Based on what you know about Romeo and Juliet, how are these two stories similar? How are they different? Use examples from the article to support your claims.


Hodhan and Elmi's story is very similar to Romeo and Juliet's. For one they are both really stupid and completely unrealistic. Both men fall in love when they first spotted either Juliet or Hodan. In the end they all die, and they can't be together because of their families and who they are. Oh and both Elmi and and Romeo write poems about their love for Hodhan and Juliet, and they are five times older than Juliet and Hodhan.
Unlike Romeo and Juliet, Elmi and Hodan's families are not enemies, just from different social classes. There is no fighting that leads to a bunch of deaths, it is only Elmi and Hodhan who die from depression. Romeo and Juliet commit suicide so they can be together, something a pair of idiots would do. Elmi and Hodhan's story didn't last only three days, and they married other people and tried to move on unlike Romeo and Juliet.