Differences set people apart in many ways. However, these differences can destroy or build, it all depends on how the contrasts are introduced into the situation. As true as this is for individuals, it might be even more true for poems and stories. The genres may vary depending on the type of story, but overall the connections are obvious. Poems and mythology can connect to differences and similarities just as easily as a person can struggle with different characteristics of themselves. In particular, two stories, Romeo and Juliet, and Pyramus and Thisbe, show these connections. The play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and Pyramus and Thisbe by Ovid have many differences and similarities, such as "love suicide", misconception and gender. To begin with, each couple in both stories committed suicide with the idea that their love was dead, which brings to mind the characteristic "rash". Rash is when a character immediately assumes the worst and takes immediate action without considering other options. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo takes the...