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? Because Pyramus does not see the beast, readers fear confrontation. Because Pyramus does not see the beast, he believes he is lost. Because Pyramus is late, he misunderstands Thisbe’s situation. Because Pyramus is late, readers question his devotion.
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Option C is correct, "Because Pyramus is late, he misunderstands Thisbe's situation'.
It is the right choice because Thisbe appears at the tomb before Pyramus and notices a lioness with mouth covered in blood from its recent kill. She gets scared and runs away to save her life. While doing so, her veil is left behind on the ground. Finally, when Pyramus reaches there, he thinks the beast must have killed her. So, he kills himself with a sword.
In Ovid’s “Pyramus and Thisbe” we see that similarly to the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet this story has the consistent theme of a rejected marriage.
Pyramus and Thisbe are a pair of an ill-fated lovers.
Both their families deny their marriage and by the end of the story both of the lovers die at the very end.