Pyramus and Thisbe

The wall is literally the boundary between Pyramus and Thisbe, it keeps them apart when all they want is to be together. Even though it separates them, it provides a passage for them to talk. A crack that was made previously in the wall, enables them to whisper sweet nothings to each other. Yet, they are still not able to touch or see each other. The wall can also symbolize the young lovers' parents and the young lovers themselves. Their parents refuse to let them see each other or to become married and Pyramus and Thisbe will do anything to get the opposite. The wall can symbolize the refusal of their parents and the rebuttal of the young lovers. It keeps them apart, but in a sense they are together. The wall may also symbolize safety. The wall is the yards of their two houses, so it is a part of their homes. When you think of you home you usually consider it as a place where you are safe and secure. Immediately after leaving those walls, and her home, Lesbia is confronted with danger. The wall can have many different meanings, it just depends on how you look at it.