http://yedda.com/questions/Plays_4954035177331/?src=rss:qb:qbsPlaysen-ushttp://static1.yeddacdn.com/images/Logo132X46_rmt9c1d22d.jpghttp://yedda.com/questions/Plays_4954035177331/?src=rss:qb:qbsPlayshttp://yedda.com/questions/Plays_4954035177331/?src=rss:qb:qbi<p>Can you tell me what plays have a common theme found in a Shakespearean play?</p>ajfab13ajfab1351questionMon, 02 Mar 2009 00:13:14 GMThttp://yedda.com/questions/Plays_4954035177331/?src=rss:qb:qbihttp://yedda.com/questions/Plays_4954035177331/Romeo_Juliet_easiest_match_main_504180073297090?src=rss:qb:qbi<p>Romeo and Juliet is the easiest to match up with others...the main theme star crossed lovers...</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramus_and_Thisbe">Pyramus and Thisbe</a> (usually regarded as the source for <em>Romeo and Juliet</em> , featured in <em>A Midsummer Night's Dream</em> )</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Earnshaw">Catherine Earnshaw</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathcliff_%28Wuthering_Heights%29">Heathcliff</a> from <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_Heights">Wuthering Heights</a> </em> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot">Lancelot</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinevere">Guinevere</a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_and_Iseult">Tristan and Isolde</a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_and_Leander">Hero and Leander</a> , <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_myth">Greek myth</a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell%C3%A9as_and_M%C3%A9lisande">Pelléas and Mélisande</a> , <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolist">Symbolist</a> play by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Maeterlinck">Maurice Maeterlinck</a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_and_Adonis">Venus and Adonis</a> , classical myth during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance">Renaissance</a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troilus_and_Cressida">Troilus and Cressida</a> , tragedy by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagbard_and_Signy">Hagbard and Signy</a> </li> <li>Devdas and Paro (Parvati) in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devdas">Devdas</a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heer_Ranjha">Heer Ranjha</a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popocat%C3%A9petl_and_Iztacc%C3%ADhuatl">Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl</a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_and_Majnun">Layla and Majnun</a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_Lovers">Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai</a> (also known as The Butterfly Lovers)</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_of_Troy">Paris of Troy</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_of_Sparta">Helen of Sparta</a> in <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iliad">The Iliad</a> </em> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus">Oedipus</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocasta">Jocasta</a> in <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_the_King">Oedipus the King</a> </em> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony">Mark Antony</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra">Cleopatra</a> during the time of the Roman Empire</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Dracula">Count Dracula</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Harker">Mina Harker</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker">Bram Stoker</a> 's novel <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula">Dracula</a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heloise_%28abbess%29">Heloise (abbess)</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Abelard">Peter Abelard</a> during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages">Middle Ages</a> </li> <li>Emperor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir">Jahangir</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarkali">Anarkali</a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrano">Cyrano</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxane">Roxane</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrano_de_Bergerac_%28play%29">Cyrano de Bergerac (play)</a> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Warner_and_Nina_Cortlandt">Cliff Warner and Nina Cortlandt</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianca_Montgomery_and_Maggie_Stone">Bianca Montgomery and Maggie Stone</a> from <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_My_Children">All My Children</a> </em> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-crossed#cite_note-2">[ 3] </a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-crossed#cite_note-AfterEllen-3">[ 4] </a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_Summers">Buffy Summers</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_%28Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer%29">Angel</a> from <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_%28TV_series%29">Buffy the Vampire Slayer</a> </em> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-crossed#cite_note-tv.ign.com-4">[ 5] </a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Turner">Cole Turner</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Halliwell">Phoebe Halliwell</a> from <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmed">Charmed</a> </em> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-crossed#cite_note-5">[ 6] </a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_Titanic_%281997_film%29#Jack_Dawson">Jack Dawson</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_Titanic_%281997_film%29#Rose_DeWitt_Bukater">Rose DeWitt Bukater</a> from <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_%281997_film%29">Titanic</a> </em> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-crossed#cite_note-6">[ 7] </a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennis_Del_Mar">Ennis Del Mar</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Twist">Jack Twist</a> from <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain">Brokeback Mountain</a> </em> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-crossed#cite_note-7">[ 8] </a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker">Anakin Skywalker</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padm%C3%A9_Amidala">Padmé Amidala</a> from the <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars">Star Wars</a> </em> saga <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-crossed#cite_note-8">[ 9] </a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael">Michael</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita">Nikita</a> from <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Femme_Nikita">La Femme Nikita</a> </em> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-crossed#cite_note-9">[ 10] </a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Thrace">Kara Thrace</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Adama">Lee Adama</a> from <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_%28reimagining%29">Battlestar Galactica</a> </em> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-crossed#cite_note-10">[ 11] </a> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Kent">Clark Kent</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Lang">Lana Lang</a> from <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville">Smallville</a> </em> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-crossed#cite_note-11">[ 12] </a> </li> </ul> <p>For other plays simply think what the main theme is and google that...that's how I got the list I placed here.</p>JDsSquirrelJDsSquirrelanswer3.0Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:51:16 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