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Characters:
* Pyramus
* Thisbe
* Wall
* Moon
* Lion
* Chorus
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Scene 1:
~(A forest. Pyramus and Thisbe meet and fall in love.)~
Pyramus: O Thisbe, the fairest of all maids!
Thisbe: O Pyramus, the most noble of men!
Chorus: These young lovers are made for each other.
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Scene 2:
~(Pyramus and Thisbe plan to meet under a mulberry tree.)~
Pyramus: I will wait under the mulberry tree.
Thisbe: And I will follow soon after.
Chorus: But their love is not to be.
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Scene 3:
~(Thisbe arrives at the mulberry tree. She sees a lion and flees. She drops her cloak, which the lion tears.)~
Thisbe: Oh, woe is me! Pyramus will think me dead!
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Scene 4:
~(Pyramus arrives at the mulberry tree. He sees Thisbe's cloak and assumes that she is dead. He kills himself with a sword.)~
Pyramus: O, Thisbe, sweet Thisbe, farewell!
Chorus: The lovers' fate is sealed.
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Scene 5:
~(Thisbe returns and finds Pyramus dead. She is heartbroken and stabs herself with a dagger.)~
Thisbe: Oh, Pyramus, my love! Why did you leave me?
Chorus: The lovers are united in death.
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Epilogue:
~(Chorus laments the fate of the lovers.)~
Chorus: These lovers' bodies shall be covered with marble.
And from their blood shall spring a flower of purple hue.
And its name shall be called, "The Flower of Pyramus and Thisbe."