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ThecontrastbetweenRomeoandJulietandTheButterflyLoversHoldingthesamemotivationtobetogetherwiththeirownloves,thetwopairoflovers,RomeoandJulietinRomeoandJulietandLiangShanboandZhuYingtaiinTheButterflyLoversseemlivedintragiclivesandbothoftheirlovesbecamepoignantlovestories.RomeoandJulietcouldnotgetridoftheirfamilyfeud,andthemdiedfortheirlove.andLiangShanboandZhuYingtaicouldnotgetridofthefeudalbondage,alsotheirlovewassad.however,becauseofdifferentculturalbackgrounds,theirvisionsoflove,Psychologyandtheirendingaretotallydifferent.Firstly,RomeoandJulietwaswrittenbyShakespeare,itwasoneofhisbesttragedy.TheButterflyLoverswaswritteninfeudalsociety.Thatmakethemhavethedifferentculturalbackgrounds.InthetimeofShakespeare,thereisarenaissance,thetragedyisoneofthebourgeoishumanists'importantanti-feudalweapon.Inthissense,RomeoandJulietwasthereflectionoftherenaissance’sspirit.TheButterflyLoversdescribedtheloversinfeudalsociety,theirlovecouldnotbeblessbytheirfamily.itwasthereflectionoffeudalsociety.Theseconddifferencewasthevisionoflove.InRomeoandJuliettheloversreflectedthebrightboldofWesterners.RomeoandJulietfallinloveatfirstsight,andshowtheirloveapparently.Themcametothechurchtogetmarrysoonaftertheyexpressedtheirlovetoeachother.OntheContray,theButterflyLoversembodiedtheideasofEasternercompletely,LiangShanboandZhuYingtaiwereclassmatesforthreeyears,andtheylivedintogeter,usingthebowlstodividethebed,LiangShanboneverknewthatZhuYingtaiwasagirl.AllofthoseembodiedtheimplicitbeautyofEasternlove.Butinordertofollowherideallove,shediedafterLiangShanbo’sdeath,thisinspiredgenerationsofyoungmenandwomentopursuetheirturelove.Thethirddifferencewasthedifferecesofthecharacters.Romeo,usingthewordsofhisenemy:“Franklyspeaking,heisagoodguyinVerona.”Intheconflictsofthefamily.Hewasnotatroublemaker.Hepursuedofaideallove,andhedaredtodieforthelove.Juliet,whowasfullofenthusiasm,candor,intrepidity.Forlove,shecanabandontheruleofherfamily,andgaveupherownsurnametoloveherenemy’sson.Similarly,ZhuYingtaiwasactive,daring,enthusiasmandcommitment.BentingtomarryLiangShanbo,anddaredtodiewithhim.AndLiangShanbo,afarmer’sson,hewasnaive,honest,loyal,kindandhumane.Inhislove,usingdeathtoexpresshisloyaltyoflove,hestruggledwithit,andresistingthedarkfeudalethicalsocietyofhisuniqueway.Wecansaythatallofthefourcharactersareperfect,theyallpursuedthefaithfullove.But,RomeoandJulietlovedeachotheratthefirstglance,andtheysoonpassionatelyinlove.However,TheButterflyLoversusedmanyyearstodeterminetheirrelationshipoflove.Thelastandalsothebiggestdifferencebetweenthenwastheending.InRomeoandJuliet,RomeoandJulietwerebelongtotwofamousfamilieswhichhadafeud.Thetwofamiliesstruggledforpower,andtheconflicthadescalatedtoabreachofthepeace.Theirlovewerefollowingtheirfatesinthebeginning,ultimately,theydiedfortheirlove,becamethevictimsoftheinterestsofthefeudalfamily.But“TheButterflyLovers”wasdifferentfromRomeoandJuliet,theButterflyLoversandtheirlovestorytookplaceinthefeudalsocial.Theirparentsorderedoftheirmarriage,buttheyignoredthefeudaldoctrinedogma,seekingforthefreedomandhappinessbyself-determinedlife.Itwasimpossibleforthemtogetaturehappyending,butChinesewerenotaccustomedtogiveacompletetragicendingtoabeautifullove,sothattherewasabutterflycrackedthetomb,givingthetragedyastrongmythologicalhappyending.RomeoandJulietandTheButterflyLoversarealltheexcellentworks.Althoughtheyaredifferent,butitdoesnotmatterforpeopletolovethetwostories.