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The most lamentable comedy and cruel death of pyramus thisbe?

The Lamentable Comedy and Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe

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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."

Comedy

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