8-2Pyramus&Thisbe

// Answer Prepared By Sara P. //
 * What is the History of a Midsummer Night’s Dream? What is the History of Pyramus and Thisbe?**

According to the William Shakespeare website, not much is known about when the play was written or when it was performed. It is believed that the play a Midsummer Night’s Dream was first performed between 1595 and 1596. Some people believe that the play was first performed at a wedding, and other say that it was written for the Queen. A Midsummer Night’s Dream was published in the First Folio in 1623.

Pyramus and Thisbe was a Greek myth about a man and a woman who are very in love. They aren’t allowed to see each other but they talk though a hole in the wall every day. They decide to get married and move away together. They are going to meet by the street night that night. Thisbe gets there first; while she is waiting a lion comes. She runs away but her scarf is left behind. Pyramus arrives and the first thing he sees is the scarf and the lion. He loves Thisbe so much that he kills himself. After a while Thisbe comes back and sees Pyramus dead, so she then also kills herself. The Greek ledged says that this is why the berries on the Mulberry bush are red, instead of their original white, in “commemoration of the two young lovers and their great sacrifice”.

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Works Cited** Ganeri, Anita. //A Young Persons Guide To Shakespeare//. First. London: Pavilion Books LTD, 1999. "A Midsummer Night's Dream Play by Shakespeare." //William Shakespeare//. 2005. 14 Apr 2009 <[|http://www.william-shakespeare.info>];.