William shakespeare based his characters romeo and juliet on the roman text "pyramus and thisbe". after reading the original text, explain the connection between the two texts. question 9 options: shakespeare used the ill-fated love of pyramus and thisbe to inspire his romeo and juliet. in both texts, the lovers are forbidden to be together, and when they finally plan to be together, they end up taking their own lives. this tragedy was no original to shakespeare but is derived from ancient texts. romeo and juliet is about a young couple who fall in love and get married over the course of a couple days. tragically, the take their own lives at the end because their families will not allow them to be together. romeo had seen juliet from across the cafeteria and knew she was the prettiest girl he had ever seen. it took some guts to finally approach her at the homecoming dance, but once he did, he knew he was in love. unfortunately, his dad had warned him that juliet was off limits because her father was a political rival.