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jawaher · 2011- 6- 7

السؤال الثانى
2-The craftsmen are a source of mockery/ derision. (Do you agree or disagree?).
A student: Although they are poor and they have nothing to offer to the duke and the duchess, they decide to make a play to entertain them on their weeding day. So, their efforts should be appreciated.
It is argumentative question. You have to show the two different points of view to be objective.
Support:
In the last lecture, we said Theseus, Hippolyta, Demetrius and Lysanderare all saying satirical comments on the play and they are mocking the craftsmen. And Shakespeare satirizes them when he gives them allegorical names. He is laughing at them. He gives them funny names. So, William Shakespeare mocks the craftsmen when he gives them allegorical names:
Quince is a name of a tree. Bottom the weaver meansthe knot at the end of the thread. Snug the joiner is a tight fitting. Flute is bellows-mender. The Snout means the nose of a kettle. Starveling is derived from starving because the tailor is expected to be thin.
William Shakespeare makes the audience laugh at Bottom’s malapropism/ his misusing the words. As Pyramus, Bottom calls Thisbe odious instead of odorous. So, he is misusing the words and he is making the people laugh at him. He also makes Quince mispunctuates the prologue and have a wrong stops while reading it. So, he confuses the meaning. So, he makes the audience laugh at Quince as well.
So, Shakespeare believes that the play is a source of mockery. The characters themselves in the play laugh at the play. Hippolyta herself says after watching the play “This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard”. And Duke Thisbe begs Bottom at the end not to say the epilogue and he tells him enough please. He finds it very boring, so he begs him not to say the epilogue at the end. Demetrius and Lysander are all the time saying satirical comments on the actors. Thisbe and the others believe that it is inappropriate for the craftsmen to perform a tragedy about unfortunate lovers who meet their fate on the wedding occasion. All the characters believe that the craftsmen present poor art; they are not skilled, uneducated and stupid. Puck himself tells Oberon that the craftsmen are mechanicals as if they are not human, just machine. He does not like them to rehearse their play in front of the cradle of the fairy queen in the forest and he metamorphoses Bottom into an ass to laugh at them.
Attack:
The play is a source of respect and pride. Modern critics believe that the play is a source of respect and pride. Although the craftsmen are poor, they exert their efforts to present something as a gift to the duke and the duchess on their wedding day. Their effort should be appreciated, not laughed at. The craftsmen show good will, worthy art and good skills. The craftsmen employ modern techniques which are not understood by the 16th century audience. The play “Pyramus and Thisbe” is highly experimental, but it is not understood by the 16th century audience who are used to traditional drama. The craftsmen experiment with modern techniques like dadism, metatheatre, cubism. Bottom acts as if he is a good director. He knows about theatrical affairs. He is wise. You remember when he tells Titania that love and reason do not keep company. So, Bottom is wise although he is funny because of his malapropism. He is wise and reasonable when he tells Titania that love and reason do not keep company. He refers to the fact that love is blind. The role of Bottom: he tells Snout to have a cast about him and to say that he play the wall. This is a dadist technique. Technically, Bottom’s transformation into an ass is part of the Expressionistic technique. He has been reduced by Puck into an animal. Shakespeare means to satirize Bottom because Bottom represents all the other craftsmen and in England they are poor and they do not object or revolt against Queen Elizabeth to ask for their human rights. Bottom uses French titles calling the fairies monsieur Cobweb and monsieur Mustardseed for the sake of defamiliarization. He breaks the boredom of common speech.
Bottom seems to be a good director. He understands theatrical affairs. He asks the actors to fix good strings to their false beards. He tells them not to eat garlic or onions to keep sweet breath. Bottom is a type character. He is a flat character. It is a comedy, so it is not a round character, however, he shows some individual traits. He suggests that every character before acting, introducing himself to the audience in order not to scare them when they first see them playing their roles. This is a modern technique. Bottom breaks the fourth wall between the actors on the stage and the audience and he violates Aristotle’s claim of dramatic illusion. So, Bottom breaks the fourth wall and he makes the characters introduce themselves as actors. Also, Quince’s childish way of saying the prologue is a cubist technique. He means to say it in a cubist way/ childish. Quince’s childish way of saying the prologue, mispunctuation; wrong stops in the sentence, and confuse meaning reveal the modern cubist technique. Quince aims at stimulating the readers to make them think of interpretation.
The modern critics reveal that “Pyramus and Thisbe” is a parody of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”. And this is part of intertextuality. And intertextuality is a modern technical device (you should explain them).

