Pyramus and Thisbe: Pyramus's Suicide

In lines 118-127, Ovid gives the reader a graphic description of what Pyramus did to kill himself after he had thought that his love, Thisbe, had died. This description was not without a purpose. One the easier things that can be identified from his death is from the line "Arborei fetus adspergine caedis in atram vertuntur faciem, madefactaque sanguine radix purpureo tingit pendentia mora colore (lines 125-127)." The fact that Pyramus's blood had turned the pure white berries of the tree into a purple color may reflect on the dark future of the lovers. When it was white, the two lovers were still alive and had high hopes of their future blooming into something bright. They were innocent kids. However, once tragedy struck, death had afflicted both of them through misunderstandings and their innocence faded away just as the white on the berries.
The graphic death could also show how desperate Pyramus was to join his love in death and desperation to punish himself for allowing Thisbe to die so brutally by a lion. Ovid's goal to understand the significance of Pyramus's death was shown by the detail of his suicide.