Narrative Elements in “Pyramus and Thisbe”, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses — Quiz Answers

Which lines from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" contain an example of characterization?

Read the excerpt from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe". Now the girl again seeks out the tree: though trembling still, she would not fail his tryst; with eyes and soul she looks for Pyramus; she wants to tell her lover how she had escaped such perils. She finds the place—the tree's familiar shape; but seeing all the berries' color changed, she is not sure.

Read the excerpts from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet . "Pyramus and Thisbe” She recognized her own shawl and his dagger's ivory sheath. She cried: "Dear boy, you died by your own hand: your love has killed you. But I, too, command the force to face at least this task: I can claim love, and it will give me strength enough to strike myself. I'll follow you in death; and men will say that I—unfortunate— was both the cause and comrade of your fate. Nothing but death could sever you from me; but now death has no power to prevent my joining you. I call upon his parents and mine; I plead for him and me—do not deny to us—united by true love, who share this fatal moment—one same tomb. And may you, mulberry, whose boughs now shade one wretched body and will soon shade two, forever bear these darkly colored fruits as signs of our sad end, that men remember the death we met together.” Romeo and Juliet Gregory : Say better; here comes one of my master's kinsmen. Sampson : Yes, better, sir. Abraham : You lie. Sampson : Draw, if you be men.--Gregory, remember thy swashing blow. [ They fight. ] [ Enter BENVOLIO.] Benvolio : Part, fools! put up your swords; you know not what you do. [ Beats down their swords. ] How is the setting from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" similar to Romeo and Juliet?

Which line(s) from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" reveal a plot detail?

Read the excerpt from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe". The blood leaped high; it spouted like a broken leaden pipe that, through a slender hole where it is worn, sends out a long and hissing stream as jets of water cleave the air. Which statement best describes the use of poetic elements in the excerpt?

Read the excerpt from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe". Lest each lose the other as they wandered separately across the open fields, they were to meet at Ninus' tomb and hide beneath a tree in darkness; for beside that tomb there stood a tall mulberry close to a cool spring, a tree well weighted down with snow-white berries. What story element is developed in the excerpt?

Which lines from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" establish setting?

Read the excerpt from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet . Juliet : Ay me! Romeo : She speaks: O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air. How are the writing styles of Romeo and Juliet and Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" similar?

Read the excerpt from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe". Theirs did—indeed they wanted to be wed, but marriage was forbidden by their parents; yet there's one thing that parents can't prevent: the flame of love that burned in both of them. What story element is most evident in the excerpt?

Read the excerpt from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe". And may you, mulberry, whose boughs now shade one wretched body and will soon shade two, forever bear these darkly colored fruits as signs of our sad end What statement best describes the use of poetic elements in the excerpt?