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Thisbe
Thisbe meaning
One of a pair of ill-fated lovers, whose story forms part of Ovid's Metamorphoses. | 88 Thisbe, a main belt asteroid; named for Thisbe, heroine of said Roman tale.
Example sentences (8)
The real mechanicals, led by Richard Burkhard as Bottom, with James Way an enchanting, deb-like Thisbe, offered warmth and humanity.
At the end of the play, Hippolyta and Theseus, happily married, watch the play about the unfortunate lovers, Pyramus and Thisbe, and are able to enjoy and laugh at it.
He also thought Bottom was redeemed through the maternal tenderness of Titania, which allowed him to understand the love and self-sacrifice of Pyramus and Thisbe.
He identified the tale of Pyramus and Thisbe as a burlesque of the Athenian lovers.
In Athens, Theseus, Hippolyta and the lovers watch the six workmen perform Pyramus and Thisbe.
Nick Bottom, who is playing the main role of Pyramus, is over-enthusiastic and wants to dominate others by suggesting himself for the characters of Thisbe, the Lion, and Pyramus at the same time.
Pyramus and Thisbe also lack in filial obedience, since they "woo by moonlight" behind their parents' backs.
The Book of Tobit additionally records that Sargon had taken other captives from the northern kingdom to the Assyrian capital of Nineveh, in particular Tobit from the town of Thisbe in Naphtali.