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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