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In "Pyramus and Thisbe", the snow white mulberries, that are mentioned in the exposition, change to a dark red after the warm blood of the two lovers splatters upon the fruit. Similarly, the horrible feud that begins the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet ends once the "two star crossed lovers take their life." The berries from the mulberry tree represent the change in worlds of the characters. Once the two couples end their lives, a significant symbol also changes in the stories. In "Pyramus and Thisbe", the pure white berries change to the deep red that represents love, death, and the changing of worlds.

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The Prince states at the end of the woeful story, "See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, / That heaven finds a means to kill your joys with love" (5.3.292-293). According to the text in "Pyramus and Thisbe", "The blood spurted up over the berries and dyed them a dark red" (948). Later in the story, Ovid states,  "The gods were pitiful at the end, and the lover's parents too. The deep red fruit of the mulberry is the everlasting memorial of these true lovers"(949). In both tales the change is carried from begging to end, as the tone of the story also changes.

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In Pyramus and Thisbe, there is a chink in the wall that separates both houses and that is the only way the can communicate. Since their parents deny them getting married. In Romeo and Juliet, the only way that they can communicate is through the Nurse and Friar Laurence. They send messages to each other through them. This is a significant symbol in both stories because if the lovers didn't communicate to each other, their love would eventually fade and they would forget about each other.

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In "Pyramus and Thisbe" and Romeo and Juliet there is one major similarity, the miscommunication and/or misunderstanding that ultimately leads to the deaths of the characters. In Romeo and Juliet, the main downfall is the miscommunication. For instance, Juliet and Romeo not telling anyone once they married and also Friar John failing to give Romeo the message of Juliet's fake death, are prime examples of this miscommunication. No doubt, I could name several more cases of this in Romeo and Juliet, but let's stick with these main two. On that note, in "Pyramus and Thisbe" their main downfall is the misunderstanding. For example, when Pyramus sees Thisbe's torn up cloak, soaked in blood he misunderstands/misinterprets the situation, assuming that Thisbe was dead. Therefore, killing himself for her, exactly why and how Romeo killed himself for Juliet. Above all, this miscommunication and misunderstanding that leads to the deaths of the characters is the major similarity between these two stories. Romeo misunderstood Juliet's death, killing himself; in the same way Pyramus misunderstood Thisbe's death, killing himself.

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Friar John speaks, “Going to find a barefoot brother out,/One of our order, to associate me/Here in this city visiting the sick,/And finding him, the searchers of the town,/Suspecting that we both were in a house/Where the infectious pestilence did reign,/Sealed up the doors, and would not let us forth,/So that my speed to Mantua there was stayed"(5.2.5-12). Even though the entire play is of miscommunication, this by far is the worst as since Romeo did not receive that letter, it led to the deaths of Juliet and Romeo. Furthermore, the narrator of "Pyramus and Thisbe" states, "Before lay him the bloodstained shreds of the cloak and clear in the dust were the tracks of the lioness. The conclusion was inevitable. He never doubted he knew it all. Thisbe was dead. He had let his love, a tender maiden, come alone to a place full of danger, and not been there first to protect her" (948). Pyramus misunderstands the situation with Thisbe's cloak, thinking he killed her. Therefore, he killed himself.

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Another similarity between Romeo and Juliet and "Pyramus and Thisbe" is Paris and the lioness. These two characters are similar because they both interfere with the lovers meeting each other. In Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet chooses Paris to marry Juliet. When Romeo arrived at the tomb someone(Paris) was there which, interfered in Romeo seeing his love, Juliet. In "Pyramus and Thisbe" the lioness causes Pyramus to think that Thisbe is dead which results in the death of Pyramus and then Thisbe.

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According to Lord Capulet, "Sir, Paris. I will ma ke a desperate tender Of my child's love. I think she will be ruled In all respects by me; nay more, I doubt it not" (3.4.12-14).
Ovid writes, "The lioness came upon it on her way back to her lair and she mouthed it and tore it before disappearing into the woods" (948).

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In Pyramus and Thisbe the story states "In the wall both houses shared there was a little chink. No one before had noticed it, but there was nothing a lover does not notice. Our two young people discovered it and thorough it they were able to  whisper sweetly back and forth" (947).
In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet says to the Nurse, " Go ask his name - if he is married" (1.5.133).