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Why are the mechanicals putting on a play in Midsummer Nights Dream?
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∙ 9y ago
The Mechanicals are working class people which means that they have industrial jobs such as tinkering, weaving and tailoring. Working class usually are underpaid and uneducated. The Mechanicals are poor so they put on a play to earn some money
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 12y agoi don't exactly know, i suppose shakespeares not around so we can ask him. the main purpose was for them to perform the play for hippolyta and thesus wedding. also part of the plot includes bottom being turned into an ass and becoming the love intrest of titania
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∙ 9y agoThey want to entertain their Duke, Theseus, on the occasion of his marriage. And there is a possible financial reward if they succeed. Flute says, in Act IV Scene 2, "Thus hath he lost sixpence a day during his life; he could not have 'scaped sixpence a day; an the duke had not given him sixpence a day for playing Pyramus, I'll be hanged; he would have deserved it; sixpence a day for Pyramus or nothing."
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∙ 12y agoHe thinks it counts among young people (extract from the Cambridge School Summary)
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Which Shakespeare play has faries in?
A Midsummer nights Dream
What word was excessively repeated in a midsummer nights dream?
Moon
Who was Theseus in Shakespeare?
Theseus is the duke of Athens in a midsummer nights dream
What is an example of high comedy in a midsummer nights dream?
The donkey ears come close.
What are the four worlds in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream?
There is the world of the court, of Theseus and Hippolyta. There is the world of the lovers. There is the world of the fairies. Finally, there is the world of the rude mechanicals.
Who is Wall in midsummer nights dream?
tom snout.he is one of the mechanicals
What is the name of the play that the mechanicals performin midsummer nights dream?
Pyramus & Thisbe.
What was the play date of a midsummer nights dream?
the play date for a midsummer nights dream is the 27th of may
Who is the tinker in midsummer nights dream?
The character known as "The Tinker" in A Midsummer Night's Dream is also referred to as "Bottom." He is one of the "rude mechanicals" who are amateur actors that put on a play for the Duke's wedding. Bottom's most notable moment occurs when he is transformed into a donkey by the mischievous Puck.
Who has a bad dream in midsummer nights dream?
Hermia.
Who is moonshine in midsummer nights dream?
Starveling plays the part of Moonshine in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
What was his plays called?
midsummer nights dream
What year was A Midsummer Night's Dream set?
A Midsummer nights dream is set in Athens, Greece in 1899
Are mechanicals villagers in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Well, city-dwellers, since Athens is apparently a city. The term "mechanicals" implies that they are people who work with their hands, which of course they do.
Which Shakespeare play has faries in?
A Midsummer nights Dream
Is there foreshadowing in a midsummer nights dream act 2?
no
What did molly brown do before the titanic?
a midsummer nights dream
