ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

PLAY BY SAKESPEAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ” who is Nick Bottom?
A
An Athenian craftsman
B
A professional actor
C
A Duke
D
An Amazonian
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nick Bottom is a character in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream who provides comic relief throughout the play. A weaver by trade, he is famously known for getting his head transformed into that of a donkey by the elusive Puck.

Detailed explanation-2: -The rude mechanicals are six skilled laborers who come together to put on a play for the royalty of Athens. The members of the group are Quince, the carpenter; Snug, the joiner; Bottom, the weaver; Flute, the bellows-mender; Snout, the tinker; and Starveling the tailor.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nick Bottom is considered to be the comedic relief in the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He is ambitious, overconfident, and ridiculous. For example, he thinks he will move the audience to tears during his performance at the wedding even though his acting is subpar.

Detailed explanation-4: -In another part of Athens, far from Theseus’s palace, a group of common laborers meets at the house of Peter Quince to rehearse a play that the men hope to perform for the grand celebration preceding the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta.

Detailed explanation-5: -Characters overview There are three main groups of characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The four human lovers: Demetrius, Helena, Hermia, and Lysander. The fairies, including Titania, the fairy queen; Oberon, the fairy king; and Puck, Oberon’s personal assistant fairy.

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