings leads to Pyramus and

During most my high school career, I had to read books for English class. Although most of the time i did not care to read books for school, they helped me expand my vocabulary and improve my writing skills. The books also helped me realize how difficult writing is and how many meanings the writing can have. My least enjoyable reading experience was when I had to read Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The book was very confusing and difficult to understand. Even though this poor reading experience helped me to improve as a reader, it encouraged me to read difficult

Romeo and Juliet could actually communicate face to face while Pyramus and Thisbe had to talk through a wall. “ So they would talk, and as the night came on and they must part, each would press on the wall kisses that would not go through the lips on the other side”. (Ovid 488). This quote shows that the two would have to talk and “kiss” through the wall and could never come face to face. This was the second difference on between the two stories, now on to the similarities.

The story Pyramus and Thisbe had many similarities and differences to the story The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. To start, Pyramus and Thisbe, written by Ovid, was about how the two lovers could not be together because of a literal wall created by their feuding families. Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, showed two children that wanted to be together, even though their parents refused to let them because of their feud. As you can see, the two stories have many similarities, but also a few differences. The characters of the two stories are love struck and will do anything to be with the other.

Kenneth Branagh included a range of quotes from the play, and the characters showed their personalities and emotion which added to the drama. It had me hooked from beginning to end and having already read Much Ado About Nothing it was interesting to see how much difference it was when to see the words shown through actors. My favorite parts were when the characters were having a conversation using Shakespearean language but with the knowledge of English and the characters facial expressions you could still understand and be memorized by it. I am happy with the film and the only negative thing I have to say about it is the tendency for the characters to go over the top with their expressions especially when Claudio was looking trying to give

Reading and writing are both important; you can’t have one without the other. They are skills that are increased constantly due to little things that most times are not noticed. Whether it is from a book to a poem, there will always be a way that it helps out your school performance. Reading and writing in general only helps absorb information, and enhance leisure or school related writing tasks. It has also made life itself so much easier because reading and writing are so beneficial for school and for life. How much you read and write today, will somehow affect your future job, family, position, or even your salary.