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  • Essay / Pyramus and Thisbe & Romeo and Juliet - 613

    There are many similarities between the different texts, both in literature and in cinema. A lot of movies you see look the same. However, each of them has their own point of view on the content presented. Two films can have an almost identical plot, but they change the way you watch it. For example, many films have been made based on the well-known story of Cinderella. They all follow a single plot; A girl's father dies and has to live with her evil stepmother and stepsisters for whom she does all the dirty work, a "fairy godmother" helps her sneak out to go dancing but has to be back at noon so that her mother-in-law doesn't find out. Girl goes to prom, meets her true love who happens to be the guy every other girl is dying to have. She runs away before the clock strikes noon and loses one of her items that her true love found by chance. He uses it to find the girl and they live happily ever after. The well-known stories of Pyramus and Thisbe and Romeo and Juliet are similar: two young people fall outrageously in love, communication problems and suicidal intentions....