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(Meeting in secret😯)
In both of the stories there is a recurring theme of secrets and sneaking around. Both pairs of lovers sneak around to meet each other. In R & J,
Juliet and the nurse talk about how Romeo and Juliet can secretly wed. For example, the nurse tells Juliet , "Then hie you hence to Friar Lawrence's cell ; / there stays a husband to make you a wife"(2.5.68-69).
The nurse also encourages Juliet to lie to her parents. The nurse tells Juliet to say the she going to confession yet, she is secretly going to marry Romeo.  In Pyramus and Thisbe, Ovid writes, " They decided that that very night they would try to slip away and steal out though the city into the ope country where at last they could be together in freedom".  Basically they shouldn't

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(Lack of communication)

Due to the lack of communication, many important pieces of information were lost.

Friar John was not able to give the letter to Romeo, resulting in Romeo's death and false conclusions.

Pyramus saw a bloody cloak and he was convinced that Thisbe was dead, when he did not try to investigate the scene more.

The suicides of the two males, lead to the death of the females. Because the females convinced themselves that they could not live without their lovers, they decided to commit suicide.

Ovid writes, "Before him lay the bloodstained shreds of cloak and clear in the dust were tracks of a lioness. The conclusion was inevitable. He never doubted that he knew at all. Thisbe was dead" (948).
The friar says, " Who bare my letter, then, to Romeo?" (5.2.13).
Friar John says, "I could not send it- here it is again- /Nor get a messenger to bring it thee,/ So fearful were they of infection" (5.2.14-16). Romeo and Juliet

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(The lack of communication that led to their death)

The lack of communication in the stories helped to push the lovers closer to their tragic end. Even throughout their romance, the lovers didn't communicate.
The kiddos do not use rational reactions and do not keep living after they hear/see that their lover has "died."
In R&J, Romeo finds that Juliet has died and then says, "Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight" (5, 1, 34).

In "Pyramus and Thisbe", Pyramus thought that he was responsible for Thisbe's "death" and states, "It is I who killed you," and later decides that he should die with her (948).

Then, the female in the story will find their male lover is actually dead, and then kill themselves.
Communication is key in these type of tragic stories, but it's what makes these types of stories so tragic...

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(Tomb and bush)

I think that the berry bush and the tomb both represent the lovers death. The tomb was foreshadowing the death in Romeo and Juliet, and the berry bush isn't white, it's red. (the one we know today anyway) They both represent the death of lovers and the tragic events that took place around it. They can also give the feel of the creepy and tragic scene, and add a dramatic effect. In Pyramus and Thisbe, it says, "As he approached the tree he could not help but notice the large paw prints of the lioness. His heart beat faster. As he approached the stream,

his fears were confirmed upon seeing Thisbe’s veil torn and bloodstained. Unable to

find Thisbe and fearing that she was dead, Pyramus was unable to contain his sorrow. "
This shows the evidence of the fear Pyramus holds in his heart. The berry bush, upon Thisbe's return, is blood splattered, making the scene more gruesome. "As he removed the sword from his

side, blood sprayed the white fruit on the tree, turning it a dark purple color."

In "Romeo and Juliet", the tomb gives the scene a feel of the "final resting place". In 5.3.115-125 Romeo says: "For fear of that, I still will stay with thee,

And never from this palace of dim night

Depart again. Here, here will I remain

With worms that are thy chamber maids. Oh, here

Will I set up my everlasting rest,

And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars

From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last.

Arms, take your last embrace. And, lips, O you

The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss

A dateless bargain to engrossing death."
This shows that Romeo is afraid and yet overwhelmed with grief, and ends up jumping to conclusions like Pyramus.

The female characters in the story become somewhat desperate, and make a rash decision to meet. However, because of the believed death of the female, the males feel a sense of loss and believe that the only way they can be with their lover is to kill themselves.

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(REBELLION)

In both Romeo and Juliet and "Pyramus and Thisbe", the pairs of young lovers are going against their families for their love. In Romeo and Juliet, the teens were supposed to hate each other because of a long standing family feud. In "Pyramus and Thisbe", the pairs' families tried to prevent their love by keeping them apart. In both stories, the star crossed lovers were forced to keep their love in secret until they died. Ovid writes "It was impossible that these two whose hearts were on fire should be kept apart."(949) "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and i'll no longer be a capulet," Romeo and Juliet (2:2:34).

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(The lioness and the potion)

They lioness and the potion both symbolize the "death" of the female protagonists in both stories. This will lead the male roles to commit suicide out of heartbreak, which then starts a chain reaction with lovers dying side by side.Ovid states, "The conclusion was inevitable. He was never doubted that he knew at all. Thisbe was dead."(947) In Romeo and Juliet that Friar explains, "Take thou this vial, being then in bed and this distilling liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run a cold and drowsy humor; for no pulse shall keep him native."(4:3)