"The fourth act opens and ends with Bottom at center stage. What is your opinion of Bottom's character? How might he be the antithesis, or opposite, of Theseus's character?"

Question

Does anyone know how to answer the last part of the question? I didn't even realize they could be in any way related to each other :-/

Answer 1

Here are several really good websites about Shakespeare and his works and his times:

http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/

http://www.bardweb.net/

http://www.enotes.com/william-shakespeare/

http://nfs.sparknotes.com/ <~~Use this.

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/ <~~Use this, too.

Answer 2

In Focus I'm doing a play and I'm Bottom! (I'm a girl if you 're wondering and in the 5th grade) Theseus is kind of boring, but Bottom is very over-dramatic.