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Pyramus and Thisbe
Application of literary terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| setting | Ancient Babylon |
| mood | sad ~ Pyramus and Thisbe both die at the end of the story |
| theme | love will always find a way or love cannot be forbidden |
| person vs. self | pyramus/ thisbe's decision to kill himself an thisbe both do not listen to their parents, and they run away |
| person vs. person | pyramus and thisbe's parents do not want pyramus and thisbe to be together |
| person vs. nature | thisbe sees the lioness and runs from the lioness |
| point of view | 3rd omniscient (the narrator can tell you about the past) |
| characters | pyramus, thisbe, lioness (parents) |
| protagonist | pyramus and thisbe |
| antagonist | lioness... and the fact taht their parents do not want them to be together |
| suspense | Thisbe sees lion / the lion chews on Thisbe's cloak / Pyramus cannot find Thisbe |
| symbol | the red mulberries are a symbol of pyramus and Thisbe's love |
| foreshadowing | when the lion chews on Thisbe's cloak and got blood on the cloak, it foreshadows that pyramus will think Thisbe is dead |