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Pyramus
Thisbe is the teenage character in the love story of Pyramus and Thisbe told by one of the daughters of Minyas. When Thisbe returns to the mulberry tree after hiding from the lion and finds Pyramus dead, she sees the cloak she had dropped covered with blood from the lion’s mouth and realizes that Pyramus had thought she was dead. Blaming herself for Pyramus’s death, Thisbe kills herself beside him. Their blood seeps into the soil and permanently stains the mulberry berries red.
Thisbe Quotes in Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses quotes below are all either spoken by Thisbe or refer to Thisbe . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 4: Pyramus and Thisbe
Quotes
We both implore you to grant this prayer: as our hearts were truly
united in love, and death has at last united our bodies,
lay us to rest in a single tomb. Begrudge us not that!
And you, O tree, whose branches are already casting their shadows
on one poor body and soon will be overshadowing two,
preserve the marks of our death; let your fruit forever be dark
as a token of mourning, a monument marking the blood of two lovers.
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Thisbe Quotes in Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses quotes below are all either spoken by Thisbe or refer to Thisbe . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 4: Pyramus and Thisbe
Quotes
We both implore you to grant this prayer: as our hearts were truly
united in love, and death has at last united our bodies,
lay us to rest in a single tomb. Begrudge us not that!
And you, O tree, whose branches are already casting their shadows
on one poor body and soon will be overshadowing two,
preserve the marks of our death; let your fruit forever be dark
as a token of mourning, a monument marking the blood of two lovers.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
