The Waterfall

Thisbe and Pyramus, a pair of young lovers that are separated and can’t be together, both end up killing themselves for the other. This myth, remembered me of a well-known tragedy, called Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. “A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life” (Prologue Romeo and Juliet) presents the conditions the pair is living, just like in the myth, “One thing, however, they could not forbid—that love should glow with equal ardor in the bosoms of both”.
Usually, I would consider it a sin to compare these masterpieces, for their unique style, they both leave the same values and anxiety instilled in the reader. Also, it demonstrated how two masterpieces represent different generations, genres and detail, but they are able to mark the public in the same way. As well, I find it crucial to recognize Shakespeare’s work, because the myth was refreshed in human kind, and it’s values were able to touch more hearts.
The unintenede team work that both pieces did, reminded me of a waterfall. It first started as a vague idea, the stream of the river, then an author was able to bring it down, but it needed the help of the second author, gravity, to crash into the minds of humans.
A myth and a play, two master pieces with different authors and generations that end up crashing human minds; Thisbe and Pyramus, and Romeo and Juliet.