Comparing The Trajedy of Romeo and Juliet and Misummer Night's Dream

Have you ever read two books that are similar in many ways? Wasn’t it super easy to compare all the similarities between the two especially if it is about love. Many stories have the same outline of occurrences in the story and that's why they can be compared so easily. Know if the topic is love it makes it even easier because a lot of people like to see the same things in love stories, a happy ending. That’s why these two stories have so much in common. Some of the similarities between the first three acts of The Tragedy Romeo and Juliet and Midsummer Nights Dream are: in the first act that they both have a discussion of marriage, in the second act that they both main couples declare their love for each other, and finally in the third act both girls end up crying because there love has left them.

To start, both of the first acts of these two stories have people who discuss marriage. In Midsummer Nights Dream the two individuals that are discussing marriage are the people who are actually getting married, Hippolyta and Theseus. Theseus is really excited about the marriage and feels as if the four days till their wedding is a life time. While Hippolyta tells him in Act I scene i lines 7-9 page 20 , “Four days will quickly steep themselves in night; four nights will quickly dream away the time.” She is saying that four days will pass fast with their dreams and is patient about her upcoming wedding. While in Romeo and Juliet it is Juliet and her mother discussing marriage. Juliet's mother comes to her before their gathering and asks Juliet what she thinks of marriage. Her mother tells her that her father has found a worthy gentleman, Paris, to have as his wife. Juliet replies by saying in Act I scene ii lines page, “” This is ...

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...se cords. Poor ropes you are beguiled, both you and I, for Romeo is exiled.” This is Juliet telling her nurse to grab the ropes set out for Romeo to use to climb up the balcony to meet her so she can use them to hang herself. Because she would rather die than live with Romeo banished.

Clearly, there are many similarities between the three Acts of the two stories and these examples are just a few. First, that in the first Act of both stories they discussed marriage. Second, that in the second Act in both stories the main couples declare their love for each other. Finally, the third Act in each play is similar because they both have the women crying because their men have left them. Obviously, there are many similarities between The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and Midsummer Nights Dream.

Works Cited

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

Midsummer Night's Dream