The audience would laugh at this as Bottom's error in mistaking the word 'seemly' with 'obscenely' would be apparent. ... His begging is a strong source of comedy for both Elizabethan and modern audiences as he desperately tries to show that he would be able to play the Lion – or even Thisbe! ... The audience would see this as comedy because they can easily notice that Bottom is not very clever and not the ideal person to replace Quince; who wrote the play. ...

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