airy plot begins to interweave with the workmen's affairs. Puck's ruthless action towards the group of actors proves the validity that the fairies' habitat is not a place to admire. Bottom the weaver is one of the many actors that are to perform at the Dukes wedding. Although his role might not seem that significant, Bottom provides the audience with the necessary proof that the fairies are not as good-natured as one may expect. The play that the actors are supposed to perform, is that of Pyramus and Thisby. A traditional tale of tragic love where Pyramus mistakenly thinks his lady Thisby is dead, kills himself; she, finding him dead, kills herself also. In order to rehearse for this up-coming play, the actors end up going to a nearby forest. This is where the first interaction between the fairies and the actors occur. Puck, a mischievous elf that loves preposterous things and delights in the pranks he executes throughout the play, decides to transform Bottom's face into a donkey's face instead. Immediately after Puck has accomplished this, the remainder of the actors flee in terror as they make remarks concerning Bottom's unusual transformation. One of the actors Quince, yells, "O monstrous! O strange! We are haunted. Pray masters! Fly masters! Help!" (Shakespeare 3.1.94-95) Snout, another actor says, "O Bottom, thou art changed. What do I see on thee?" (Shakespeare 3.1.104-105) Ironically, Bottom answers back to these remarks in an astonishing and comedic manner. Keep in mind that he does not know that he has an ass's head. He replies to Snout and to the rest, "I see their knavery. This is to make an ass of me, to fright me, if they could." (Shakespeare 3.1.108-109) Left alone, Bottom thinks that the others are playing a joke on him, when in fact they are not. The actors are unable to continue with their rehearsal and this is all because of Puck&apo...