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Do we laugh with Bottom or pity him?
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Do we laugh with Bottom or pity him? Justify your answer. To answer this question we have to find out what he is like through out the play. Nick Bottom is a working class citizen of Athens. By day he is a weaver but as night falls he is an amateur actor. Bottom is part of an acting group with Flute, Quince, Snug, Starveling and Snout. Their role in the play is to perform an interlude before the Duke and Duchess on their wedding day. Bottom is one of the most important characters in the play because he is the only one who interacts with the three groups, the fairies, the court and the mechanicals. I believe that if Bottom were taken out of the play it would fall apart. This is because most of the play is based around him and his antics. When we first meet Nick in Act 1 Scene 2, he...
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