Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this scene and the myth. 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 sweet moon, i thee for thy sunny beams; i thee, moon, for shining now so bright; for, by thy gracious, golden, glittering gleams, i trust to take of truest thisby sight. but stay, o spite! but mark, poor knight, what dreadful dole is here! eyes, do you see? how can it be? o dainty duck! o dear! thy mantle good, what, stain’d with blood! approach, ye furies fell! o fates, come, come, cut thread and thrum; qual, crush, conclude, and quell! how does shakespeare’s use of ovid's treatment of the moon in "pyramus and thisbe" affect this scene from a midsummer night's dream? it creates a more romantic mood. it sets the stage for a tragic ending. it makes the setting more mysterious. it changes the characters’ viewpoints.