Bottom: The Character Of Bottom In Athenian

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The character of bottom that is played in this story is a very well thought out person to be put into the play for his seriousness and his ability for his humorous thoughts, opinions, and actions. Little do we know but during this time period this was hard to come by, especially from the working class in Athenian men.From one point is the story or play as you may call, Bottom is a very serious person to be around and to ever try to be in an argument with because he will tell you what he is thinking when he is thinking it, he will also not be afraid to tell you How things should be going. But during this time it was common for men to be serious, he also however had a great sense of humor for the audience. He can get just about anyone to laugh

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