1、Study of Similarities andDifferences Between and Love is an eternal topic. There are countless numbers of stories about love. Despite various kinds of differences all loves share the same theme. Anicstal ever said The impact of smashing what is invaluable is tragedy.1 Tragedy is the best and heart-s
2、triking way to display love. and are two classical tragic love stories, both are masterpieces and enjoy worldwide reputation. They are told generation by generation and never fade away. The protagonists in the stories strive hardly for love against feudalism at the sacrifice of their lives. The two
3、stories are like two trees, they look alike, but not the same. Let me just briefly introduce the two stories. was written by Shakespeare during Renaissance period. Two protagonists in the story are Romeo and Juliet .At first Romeo loves a girl named Rosalind, who attended a ball held in Juliets home
4、. On the purpose of seeing his lover, Romeo also attended the ball with mask covering the face. Instead of seeing Rosalind, he was deeply attracted by another girl, who was Juliet. They fell in love with each other on the first sight and dated that night. The second day Romeo went to priest Lawrence
5、 for help. Lawrence agreed to help them on the hope of making up the relationship between the two families they came from. The two families wont allow them to get married since they hate each other to death. However, with the help of Juliets wet nurse, Romeo and Juliet got married under Lawrence. On
6、e day Romeo met Juliets cousin Tybalt, who required a duel with him, Romeo refused but his friend accepted the duel for the sake of Montage familys dignity and was killed. Romeo revenge for his friend and killed Tybalt in return. Then Romeo was banished by the dominator of the city. Not long after h
7、is reluctantly leaving his hometown, Count Paris went to The Capulets to propose a marriage, Mr Capulet agreed and required Juliet to marry count Paris next week. Juliet had no choice but to go to Lawrence for help. Lawrence provided her with a good idea which is that Juliet takes a kind of special
8、medicine which will allow her to sleep for 42 hours, and everyone will believe that she died. After 42 hours she will come to alive again. Lawrence promised that he will inform Romeo of the plan. Everything was carried out just as planed, however, the messenger was delayed on the way, as a result Ro
9、meo didnt get the information but the bad news. He bought a bottle of poison and determined to meet Juliet in the heaven, on arrival Juliets tomb, Romeo kissed his lover and taken the poison. No sooner had Romeo taken the poison than Juliet waked up, so sad to see her lover lying on the floor that s
10、he killed herself with a knife. is a classical legend. The protagonists are Liang Shanbo and Zhu Ying tai. Zhu Yingtai was born of a noble family, and she was born clever and smart with a outgoing and optimistic character. As the apple of her parents eyes she was cherished by her parents. She was al
11、lowed to receive education, when Zhu Yingtai Grew up, she wanted to further her study outside her family to a place called Kuaiji. She persuaded his father by dressing as a boy. Her father made a compromise even though he was reluctant. On the way to KauiJi she met a scholar called Liang Shanbo and
12、Liang did not recognize that he was a female. With the same aspiration, they became sworn brothers. They lived together for three years studying together and helping each other until one day, Zhu Yingtai received a letter from home. She had to go back home. As a good friend, Liang Shanbo went to see
13、 off Zhu Yingtai on a road called Shi Bali road.Zhu could not suppress her affection for Liang, so she expressed her love for Liang in a implicit way, But Liang did not understand what she meant, Zhu had to say that he had a little sister called Xiao Jiumei(which means that she ranks ninth among the
14、 girls of the family),who resembled her very much. She would like to act as a matchmaker between Liang and his sister and reminded him to propose a marriage in a certain time, Zhu bid farewell to her lover and went home waiting for Liang Shanbo . However，Liang unfortunately missed the dated time, Zh
15、us parents had betrothed her to the son of a superior official called Ma Wencai. Upon knowing that Zhu was a female, he could not wait to go to Zhus home to propose a marriage with Zhu, but he was not received by Zhu family because of his low station, and he was drive d away by the servants of Zhu f
16、amily. So pressed and regretful Liang was that he died soon because of his failure in marrying Zhu, his lover. Before his death he requested his mother to bury him on the way between Zhu family and Ma family. Zhu was extremely sad to hear the news but she can not violate her parents order, she had t
17、o marry Ma Liangcai , On the way to Ma home ,Zhu rerouted their way via Liangs tomb. Upon arrival, she weeped with tears pouring down, when the god was touched by her love, the day became dark, thunder rolled and wind sweeped over. To everyones astonish Liangs tomb craked with a big bang. Zhu jumped
18、 into the bomb without any hesitation, then the tomb came together and two butterflies flied out together, there is no doubt that Liang and Zhu changed into butterflies , and they will never depart away from each other. How poignant stories, how sincere love! The two stories share many similarities.
