Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu,who totally do not affect each,actually have two love plays.According to this feature,in this paper,I analyze these two plays in the changing subject matter,the theme,characters,the structure,play conflicts,tragedy styles and so on which are approximate in the external form——Romeo And Juliet and The Peony Pavilion,and discuss the differences of these two plays and the characteristics and rules of east and west plays.It objectively describes the similarities and differences on the conflict and rhythm.Romeo And Juliet and The Peony Pavilion are different in structural style and rhythm,because of different artistic character for each type of drama they belong to.It emphasizes similarities and differences of the tragedy style and the end.Chinese classical tragedy and the Shakespeare tragedy.This paper analyzes and contrasts Romeo and Juliet and The Peony Pavilion by the methods of comparison and contrast,and demonstrates different characteristics and styles of east and west plays as well as studies the profoundly historical culture behind the plays.
