what are a few other examples of such a couple?
Pyramus and Thisbe in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights", Aeneas and Dido in "Aeneid" to name a few.
Star-crossed
Pyramus and Thisbe are usually regarded as the source for "Romeo and Juliet", and is featured in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". "Wuthering Heights", considered to be one of the greatest love stories in literary works, is a tale of all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between the star-crossed Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them.

In Virgil's Aeneid, the Trojan exile prince Aeneas and Dido, queen of Carthage, fall passionately in love – but the gods order Aeneas away and the spurned Dido commits suicide. 
who dies at the start of romeo and juliet UNANSWERABLE is this a story , a novel or a play? A play has it been criticized for not supporting feminism? Some feminist literary critics argue that the blame for the family feud lies in Verona's patriarchal society. But some scholars also suggest that the way Juliet challenges the patriarchal order by refusing to marry someone she has no feelings for would not have been possible at an earlier time, thereby signifying a progress. has it been adapted into any other media? Yes, it has been adapted for illustrations, operas, theatrical productions, ballets, films and social media as well by whom was it written? William Shakespeare what is the play about? It is a tragic romance about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. what does that phrase used for describing the lovers mean? "Star-crossed lovers" is a phrase describing a pair of lovers whose relationship is often thwarted by outside forces, originally considered to be a malign star working against the relationship in an astrological sense.
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Star-crossed [SEP] Classical examples
Examples of famous star-crossed lovers vary in written work. Pyramus and Thisbe are usually regarded as the source for "Romeo and Juliet", and is featured in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". "Wuthering Heights", considered to be one of the greatest love stories in literary works, is a tale of all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between the star-crossed Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them. In Virgil's Aeneid, the Trojan exile prince Aeneas and Dido, queen of Carthage, fall passionately in love – but the gods order Aeneas away and the spurned Dido commits suicide.