100 POINTS

Read the excerpts from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

"Pyramus and Thisbe"

And as he died, he wrenched
the dagger from his gushing wound. He fell,
supine, along the ground. The blood leaped high;
it spouted like a broken leaden pipe
that, through a slender hole where it is worn,
sends out a long and hissing stream as jets
of water cleave the air. And that tree's fruits,
snow-white before, are bloodstained now

Romeo and Juliet

JULIET: Well, do not swear. Although I joy in thee,
I have no joy of this contract tonight.
It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden,
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
Ere one can say “It lightens.” Sweet, good night.

Complete the following sentences to compare or contrast the similes in the two excerpts.

In "Pyramus and Thisbe," the _______ is compared to a ________.
A1. Wound and Dagger.

B1. Wound and Broken Pipe.

C1. Jets of Water and Dagger.

D1. Jets of Water and Broken Pipe.

In Romeo and Juliet, ________ is compared to ________.

A2. The Solemn Contract and Lightning

B2. The Solemn Contract and Night

C2. Love at First Sight and Lightning

D2. Love at First Sight and Night