The Characters in A Midsummer Night’s dream and Antigone In the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare, he utilizes parody through his characters like Bottom and the mechanicals. With Bottom, his character is charming and silly when all is said in done, in light of the way he responds to circumstances and cooperates with others. This can be found in the play when the mechanicals arrange a play inside of the play called "Pyramus and Thisbe" (1.2.22-30). The Humor is seen as Bottom supposes he can assume the greater part of the parts in the play, and he supposes he is a remarkable performing artist. He talks with certainty however what he says makes it more hilarious; "I will move storms, I will mourn, in some measure. To the rest – yet my boss cleverness is for a dictator" This adds more parody to the scene. This is because Titania, the Pixie Queen has been controlled and experiences passionate feelings for Bottom, whose head has been transformed into that of an ass (3.1.35-49). The way that his name itself is Bottom makes it much more hilarious, and it is an astute method for adding parody to the play by Shakespeare. However when it comes to Antigone, Sophocles …show more content…
Shakespeare's utilization of parody with the mechanicals might be seen as cliché. This is on account of the mechanicals, of the lower classes, are depicted as men who can't talk proper English and who can't be considered important (5.1.11-29). The court is depicted as the gathering of individuals who are knowledgeable and look down on the mechanicals. This "silliness" might bring a contrary picture towards every one of the general population of the lower class at that period and all through