Sunday, November 29, 2009

The symbolism of the Wall

There is a big diference in what the wall means in Pyramus and Thisbe literally and metaphorically. The wall literally, is a wall that surrounds a whole town which is under the control of Semiramis. The wall is shared by two neighboring houses which are on different sides of the wall. The wall literally holds back Pyramus and Thisbe from seeing and touching each other. The only way the lovers communicate is by whispering through a whole in the wall whole in the wall that was made when the wall was built. Finally, I feel the wall acts as a protector for Pyramus and Thisbe's parents and families. I feel this way because their parents forbade them from getting married and they tried to stop them from loving each other. This wall stops future problems that may happen between the families and their parents since it stops them from getting married. Metaphorically, the wall is an object which acts like a boy or girl who is trying to break apart Pyramus and Thisbe's love for each other. This girl or boy is trying to make Pyramus and Thisbe love him or her. I believe this is the meaning of the wall metaphorically because Pyramus and Thisbe say to the wall, "invide paries, quid amantibus obstas?" Ovid uses personification to make me come to this conclusion. He makes the wall seem like a jealous x-girlfriend or boyfriend that is trying to stop them from loving each other.

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