How are the themes of romeo and juliet and ovid's
"pyramus and thisbe" similar?
o both address the cruelty of war.
o both present forbidden love.
o both discuss life after death.
o both show sibling rivalries.

Both present forbidden love

Explanation:

The famous story of star crossed lovers; Romeo and Juliet is similar to that of Pyramus and Thisbe who suffered the same fate. Both couples died as a result of forbidden love and one believing the other has died.

the eye wink at the hand; yet let that be / which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”