The conflict of the story 'Pyramus and Thisbe' is their parents forbid their steadfast love.
This story setting is in Babylonian society. In Babylonian society, parents have the absolute legal control of their children while they're growing up. Parents have the right to choose spouses for their sons and daughters and even had the right to sell them. Hence, it is very normal that parents of Pyramus and Thisbe forbid and disapprove their relationship. For their parents, the love of Pyramus and Thisbe is threatening their superiority as their parents.
In today's society, everyone is free to choose their spouses but we still have many relationship problems, such as, divorce. In the past, when marriage failed, parents was to be blamed because almost every marrige was an arranged marriage. Then, starting to evolve 'laissez-faire love' where everyone should be given chance to choose their spouse. But the rate of divorce in the world still increasing every year. Therefore, we should do serious consideration before getting into a relationship to avoid catastrophe occurred.
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