《梁山伯与祝英台》和《罗密欧与朱丽叶》比较英文.docx
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《梁山伯与祝英台》和《罗密欧与朱丽叶》比较英文
《梁山伯与祝英台》和《罗密欧与朱丽叶》比较(英文)
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takenthepoisonthanJulietwakedup,sosadtoseeherloverlyingonthefloorthatshekilledherselfwithaknife.
isaclassicallegend.TheprotagonistsareLiangShanboandZhuYingtai.ZhuYingtaiwasbornofanoblefamily,andshewasborncleverandsmartwithaoutgoingandoptimisticcharacter.Astheappleofherparents’eye’sshewascherishedbyherparents.Shewasallowedtoreceiveeducation,whenZhuYingtaiGrewup,shewantedtofurtherherstudyoutsideherfamilytoaplacecalledKuaiji.Shepersuadedhisfatherbydressingasaboy.Herfathermadeacompromiseeventhoughhewasreluctant.OnthewaytoKauiJishemetascholarcalledLiangShanboandLiangdidnotrecognizethat‘he’wasafemale.Withthesameaspiration,theybecameswornbrothers.Theylivedtogetherforthreeyearsstudyingtogetherandhelpingeachotheruntiloneday,ZhuYingtaireceivedaletterfromhome.Shehadtogobackhome.Asagoodfriend,LiangShanbowenttoseeoffZhuYingtaionaroadcalled‘ShiBaliroad’.ZhucouldnotsuppressheraffectionforLiang,sosheexpressedherloveforLianginaimplicitway,ButLiangdidnotunderstandwhatshemeant,Zhuhadtosaythat‘he’hadalittlesistercalledXiaoJiumei(whichmeansthatsheranksninthamongthegirlsofthefamily),whoresembledherverymuch.ShewouldliketoactasamatchmakerbetweenLiangand‘his’sisterandremindedhimtoproposeamarriageinacertaintime,ZhubidfarewelltoherloverandwenthomewaitingforLiangShanbo.However,Liangunfortunatelymissedthedatedtime,Zhu’sparents’hadbetrothedhertothesonofasuperiorofficialcalledMaWencai.UponknowingthatZhuwasafemale,hecouldnotwaittogotoZhu’shometoproposeamarriagewithZhu,buthewasnotreceivedbyZhufamilybecauseofhislowstation,andhewasdrivedawaybytheservantsofZhufamily.SopressedandregretfulLiangwasthathediedsoonbecauseofhisfailureinmarryingZhu,hislover.BeforehisdeathherequestedhismothertoburyhimonthewaybetweenZhufamilyandMafamily.Zhuwasextremelysadtohearthenewsbutshecannotviolateherparents’order,shehadtomarryMaLiangcai,OnthewaytoMa’home,ZhureroutedtheirwayviaLiang’stomb.Uponarrival,sheweepedwithtearspouringdown,whenthegodwastouchedbyherlove,thedaybecamedark,thunderrolledandwindsweepedover.Toeveryone’sastonishLiang’stombcrakedwithabigbang.Zhujumpedintothebombwithoutanyhesitation,thenthetombcametogetherandtwobutterfliesfliedouttogether,thereisnodoubtthatLiangandZhuchangedintobutterflies,andtheywillneverdepartawayfromeachother.
Howpoignantstories,howsincerelove!
Thetwostoriessharemanysimilarities.Firstly,thestoriesbothhappenedinfeudalsociety,inwhichfreeloveisnotaccepted,RomeoandJulietlivedinasocietydominatedbyChristy,whichcalledonasceticism,ButRomeoandJulietbroketheethicalcodes,faithfullypursuingtheirloveregardlessofthehatredbetweenthetwofamilies.LiangShanboandZhuYingtailivedinasocietywhichisdominatedbyConfucianism,whichstressesthatmarriageshouldbearrangedbyparentsandmatchmakers.However,LiangandZhufoundtheirlovethemselves.
Secondly,Eventhoughthattheirloveweresolidandfaithful,theyendedupinatragicway.Bothpairskilledthemselves.:
Thirdly,theirlovewereroughlyinterferedbytheirparents,whodidnotallowthemtochooseownlover,theyhadarrangedbrightfuturefortheirdaughters.However,theyjustthoughtoftheirownprospect,ignoringwhattheirdaughtersthought.Theyforcetheirdaughtertomarrytothesonofrichfamilies.
Fourthly,boththestoriesexpressedthethemethatlovewon’tyieldtoconventionalthoughts.Theyexpressedtheirloveregardlessofwhateverbarrels.ahead.
Despitethesimilarities,thetwostoriesdifferfromeachotherinmanyaspects.Firstly,isanovelallcharactersinthestorywerefictional,oppositetothis,wasbasedonrealstory.ThereexistedapairofloverscalledLiangShanboandZhuYingtairespectivelyinChinahistory.Secondly,thetragicendingofRomeoandJulietwascauseddirectlybythemessengers[2].Besides,Romeowastooimpulsivethathecouldnotdifferentiatethefraud,whichisafatalcharacterweakness.ForexamplewhenRomeogotthenewsthatJulietdied,hedeterminedtokillhimselfwithoutanyhesitation.Ifhehadthoughtaboutwhathadhappenedtheywouldprobablygettogether.Justasheputhimself‘Iamthetoyoffate’.HoweverthetragedybetweenLiangShanboandZhuYingtailiesinthefactthatChinawasdeeplyaffectedbyfeudalethicscodes[3],whichlaidastrongfoundationintheentireChinasociety.Theycouldnotrebelagainstevenchallenget