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A character study of Nick Bottom
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A character study of Nick Bottom The play " Midsummer night's Dream" was written by William Shakespeare in 1595 and is set in Athens, Greece. The play features four main groups of people, the court, the lovers, the rude mechanicals and the fairies, all of which are linked by love, marriage, the night and the natural world. The title is paradoxical as, when the compound word "midsummer" is used it conjures a picture of the play taking place during a joyful and enjoyable time, whereas the word "night" implies that the play occurs during a dark and frightening time. The oxymoronic title gives the impression that the play is unreal and magical. Nick Bottom is a lower class weaver who considers himself to be a very important and professional person, as he dresses very smartly in the modern film version of the play. This gives us the impression that he is very...
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