August 29, 2012

Bottom's Name in Midsummer Night's Dream

According to Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare, regarding Shakespeare's character Bottom in Midsummer Night's Dream, "one of the numerous meanings of 'bottom' is a 'skein of thread.'"  Thus the bard gets, with the donkey jokes, a twofer of a pun.

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