19、 Firstly, the stories both happened in feudal society, in which free love is not accepted, Romeo and Juliet lived in a society dominated by Christy, which called on asceticism，But Romeo and Juliet broke the ethical codes，faithfully pursuing their love regardless of the hatred between the two familie
20、s. Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai lived in a society which is dominated by Confucianism，which stresses that marriage should be arranged by parents and matchmakers. However, Liang and Zhu found their love themselves.Secondly, Even though that their love were solid and faithful，they ended up in a tragic
21、 way. Both pairs killed themselves. :Thirdly, their love were roughly interfered by their parents, who did not allow them to choose own lover, they had arranged bright future for their daughters. However, they just thought of their own prospect, ignoring what their daughters thought. They force thei
22、r daughter to marry to the son of rich families.Fourthly, both the stories expressed the theme that love wont yield to conventional thoughts. They expressed their love regardless of whatever barrels.ahead.Despite the similarities, the two stories differ from each other in many aspects. Firstly, is a
23、 novel all characters in the story were fictional, opposite to this, was based on real story. There existed a pair of lovers called Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai respectively in China history. Secondly, the tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet was caused directly by the messengers2. Besides, Romeo was t
24、oo impulsive that he could not differentiate the fraud, which is a fatal character weakness. For example when Romeo got the news that Juliet died, he determined to kill himself without any hesitation. If he had thought about what had happened they would probably get together. Just as he put himself
25、I am the toy of fate. However the tragedy between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai lies in the fact that China was deeply affected by feudal ethics codes3, which laid a strong foundation in the entire China society. They could not rebel against even challenge the values that all the society conform to.
26、On view of this, the tragedy was inevitable. Thirdly, Romeos and Juliets parents opposed their love mainly because the two families hate each other. Differ from this, Zhus parents did not allow her to marry Liang because Liang came from low class, he was a poor scholar, a small potato4. He was not a
27、 appropriate match with Zhu. Fourthly, the two pairs of lovers expressed their love in different ways. Romeo and Juliet expressed their love much more directly. For example, Romeo and Juliet dated and expressed their affection to each other just after their first sight. They praised each other mutua
28、lly. Zhu gradually fell in love with Liang during a period time of three years, but she expressed her affection for Liang in a very implicit way. She compared her and Liang as a couple of mandarin duck, even though Liang did not know that Zhu is a female. When they had to say goodbye to each other,
29、Zhu tell Liang that he had a little sister and hoped that Liang would propose a marriage as soon as possible. Xiao Jiumei was actually Zhuyigtai .but she did not unveil the secret. Lastly, they guard their love in different ways. Romeo and Juliet defend for their love actively. They try what they ca
30、n to be together. For example, they went to Lawrence for help. Contrary to this kind of attitude, Zhu just wait passively which never help.Tragedy presents people what is valuable in life after destroying it and comedies present people those valueless after smashing them.5 Though there are different details in displaying tragedy. Tragedy itself is a good way to display love.1阿尼克斯特， 莎士比亚的重要创作 ，山东教育出版社，1985年2 赵清阁.梁山伯与祝英台M.上海:上海文化出版社,1956:44- 48.3 乐黛云.比较文学与中国乐黛云海外演讲录M.北京:4闫彩霞，东方绝唱西方神话罗密欧与朱丽叶和梁山伯与祝英台之比较（文学语言学研究2008 年第 24 期）3 鲁迅.中国悲剧引论M.北京:新文学出版社,1932.
