OvidShakespeare Theirs did – indeed they wanted to be wed,
but marriage was forbidden by their parents;
yet there's one thing that parents can't prevent:
the flame of love that burned in both of them.
They had no confidant – and so used signs:
with these each lover read the other's mind:
when covered, fire acquires still more force.

–"Pyramus and Thisbe,”
Ovid

Read the two passages, and then answer the questions that follow.

What is revealed by the phrase “they had no confidant” in Ovid’s poem?

How does Romeo and Juliet’s situation differ from Pyramus and Thisbe’s in regard to “confidants”?

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