Question One pg. 49

Ovid's graphic depiction of Pyramus' suicide is very essential to the story-line because it displays the everlasting love he has for Thisbe. For a man to stab himself in the grion, it shows that he must really love her because this spot is very sensitive. This feeling comes from the word Ovid uses instead of stab which increases the pain you feel as a reader. Ovid uses the word "demisit" which means plunged. This word gives a deeper depiction and stronger image the pain he is going through. Pyramus' graphic suicide is important to the story-line because it follows the tragic pattern that has been occurring. It starts with the parents not allowing Pyramus and Thisbe to love each other. Then it goes to the wall that literally stops them from loving each other. Finally, it goes to Pyramus killing himself because he thinks she is dead. This descriptive suicide is essential to the story-line because this is one of many other descriptive scenes in the story so far. Another descriptive scene is when Thisbe embraces Pyramus' dead body and mixing her tears with his blood.