英国戏剧大师莎士比亚的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》和中国戏曲名家李渔的《比目鱼》都演绎了青年男女为争取自由爱情而与封建势力顽强斗争的动人故事,但两部作品对这一主题的表达方式和手段却不尽相同。本文试从两作家的进步思想,两剧的创作风格、结尾特点及主人公选取等方面入手,以期在广阔的社会文化背景中寻找中西方戏剧创作的异同及其规律。 Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” by British theater masters and “halibut” by Chinese opera writer Li Yu both portrayed the moving story of young men and women fighting tenaciously against the feudal forces in pursuit of free love. However, The means are not the same. This paper tries to find out the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western drama creation and its laws from the perspectives of two writers’ progressive thinking, the style of two dramas, the ending characteristics and the selection of the protagonist.