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- +'''Popocatépetl''' also known as "Popochowa"{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} by the local population is an active [[volcano]] and, at {{convert|5426|m|abbr=on}}, the second highest [[mountain|peak]] in [[Mexico]] after the [[Pico de Orizaba]] ({{convert|5636|m|abbr=on|disp=s}}). Popocatepetl is linked to the [[Iztaccihuatl]] volcano to the north by the high [[Saddle (landform)|saddle]] known as the [[Paso de Cortés]], and lies in the eastern half of the [[Trans-Mexican volcanic belt]].
-[[Troilus and Cressida]] is a tragedy by Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602. The play (also described as one of Shakespeare's [[Shakespearean problem play|problem plays]]) is not a conventional tragedy, since its protagonist (Troilus) does not die. The play ends instead on a very bleak note with the death of the noble Trojan [[Hector]] and destruction of the love between Troilus and Cressida. [[Venus and Adonis]] is classical myth during the [[Renaissance]]. [[Heer Ranjha]] is one of the four popular tragic romances of the [[Punjab region|Punjab]].+
- +Popocatepetl is {{convert|70|km|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Mexico City]], from where it can be seen regularly, depending on atmospheric conditions. The residents of [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]], a mere {{convert|40|km|abbr=on}} east of the volcano, enjoy the views of the snowy and glacier-clad mountain almost all year long. The volcano is also one of the three tall peaks in Mexico to contain [[glacier]]s, the others being Iztaccihuatl and Pico de Orizaba. Magma erupted from Popocatepetl is a mixture of [[dacite]] and [[basaltic andesite]].
-[[Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl]] refers to a number of [[Mythology|mythical]] and [[folklore|folkloric]] explanations of the origins of the [[volcano]]es [[Popocatépetl]] ("the Smoking Mountain") and [[Iztaccíhuatl]] ("white woman" in [[Nahuatl]], sometimes called the Mujer Dormida "sleeping woman" in Spanish) which overlook the [[Valley of Mexico]].+
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-[[Layla and Majnun]] is a classical [[Arabic literature|Arabian love story]]. It is based on the real story of a young man called Qays ibn al-Mulawwah from the northern [[Arabian Peninsula]], in the [[Umayyad]] era during the 7th century. There were two [[Arabic literature|Arabic]] versions of the story at the time. In one version, he spent his youth together with Layla, tending their flocks. In the other version, upon seeing Layla he fell passionately in love with her. In both versions, however, he went mad when her father prevented him from marrying her; for that reason he came to be called Majnun Layla, which means "Driven mad by Layla". To him were attributed a variety of incredibly passionate romantic [[Arabic poetry|Arabic poems]], considered among the foremost examples of the Udhari school.+
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-[[The Butterfly Lovers]] is a [[Chinese legend]] about the tragic romance between two lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. The legend is sometimes regarded as the Chinese equivalent to Romeo and Juliet.+
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-[[Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior]] is a Chinese novel about the forbidden love between a general and a girl chosen to be taken to a land now known as [[Japan]], Meng Tianfang and Han Dong-Er. After their relationship was discovered, both were condemned to death, one to be burned and the other to be made a terracotta and burned alive. Dong-Er secretly gives an elixir of immortality to Tianfang and sacrifices herself. Two thousand years later, Tianfang is released from his imprisonment in the terracotta by Zhu Lili, the reincarnation of Dong-Er.+
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-Other classic star-crossed lovers include [[Devdas]] and [[Paro, Bhutan|Paro]] (Parvati) in ''[[Devdas]]'', [[Paris of Troy]] and [[Helen of Sparta]] in ''[[The Iliad]]'', [[Oedipus]] and [[Jocasta]] in ''[[Oedipus the King]]'', [[Mark Antony]] and [[Cleopatra]] during the time of the Roman Empire, [[Khosrow and Shirin]] during the time of [[Sassanid Empire|Sassanid Persia]], [[Heloise (abbess)|Heloise]] and [[Peter Abelard]] during the [[Middle Ages]], and [[Emperor Jahangir]] and [[Anarkali]], and [[Cyrano]] and Roxane in ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' and [[Hagbard and Signy]].+
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-==Modern examples==+
