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Romeo And Juliet/ Midsummer Night's Dream

            Two of Shakespeare's greatest and well known works are A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet. In the two stories, there are many paralleled similarities that are very noticeable, and some that aren't as noticeable.
             First and foremost, the two stories are about star crossed lovers, one with a single pair, being Romeo and Juliet, and the other with two pairs, Lysander and Hermia, and then Demetrius and Helena, though Demetrius sought after Hermia love until the love spell with put upon him. In Romeo and Juliet, their two families are long time rivals, so naturally they have a problem with them falling in love, and they are forbidden to be with one another. In Midsummer Night's Dream, Lysander and Hermia are in love, but Hermia's father forbids their matrimony and gives only Demetrius his daughter's hand in marriage. This of course leads to their rebellion against their parents, and they find other means to see each other, whether they have permission or not. They all met in semi-secluded, but somewhat public places, Juliet's window being one because Romeo could have easily been spotted, and the forest for Lysander and Hermia, where many people walked through and the fairies socialized.
            


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