Pyramus and Thisbe Study Guide 1. Pyramus and Thisbe are forbidden to
2. How do Pyramus and Thisbe communicate?
3. What is the name of the landmark where they are meeting at night?
4. Who leaves their home first?
5. Explain the metaphor in lines 14-16 (hint: what does the word force
mean in this context?).
6. Explain changes that occur in the mulberry tree, and explain why the
change occurs.
7. Find the phrase that tells that Thisbe caused both Pyramus' death and
her own.
8. What origin story is the Greek myth explaining?
9. How are the snow white berries a kind of foreshadowing that adds
tension to the story (lines 52-53)?
10. How do lines 69-73 foreshadow future events?
11. Why is it important that the lioness shreds the shawl?
12. Detail Thisbe's reaction to Pyramus' death.
13. In what ways are P&T and R&J similar? Different?