Read the passage excerpt from act v, scene 1, in a midsummer night's dream by william shakespeare shakespeare's version of ovid's pyramus and thisbe myth 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! refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this scene and the myth. which aspect of ovid's "pyramus and thisbe" has shakespeare transformed in a midsummer night's dream? shakespeare, unlike ovid, gives a reason why the wall is important. shakespeare makes fun of characters whom ovid treats seriously. shakespeare has added a romantic angle to the plot. shakespeare criticizes ancient rome, while ovid cannot.