Pyramus & Thisbe Story Facts

1. Pyramus & Thisbe talk to each other through a crack in their walls.

2. Pyramus & Thisbe thank the wall for allowing them to communicate

3. Pyramus & Thisbe make a plan to run away from their homes together.

4.  Thisbe sneaks out of her home first, and waits for Pyramus under the mulberry tree.



5. Thisbe hears the lioness coming and runs away, scared.

6. Pyramus mistakes Thisbe's bloodied veil as a sign of her death.

7.The berries on the mulberry tree are stained red from Pyramus' blood

8.Thisbe comes to find Pyramus and sees him dead.



9. Thisbe mourns his death and kisses his body while crying.

10. Thisbe uses Pyramus' sword and kills herself.

11. The gods and their parents sympathize with the dead lovers

12. Their ashes are laid together in an urn,