There are things in this comedy of Pyramus and Thisbe that will never please. First, Pyramus must draw a sword to kill himself; which the ladies cannot abide. How answer you that?
– William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 1. Nick Bottom thinks that he has found some problems with the play. He believes that the ladies will be fightened by Pyramus’ suicide. He asks for people’s views on how to deal with that.