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The Play

ICSE · Class 7 · English Literature : Book 'Gulmohar'

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1. Main Characters and Their Roles

  • Quince is a carpenter and the organiser of the artisans' play.
  • Snug is a joiner and plays the Lion.
  • Flute is one of the artisans and plays Thisby.
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2. The Rehearsal of the Play

  • The artisans rehearse in a forest clearing.
  • They plan to perform their play before Theseus, the duke of Athens.
  • Their play is called 'Pyramus and Thisby'.
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3. Language Mistakes and Comic Effects

  • Bottom confuses 'effect' with 'defect'.
  • Bottom says 'odious' instead of 'odours' while speaking his line.
  • Flute says 'Ninny's tomb' instead of 'Ninus' tomb'.
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4. Puck, Bottom and the Transformation Scene

  • Puck sees the artisans secretly and calls them rough home-spun people.
  • Puck transforms Bottom's head into an ass's head while Bottom is offstage.
  • The other artisans flee in fear when they see Bottom changed.

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Dramatic irony happens when the readerQuinceThe artisans worry about the swordPuckTitania wakes up and falls

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