Read the excerpt from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
How is the setting of the excerpt similar to the setting of
Ovid's "Pyramus and Thisbe"?
Abel
Gregory Say better, here comes one of my master's
kinsmen
Sampson: Yes, better, sir.
O Both take place in servants' quarters
O Both take place in castles ruled by unjust leaders.
O Both take place in towns in which violence is
discouraged
O Both take place in time periods in which men carry
weapons
Abraham: You lie.
Sampson: Draw, if you be men --Gregory, remember
thy swashing blow.
[They fight]
[Enter BENVOLIO.]
Benvolio: Part, fools! put up your swords; you know not
what you do
[Beats down their swords ]