A+Legacy+of+Love

This may come as a surprise to many of you, but William Shakespeare was not the first to tell this classic story of love, woe, and tragedy. Romeo and Juliet is based on the poem “Romeus and Juliet” by Arthur Brooks and the myth “Pyramis and Thisbe” by Ovid in __The Metamorphoses__. You will be reading Shakespeare’s play in class exploring the ideas of love, tragedy, impulsiveness and fate. Follow the links below to read the basis for Shakespeare’s play. These links are intended to provide a framework for the understanding of the play __Romeo and Juliet.__ [|Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooks] [|Pyramus and Thisbe by Ovid]  Are these stories of love or stories of impulse?