Question

read the excerpts from ovids pyramus and thisbe and shakespeares romeo and juliet. pyramus and thisbe now this same night will see two lovers lose their lives: she was the one more worthy of long life: its i who bear the guilt for this. o my poor girl, its i who led you to your death, i said you were to reach this fearful place by night; i let you be the first who would arrive. o all you lions with your lairs beneath this cliff, come now, and with your fierce jaws feast upon my wretched guts! but cowards talk as i do—longing for their death but not prepared to act. at that he gathered up the bloody tatters of his thisbes shawl and set them underneath the shady tree which statement best describes the similarity between these excerpts? both men place blame upon the women they love. both men express hope that the women will recover. both men give dying tributes to the women they love. both men criticize society for denying them their loves.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: In the "Pyramus and Thisbe" excerpt, Pyramus blames himself, not Thisbe, so this is incorrect.
• Option 2: The excerpt shows Pyramus is dying and not expressing hope for recovery, so this is incorrect.
• Option 3: Pyramus gives a dying tribute (blaming himself, addressing his love, and wanting to die) to Thisbe. In "Romeo and Juliet", Romeo also gives a dying tribute to Juliet. This matches.
• Option 4: The excerpt from "Pyramus and Thisbe" does not criticize society, so this is incorrect.

Answer:

Both men give dying tributes to the women they love.