He leads his gang of actors, mostly with gentlemanly patience… until Puck plays a magic trick on Bottom. When Puck transforms Bottom, Quince tries to explain:. Puck makes him even more ridiculous by giving him the head of an ass. Under a spell, the Queen of the Fairies falls in love with him. Oberon releases Titania from the love spell, and Bottom is left thinking that his night with the fairy queen was just a dream.
He decides to ask Peter Quince to write it down so that he can perform it at the wedding:. Flute is a bellows mender. He plays the female part of Thisbe, so we can assume that he is relatively young and has no beard. When Peter Quince is giving out the parts for the play, he protests:.
Snout is a tinker. He is chosen to represent the wall. His main purpose is to provide a gap with his fingers for the characters, Pyramus and Thisbe to whisper through. Let it be written in eight and eight. No, add a couple more syllables. Make it eight and eight. Masters, you ought to consider with yourselves. To bring in—God shield us! For there is not a more fearful wildfowl than your lion living. Sirs, you ought to think to yourself, bringing in—God forbid!
Therefore another prologue must tell he is not a lion. If you think I come hither as a lion, it were pity of my life. With these lines from Act IV, Bottom demonstrates his capacity to be both funny and serious at the same time.
Once again, Bottom demonstrates a penchant for the dramatic that ends up being humorous. Jekyll and Mr. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Why does Oberon order Puck to fetch the magic flower? Why does Puck delight in causing chaos and confusion? What causes the animosity between Hermia and Helena?
Quotes Nick Bottom Quotes. A very good piece of work, I assure you, and a merry. Yet my chief humor is for a tyrant. I could play Ercles rarely, or a part to tear a cat in, to make all split.
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