Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet And The Great Gatsby

Romeo and Juliet is the play by William Shakespeare which is famous for its tragedy. The novel that is similar to the play is The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald. They are both similar in the way they ends; both protagonists die at the end. They are also similar in the way the plot leads characters to the death. Both literature pieces have several factors in the plot which leads characters to death. One of them is the action of others. In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence and Capulet leads both Romeo and Juliet to death. In The Great Gatsby, Tom and George Wilson's actions contribute to Gatsby's death. First of all, in Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence and his plan contribute to Romeo and Juliet's death. Friar Lawrence is the Franciscan who allows the marriage between Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo leaves to Mantua and Juliet has to have unwanted marriage, he comes up with the plan. His plan is to let Juliet drink a potion, which causes her to sleep for two days, pretending like she is dead so that he can sends a letter to Romeo. At last, Friar plans to help Romeo and Juliet to leave the city

Tom Buchannan is the narrator's friend in the Yale and he is the husband of Daisy. He secretly has an affair with someone else and when the narrator comes to his house and meets him, Daisy and Jordan Baker, they have dinner together. While they eat dinner, the phone rings and Jordan Baker explains about the phone call. She says, "Tom's got some woman in New York" and the phone call is from the woman (Fitzgerald 20). His action of having affair with someone else later leads Gatsby to death because when Gatsby and Daisy drive, the woman thinks it is Tom's car and she runs to their car which results in her own death. Because of this, Gatsby is suspected as a victim and due to misconception, he is later murdered by the woman's