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-In [[soap opera]], modern examples of star-crossed lovers have included couples such as [[Cliff Warner and Nina Cortlandt]], [[JR Chandler and Babe Carey]] and [[Bianca Montgomery and Maggie Stone]] from ''[[All My Children]]'', etc.+
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-[[Prime time]] has had various star-crossed lovers labeled as notable and "unforgettable" love stories. [[IGN]] considers [[Buffy Summers]] and [[Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Angel]] from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' to be one of the genre's most tragic and notable star-crossed pairings. [[Cole Turner]] and [[Phoebe Halliwell]] from ''[[Charmed]]'', [[Michael]] and [[Nikita]] from ''[[La Femme Nikita (TV series)|La Femme Nikita]]'', [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Lee Adama]] from ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'', [[Clark Kent]] and [[Lana Lang]] from ''[[Smallville]]'', and [[Lucas Scott]] and [[Peyton Sawyer]] from ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]'' are other star-crossed couples from the genre.+
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-With [[film]] or within modern novels and books, such star-crossed couples as Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater from ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', [[A Walk to Remember (novel)#Characters|Landon Carter]] and [[A Walk to Remember (novel)#Characters|Jamie Sullivan]] from "[[A Walk to Remember (novel)|A Walk to Remember]]", [[Anakin Skywalker]] and [[Padmé Amidala]] from the ''[[Star Wars]]'' saga, [[Ennis Del Mar]] and [[Jack Twist]] from ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', and Jake and Neytiri from ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' have been included. +
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-[[Anime]] and [[cartoons]] have had their star-crossed couples as well. [[Gennosuke Kouga]] and [[Oboro (Basilisk)|Oboro Iga]] from ''[[Basilisk (manga)|Basilisk]]'' is one example, along with Brotherhood member Lance Alvers ("Avalanche") and X-Man Kitty Pryde ("Shadowcat") from ''[[X-Men: Evolution]].''+
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-[[Role-playing video game]]s have particularly featured star-crossed couples. [[Cloud Strife]] and [[Aerith Gainsborough]] from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' have been called video games' greatest, as well as its most tragic, star-crossed love story. The couple is one of the most well-known video game couples in the history of video gaming. [[Zero (Mega Man)|Zero]] and [[Iris (Mega Man)|Iris]] from ''[[Mega Man X4]]'' are a well-known example of a star-crossed video game couple.+
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-In ''[[The Hunger Games]]'', [[Katniss Everdeen]] and [[Peeta Mellark]] are often called "The Star Crossed Lovers from District 12" because of their romance while in the Hunger Games, where only one can live.+
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-In 2008, a web-based reality soap opera was created based on the concept of being star-crossed. In ''Starcrossed'', [[Fox News]] astrologer [[Greg Tufaro]] takes a couple in crisis and separates them for one cycle of the moon. Each is then set up with individuals who are a better match astrologically. The show puts the question "Is love written in the stars?" to the test with the couple deciding on the 28th day of their separation whether they will stay together or remain apart.+
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-==See also==+
-* [[Elopement]]+
-* [[Teenage tragedy song]]+
-* [[Unrequited love]]+
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Popocatépetl also known as "Popochowa"Template:Citation needed by the local population is an active volcano and, at Template:Convert, the second highest peak in Mexico after the Pico de Orizaba (Template:Convert). Popocatepetl is linked to the Iztaccihuatl volcano to the north by the high saddle known as the Paso de Cortés, and lies in the eastern half of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt.

Popocatepetl is Template:Convert southeast of Mexico City, from where it can be seen regularly, depending on atmospheric conditions. The residents of Puebla, a mere Template:Convert east of the volcano, enjoy the views of the snowy and glacier-clad mountain almost all year long. The volcano is also one of the three tall peaks in Mexico to contain glaciers, the others being Iztaccihuatl and Pico de Orizaba. Magma erupted from Popocatepetl is a mixture of dacite and basaltic andesite.

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