Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet And The Great Gatsby

Romeo and Juliet is the play by William Shakespeare which is famous for its tragedy. The novel that is similar to the play is The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald. They are both similar in the way they ends; both protagonists die at the end. They are also similar in the way the plot leads characters to the death. Both literature pieces have several factors in the plot which leads characters to death. One of them is the action of others. In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence and Capulet leads both Romeo and Juliet to death. In The Great Gatsby, Tom and George Wilson's actions contribute to Gatsby's death.

First of all, in Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence and his plan contribute to Romeo and Juliet's death. Friar Lawrence is the Franciscan who allows the marriage between Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo leaves to Mantua and Juliet has to have unwanted marriage, he comes up with the plan. His plan is to let Juliet drink a potion, which causes her to sleep for two days, pretending like she is dead so that he can sends a letter to Romeo. At last, Friar plans to help Romeo and Juliet to leave the city

in night. Friar Lawrence says to Juliet, "Take thou this vial, being then in bed,/ And this distilling liquor drink thou off" (IV, i, 93-94). He suggests Juliet to drink the potion and go to bed in the night before her nuptial. The Friar gives Juliet the potion and she is successful with pretending her death. However, this later leads to Romeo and Juliet to death because of miscommunication within the plan. Therefore, Friar Lawrence's plan is the cause of Romeo and Juliet's tragic death.
In addition, Lord Capulet's action has an affect on Romeo and Juliet to reach at the point of death. Lord Capulet is the patriarch of Capulet family and following by Tybalt's death, he thinks Juliet's marriage is the only thing which can bring happiness back to the house. He does not know that Juliet clandestinely married to Romeo. As a result, he forces Juliet to marry the noble man whom he knows, Paris. When Juliet inevitably decides to follow his decision, he hurries the nuptial to the upcoming Wednesday from Thursday. He says, "I'll have this knot knit up tomorrow murning" (IV, ii, 24). Lord Capulet tells Juliet that he will hurry the wedding to the day before. This causes influence on both Romeo and Juliet's death because it causes the mess of the Friar Lawrence's plan. His plan is supposed to take Juliet the potion and while she pretends to be dead, he sends the letter to Romeo. Since the wedding is hurried, the letter arrives lately and Romeo finally is not able to see the letter. Hence, Lord Capulet's demanding on Juliet's marriage exert influence on the tragic ending of the play.
Furthermore, in The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby dies because of other's actions; Tom Buchannan's action significantly contributes to the Gatsby's death.

Tom Buchannan is the narrator's friend in the Yale and he is the husband of Daisy. He secretly has an affair with someone else and when the narrator comes to his house and meets him, Daisy and Jordan Baker, they have dinner together. While they eat dinner, the phone rings and Jordan Baker explains about the phone call. She says, "Tom's got some woman in New York" and the phone call is from the woman (Fitzgerald 20). His action of having affair with someone else later leads Gatsby to death because when Gatsby and Daisy drive, the woman thinks it is Tom's car and she runs to their car which results in her own death. Because of this, Gatsby is suspected as a victim and due to misconception, he is later murdered by the woman's

husband.
Moreover, in the novel, George Wilson's action influences to the Gatsby's death. He is the owner of auto shop in the Valley of Ashes and the husband of the woman whom Tom Buchannan has an affair with. He hears unfounded rumour that his wife has an affair with Jay Gatsby and he is the one who killed his wife. Without being patient, he loses his mind and directly goes to Gatsby's mansion and shoots him. In the novel, the narrator states, "It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilson's body a little way off in the grass" (Fitzgerald 154). This alludes to the fact that George Wilson shoots Gatsby in furious mood and he also shoots himself. If George Wilson is more logical and deliberate person, he will not kill Gatsby as well as himself. Undoubtedly, George Wilson is the person who shoots Gatsby and for sure, he contributes to the Gatsby's downfall.
Without a doubt, Romeo and Juliet and The Great Gatsby are analogous because both protagonists deceased at the end by a third person's interruption. In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence and Lord Capulet's actions sparks to both Romeo and Juliet's death. In The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchannan and George Wilson's work affects to Gatsby's death. For sure, the protagonists in both literature pieces has to face tragic end at the end because of other's movement.