Nick Bottom

two key gateways used to integrate humor are Nick Bottom, the weaver and Robin “Puck” Goodfellow, the fairy king’s jester and well known trickster. The two characters share minimal similarities outside of arising laughter from the audience, however they are both key elements of the play. We are first introduced to Bottom on the second line of Act I, Scene II, “You were best to call them generally, man by man, according to the script.” (1.2.2). Bottom is famous for his word mix ups and we see…

Francis V. Flute “Hey France! I got some great news.” Nick bottom shouted as he casually walks across the courtyard. In his white suit and blue tie, he attracts attention from the crowd. I Quickly put away my ‘looking glass’ and stand up. “Gosh kid, your growing everyday.” He says stating that I am almost as tall as him even though I’m only 16. Nick has been there for me ever since the beginning of my new life. When I say “New Life”, It means my life changed when my parents had been killed on…

What distinguishes Shakespeare from other playwrights of his time is his versatility. A Midsummer Night’s dream is Shakespeare’s first comedy, and overall play, that dwells into the realm of fantasy. As plots intertwine, so do different types of humor that are related through a wide array of comedic devices. The bard is in complete control of these devices and uses them to their fullest potential. The Athenian lovers’ plot is the "quintessential comedy of love" (Croce, 386) and subsequently, the…

trying to get revenge on Titania. Even if he were to see them, he wouldn’t have thought about trying to fix the relationship through a love potion if he weren’t already getting the love potion to used on Titania. Titania also wouldn’t have met Nick Bottom if she had let Oberon have the young boy. If she had let Oberon have his way, they would have gotten along just fine, instead of him trying to get back at…

team decided to put Nick in net because he isn't a very skillful hockey player and he could cause goalies if he was out. Since my hand was spraying blood and I was sitting out they asked me to drop the ball for the starting face-off of the game. Without me, my team was at a disadvantage because the other team already had one extra player and without me they now have two. The game started out very badly for my team, right off of the face off the other team scored a 200-foot bottom corner shot.…

transformation in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” occurs with the literalized transformation of Nick Bottom (Mikics, nd). In scene 3 Oberon’s fairy, Robin Goodfellow (Puck) is presented as invisible to those around him and witnesses a rehearsal taking place in the woods for the duke and queen’s wedding (3:1:72). Unbeknownst to himself, Nick Bottom becomes magically transformed by Puck with a head of an ass. As Bottom emerges in this comedy drama as his character Pyramus, everyone sees Bottom’s…

incorporate great failure into the lives of their main characters. Consequently discharging the visionary thoughts of the American Dream. In Sula by Toni Morrison, it 's about a girl named Sula who lives in a black neighborhood known as the Bottom, which was at the bottom of the hills of a rich white…

are gathering in the main hall used as a restaurant to celebrate the settlement's 25th anniversary of when it was founded by the Minutemen. The town’s founder and the General of the Minutemen, Nick Calvíld, is greeting settlers at the entrance. “Welcome Mr. & Mrs. Myers. ” says Nick Calvíld. “Why…

In the story, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, four young lovers experience hardships when it comes to their love. Hermia and Lysander are in love, but her father, Egeus, wants her to marry Demetrius. Demetrius is in love with Hermia, but despite his feelings, Helena is in love with him. Throughout the story, the lovers have to overcome many conflicts, such as a mishap with a love potion. All of the complications have one thing in common. They all represent that the quote, “The…

Nel spent her childhood in a town that everyone called “The Bottom” in Ohio during the 1920’s in what most people would call a rigid household, so Nel would grow up to do what every other woman did that that time: stay in her hometown, marry a respectable man and raise a family.During her childhood, Nel befriended…