Validation

So I've been thinking of a couple things that will help to validate our play Star-Crossed as a Shakespearean play.

First off, the title itself just screams Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet.

• "Two households, both alike in dignity,/ In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,/ From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,/ Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean./ From forth the fatal loins of these two foes/ A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;/ Whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows/ Doth with their death bury their parents' strife."
• Also, our play is to be about Puck, a character from Midsummer's Night's Dream, and how he falls in love with someone he is not supposed to be with. With Romeo and Juliet, their parents highly opposed the other household. With our play, the surrounding characters (King Oberon) highly oppose Puck's romance with a relative of his (perhaps niece?)

Secondly, our play is meant to be a tragedy. In Shakespeare's plays, a tragedy typically consisted of a relatively unhappy ending with the main character being affected most by it. In our play, Puck will ultimately lose his lover by taking a love potion that causes him to forget her. Also, Puck will enter into the servitude of King Oberon, not knowing that he is the cause of the memory loss. 

And thirdly, our play is about Puck who is in love with someone out of his league: royalty. Him being a lowly servant, it wouldn't seem likely that he could be with someone out of his economic status. When I thought of this, it reminded me of the Merchant of Venice. Bassanio, although a gentleman, falls in love with Portia, an incredibly wealthy heiress, when being together seems incredibly unlikely. Bassanio, unwise with his money, is able to secure a loan from his friend Antonio, making it possible to pursue Portia. And ultimately, he does get Portia when he uses his smarts rather than thinking of wealth and other shallow things. Although Puck doesn't end up getting the girl, I believe both accounts definitely relate to one another. Initially anyways. To me it just shows it is still possible to rise out of your situation or status in life. Love can overcome anything.

So here are a few ways I believe our play can be validated as Shakespearean.