Which statement best describes how the order of events heightens tension in this passage? If Pyramus had left at the same time as Thisbe, he might have seen that she was not killed by the lion. If the lioness had arrived later, she would have encountered Pyramus rather than Thisbe. If Pyramus had arrived earlier, he would have seen the lion attack Thisbe. If Pyramus and Thisbe had arrived at the same time, they would have encountered the lioness together.

the statement that best describes how the order of events heightens tension would be: If Pyramus had left at the same time as Thisbe, he might have seen that she was not killed by the lion.
In the story, Pyramus just see the lioness with blood covering its mouth. So Pyramus just make the assumption that the Lioness killed Thisbe

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chibuikeumeh chibuikeumeh · Answer 2 · 2022-02-07T14:16:50+01:00

The statement that heightened the tension in this passage was:

If Pyramus had left at the same time as Thisbe, he might have seen that she was not killed by the lion.

What is tension?

Tension in a literary context is a sense that something threatening is about to happen and just around the corner.

Based on the complete text, when Pyramus saw that the lioness' mouth was covered in blood, this created an assumption in Pyramus' mind that the lioness had killed Thisbe.

Without confirmations, Pyramus had concluded on his assumptions because he left at the same time as Thisbe and thought that it was the lioness who killed her without knowing she was killed by someone else and this heightened the tension in the passage.