Pyramus & Thisbe
Name:
A Midsummer
Night’s Dream
Pyramus and Thisbe
by Edwand Rivers
It takes place in
ancient Babylon, where these two children grew up in a one-room house that was
connected to the other. Over the years, they fell in love with each other, but
could only talk through a hole in their wall because their parents refused them
to see each other.
Finally, Pyramus
got fed up with his parents and so did Thisbe. They decided to run off one
night and elope. Pyramus gave Thisbe the location of the place they would meet,
and they agreed.
Thisbe was the
first to arrive at the first Mulberry bush outside of the city, but as she was
waiting, a lioness walked by with her jaws covered in blood from a previous
kill that day. Thisbe, frightened at her sight, ran non-stop to the nearest
cave. Soon after, Pyramus walked by and saw a cloak, his love gift to her,
covered in blood and torn to pieces with the footprints of the lioness left
behind. He immediately thought that his only love had been killed by a hungry
lion, and unsheathed his sword (her love gift to him), letting the cold, hard
steel pierce his broken heart. Thisbe, bringing courage to her heart, ran back
and found her only love lying on the ground next to the blood-covered Mulberry
bush with his sword impaling his chest.
She gasped in
horror as she asked the still breathing Pyramus what happened. Barely able to
stay awake, he told her what happened and she cried in sorrow. She took
Pyramus' blood-stained sword and asked him to wait for her while she brought
the blade into her own soft flesh. Thus they died together, in love and peace.
This is why the
berries on the Mulberry bush are red, instead of their original white, in
commemoration of the two young lovers and their great sacrifice.
1. What is the conflict in this myth?
2. What
does this myth sound like (hint: think play)…?
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ReplyDeletethe conflict in this myth is that the lover's parents wouldn't allow them to see each other
ReplyDeletethe myth sounds very similar to Romeo and Juliet
The conflict in this myth is over love between two people. It sounds like Romeo and Juliet.
ReplyDeleteThe main conflict in this myth was that they loved each other but could only talk to each other through a hole because their parents wouldn't let them see each other. In sounds like Romeo and Juliet.
ReplyDeleteThe conflict is this myth is that Pyramus and Thisbe could not see each other and only could talk through a hole in the wall. They resolved this by running away and meeting each other which caused another conflict. There was a lioness there when Thisbe arrived and she ran away and Pyramus thought she was dead, so he stabbed himself and Thisbe came back and then did the same for love.
ReplyDeleteThis myth sounds like Romeo and Juliet.
1. They cannot see each other because of their parents.
ReplyDelete2. Romeo and Juliet
The two young people are in conflict with their parents because they would not let them see each other. Because of that conflict it got them both killed. The myth sounds like Romeo and Juliet because two lovers kill themselves for each other.
ReplyDelete1) The conflict is that two people are forbidden from seeing each other, so they kill themselves from a misunderstanding.
ReplyDelete2) This myth sounds like Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
1. The conflict in this myth is the love between Pyramus and Thisbe. They couldn't see each other so that is the conflict they had to overcome and that led to the end of the story.
ReplyDelete2. This myth is very similar to the play, Romeo and Juliet.
1. The conflict in this myth is the dramatic irony, the fact that they weren't allowed to be together and the pain that they both experienced. Along with how they were so in love, and couldn't be together or talk to each other.
ReplyDelete2. This myth sounds like Romeo and Juliet because is has the same plot, issues, and resolution.
The conflict of the myth was these two lovers were kept from each other. One didnt want to live without the other so both died. This myth is similar to Romeo and Juliet.
ReplyDeleteThe conflict in this myth is that the parents did not allow them to love each other. This myth sounds similar to Romeo and Juliet.
ReplyDeleteThe conflict in this myth is that Pyramus and Thisbe can not see each other but can talk through a hole.
ReplyDeleteThis myth sounds like the play Romeo and Juliet.
1) Two people fell in love with each other, but their parents refused to let them see each other.
ReplyDelete2) It reminds me of Romeo and Juliet