Read the excerpts from Ovid’s Pyramus and Thisbe and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

"Pyramus and Thisbe"

They had no confidant—and so used signs:
with these each lover read the other's mind:
when covered, fire acquires still more force.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo: She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow
Do I live dead that live to tell it now.

Benvolio: Be ruled by me, forget to think of her.

Romeo: O, teach me how I should forget to think.

Benvolio: By giving liberty unto thine eyes;
Examine other beauties.

Which statement best describes the difference between these excerpts?

Only Ovid suggests that romantic relationships encounter obstacles or objections.
Only Ovid shows his male character searching for a more suitable companion.
Only Shakespeare reveals a character’s doubts about his beloved.
Only Shakespeare shows a character warning against a doomed relationship.