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Park, Busoon. “The Comparison of Romeo and Juliet and The Chun Hyang Story.” Studies in English Language & Literature. 42.2 (2016): 37-58. This paper examines the comparison of Romeo and Juliet and The Chun Hyang Story under the theme of love. Romeo and Juliet are 17 and 14 respectively, while Chun Hyang and Lee Mong Ryong's ages are the same, at the age of 16. The young couples fall in love at first sight, but Romeo and Juliet are torn apart by the struggle between two families, and Chun Hyang and Lee Mong Ryong break up because of difference in their social status. However, in the process of separation, Romeo and Juliet end up dead due to excessive passion and hot temper; meanwhile Chun Hyang and Lee Mong Ryong achieve a happy reunion owing to patience and prudence. Despite the superficial difference of death and reunion, the internal meaning of the two works is the same. The reason is that the death of Romeo and Juliet involves eternal love beyond death and provides a new order of peace in two feudal families. Therefore, the two works can be read as “the catharsis” of tragic custom in Western literature and “the throwing out of the deep sorrow” of humorous convention in Korean literature. (Chonbuk National University)