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- The craftsmen meet in the woods at the appointed time to rehearse their play. Since they will be performing in front of a large group of nobles (and since they have an exaggerated sense of the delicacy of noble ladies), Bottom declares that certain elements of the play must be changed.
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The craftsmen are meeting under Peter Quince’s guidance to put on a play as part of a contest for wedding entertainment. Peter Quince has written a play based on the...
Why do Peter Quince and his fellow craftsmen want to perform a play for Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding? Why does Oberon order Puck to fetch the magic flower? Why does Puck delight in causing chaos and confusion?
The craftsmen meet in the woods at the appointed time to rehearse their play. Since they will be performing in front of a large group of nobles (and since they have an exaggerated sense of the delicacy of noble ladies), Bottom declares that certain elements of the play must be changed.
This scene ends with a planned meeting in the woods, just as scene 1 did, suggesting that the meeting between the craftsmen and the meeting between the young lovers could possibly overlap.
After the quarrels of the fairies and the lovers, the confusion in the woods is increased by the arrival of a third group, the craftsmen. We have previously seen them planning a play for the wedding celebration (Act I Scene 2).
After this little exchange, Quince tells his crew to memorize their lines and meet in the woods tomorrow night. Since it's private and shielded from the Athenian court, it's the perfect rehearsal spot.
Six local craftsmen, later referred to as ‘rude mechanicals’, from Athens meet to rehearse an amateur production of ‘The most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe’. Their aim is to practice and perform the play on Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding night, as part of the celebrations.
