“A Midsummer Night's Dream” is one of Shakespeare's most famous and successful plays. The play was one of Shakespeare's earliest works. It was written and performed around 1595. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a romantic comedy; and that's what I'm going to focus on is how Shakespeare creates humor in Act 5 Scene 1. So how does he create humor? There are many ways in which Shakespeare creates humor; one of the main reasons lies in the characters. There are sets of characters there the fairies, the court and the mechanics in this case it's the mechanics. Mechanics are normal workers who want to become actors. They're uneducated, you can tell because Bottom (mechanic) says in act 4, scene 2, line 20 "Where are these guys?" This shows that they are not educated because we immediately notice that he is speaking in prose. We can tell by comparing “Where are these guys?” to “Say, what abbreviation have you got for this evening” (line 39, act 5, scene 1). You can differentiate between those who are educated and those who are not by the choice of languages ​​that Shakespeare gave to these characters (prose and verse). The way this creates humor is pretty obvious, keeping in mind that the mechanics want to be actors, imagine how difficult it would be for them to speak in verse when they're acting. How humorous would that be? Scene 1 of Act 5 is the most comical scene in the entire play. The reason it's so funny is because in this scene the mechanics are playing a ridiculously humorous game. Shakespeare's remarkably clever direction creates a hilarious atmosphere. The layout of the stage is quite unusual. There is a stage where the courts sit; on stage you have the original scene (scene on stage) where the mechanics play...... middle of paper ...... insulting comments and said angrily All I have to say to you is is that the lantern is the moon, this thorn bush is my thorn bush and this dog is my dog. When Bottom enters the scene as Pyramus Shakespeare develops the humor created. Bottom over reacts to the dramatic love scene by adopting an exaggerated tone of voice and its incorrect and repetitive use of language. This shows the audience how poor his acting skills are, which makes it hilarious. An example of his clumsy and unrehearsed acting could be when he stabbed himself. He was supposed to die at line 285 but chose to continue until line 290. Shortly after, he woke up and asked the Duke if he wanted an epilogue or a dance. This shows how much he wants to demonstrate how confident his acting skills were. Rather than disappointing our expectations, it becomes funny because we see how ridiculous his character is..