Read the excerpt from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe". Pyramus had left a little later than his Thisbe had, and he could see what surely were the tracks of a wild beast left clearly on deep dust. His face grew ashen. And when he had found the bloodstained shawl, he cried: "Now this same night will see two lovers lose their lives: she was the one more worthy of long life: it's I who bear the guilt for this. Which statement best describes how the order of events creates tension?
Answer
A
Because Pyramus is late, readers question his devotion.
B
Because Pyramus is late, he misunderstands Thisbe’s situation.
C
Because Pyramus does not see the beast, readers fear confrontation.
D
Because Pyramus does not see the beast, he believes he is lost.