Question

Read the passage.

excerpt from Act V, Scene 1, in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's version of Ovid's Pyramus and Thisbe myth

Pyramus
Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny
beams;
I thank thee, Moon, for shining now so bright;
For, by thy gracious, golden, glittering gleams,
I trust to take of truest Thisby sight.
But stay, O spite!
But mark, poor knight,
What dreadful dole is here!
Eyes, do you see?
How can it be?
O dainty duck! O dear!
Thy mantle good,
What, stain’d with blood!
Approach, ye Furies fell!
O Fates, come, come,
Cut thread and thrum;
Qual, crush, conclude, and quell!

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this scene and the myth.

How does Shakespeare use Ovid's treatment of the moon in "Pyramus and Thisbe" in this scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream?

He defines the moon as an obstacle to the lovers.

He downplays the moon's importance to the setting.

He uses the moon to enhance the romantic setting.

He personifies the moon as a character in his play.

Answer 1

Its C