Question

Pyramus

O grim-look’d night! O night with hue so black!
O night, which ever art when day is not!
O night, O night! alack, alack, alack,
I fear my Thisby’s promise is forgot!
And thou, O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall,
That stand’st between her father’s ground and mine!
Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall,
Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne!


Pyramus uses the word O 10 times in this speech to address the wall or the night.

How does this repeated word affect the speech?


A. It makes a basically unrealistic speech seem a bit more real.


B. It makes the wall and the night seem like active characters.


C. It turns the speech into a powerful expression of romantic love.


D. It makes Pyramus seem both passionate and ridiculous.

Answer 1

D. It makes Pyramus seem both passionate and ridiculous.

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Answer 2

D. It makes Pyramus seem both passionate and ridiculous.

This scene is very dramatic for Pyramus, and the repetition of "O" helps support this drama while also giving the actor a chance to play up the comedy. The humor in this scene is that Bottom is not a very good actor (the Athenians comment on the ridiculousness of the play throughout) but that he takes himself so seriously. Repeating this proclamation so many times helps convey his passion while also being funny to the audience.