Question

In Ovid's “Pyramus and Thisbe,” why are the jaws of the lioness bloody?

A. She has been attacked and wounded by the townspeople.

B. She has just made a kill.

C. She has attacked and wounded Pyramus.

D. She has attacked and wounded Thisbe.

Answer 1

B. She has just made a kill. so many contrasts of life and death in the tale.