Moreover, the last scene in which the mechanicals present a fumbling, hilarious version of "Pyramus and Thisbe" at the wedding of Theseus, duke of Athens and Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, is an important part of the play as it gives it a purely joyful, comedic ending. ... This quote shows her meek, submissive and humble characteristics after her bizarre experience: "Come, my lord, and in our flight/ Tell me how it come this night" (4.1.96-97). ... Moreover, the scene of the mechanicals performing "Pyramus and Thisbe" is important to the play as it is where ...

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He demands to not only play Pyramus, but also wants to portray the female character of Thisbe, "An I may hide my face, let me play Thisbe too" (1.2. 43). ... "I will aggravate my voice so that I will roar you as gently as any sucking dove. ... Bottom believed that his performance would be so realistic that it would frighten the Duchess and the ladies, resulting in the entire group being hanged. ... The comedy comes in when he says, "The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to rep...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's early "festive comedies,"" written around 1595-6. Despite the many thematic references to "dreams- and the fantastic setting of the Athenian forest, the play also contains a fair amount of commentary on Shakespeare's contemporary English world. The play's title, for instance, refers to an English holiday custom: on "Midsummer Eve,"" or the night of the summer solstice on June 23, English men and women would spend the night outdoors around bonfires, telling supernatural tales of fairies and witchcraft. The play not only ...

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