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jawaher أكـاديـمـي نــشـط الملف الشخصي: رقم العضوية : 28828 تاريخ التسجيل: Sun Jun 2009 المشاركات: 144 الـجنــس : أنـثـى عدد الـنقـاط : 2535 مؤشر المستوى: 71 بيانات الطالب: الكلية: كلية الاداب الدراسة: انتظام التخصص: انجليزي المستوى: المستوى السادس	رد: third year english student second term السؤال الثانى 2-The craftsmen are a source of mockery/ derision. (Do you agree or disagree?). A student: Although they are poor and they have nothing to offer to the duke and the duchess, they decide to make a play to entertain them on their weeding day. So, their efforts should be appreciated. It is argumentative question. You have to show the two different points of view to be objective. Support: In the last lecture, we said Theseus, Hippolyta, Demetrius and Lysanderare all saying satirical comments on the play and they are mocking the craftsmen. And Shakespeare satirizes them when he gives them allegorical names. He is laughing at them. He gives them funny names. So, William Shakespeare mocks the craftsmen when he gives them allegorical names: Quince is a name of a tree. Bottom the weaver meansthe knot at the end of the thread. Snug the joiner is a tight fitting. Flute is bellows-mender. The Snout means the nose of a kettle. Starveling is derived from starving because the tailor is expected to be thin. William Shakespeare makes the audience laugh at Bottom’s malapropism/ his misusing the words. As Pyramus, Bottom calls Thisbe odious instead of odorous. So, he is misusing the words and he is making the people laugh at him. He also makes Quince mispunctuates the prologue and have a wrong stops while reading it. So, he confuses the meaning. So, he makes the audience laugh at Quince as well. So, Shakespeare believes that the play is a source of mockery. The characters themselves in the play laugh at the play. Hippolyta herself says after watching the play “This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard”. And Duke Thisbe begs Bottom at the end not to say the epilogue and he tells him enough please. He finds it very boring, so he begs him not to say the epilogue at the end. Demetrius and Lysander are all the time saying satirical comments on the actors. Thisbe and the others believe that it is inappropriate for the craftsmen to perform a tragedy about unfortunate lovers who meet their fate on the wedding occasion. All the characters believe that the craftsmen present poor art; they are not skilled, uneducated and stupid. Puck himself tells Oberon that the craftsmen are mechanicals as if they are not human, just machine. He does not like them to rehearse their play in front of the cradle of the fairy queen in the forest and he metamorphoses Bottom into an ass to laugh at them. Attack: The play is a source of respect and pride. Modern critics believe that the play is a source of respect and pride. Although the craftsmen are poor, they exert their efforts to present something as a gift to the duke and the duchess on their wedding day. Their effort should be appreciated, not laughed at. The craftsmen show good will, worthy art and good skills. The craftsmen employ modern techniques which are not understood by the 16th century audience. The play “Pyramus and Thisbe” is highly experimental, but it is not understood by the 16th century audience who are used to traditional drama. The craftsmen experiment with modern techniques like dadism, metatheatre, cubism. Bottom acts as if he is a good director. He knows about theatrical affairs. He is wise. You remember when he tells Titania that love and reason do not keep company. So, Bottom is wise although he is funny because of his malapropism. He is wise and reasonable when he tells Titania that love and reason do not keep company. He refers to the fact that love is blind. The role of Bottom: he tells Snout to have a cast about him and to say that he play the wall. This is a dadist technique. Technically, Bottom’s transformation into an ass is part of the Expressionistic technique. He has been reduced by Puck into an animal. Shakespeare means to satirize Bottom because Bottom represents all the other craftsmen and in England they are poor and they do not object or revolt against Queen Elizabeth to ask for their human rights. Bottom uses French titles calling the fairies monsieur Cobweb and monsieur Mustardseed for the sake of defamiliarization. He breaks the boredom of common speech. Bottom seems to be a good director. He understands theatrical affairs. He asks the actors to fix good strings to their false beards. He tells them not to eat garlic or onions to keep sweet breath. Bottom is a type character. He is a flat character. It is a comedy, so it is not a round character, however, he shows some individual traits. He suggests that every character before acting, introducing himself to the audience in order not to scare them when they first see them playing their roles. This is a modern technique. Bottom breaks the fourth wall between the actors on the stage and the audience and he violates Aristotle’s claim of dramatic illusion. So, Bottom breaks the fourth wall and he makes the characters introduce themselves as actors. Also, Quince’s childish way of saying the prologue is a cubist technique. He means to say it in a cubist way/ childish. Quince’s childish way of saying the prologue, mispunctuation; wrong stops in the sentence, and confuse meaning reveal the modern cubist technique. Quince aims at stimulating the readers to make them think of interpretation. The modern critics reveal that “Pyramus and Thisbe” is a parody of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”. And this is part of intertextuality. And intertextuality is a modern technical device (you should explain them).