evel at the end of the scene when an emphatic Bottom, reciting to the gathered crowd, becomes a mockery when two young boys poor a bucket of red wine over him. The second choice to be noted is having Bottom not only act for his fellow actors, but for the other people gathered in the center of town doing their daily business. Hoffman makes Bottom not only the focus of his friends, but of the town. Again, this makes it even more of an embarrassment for him when the pranksters pour the wine. Hoffman shows us the very human side of Bottom first. By showing Bottoms strive for acceptance in as a higher citizen then he is, his passion for the arts, and his fall from his peak, just goes to show us that he isnt a two dimensional character placed in the text for comic sake. He is in fact a human, capable of feeling and failing in the way that only humans can. This is important to note, because as we will examine later, Bottom is turned into an ass, the crudest of all animals. Hoffman wants to make sure we understand Bottom the man, so when he becomes physically less appealing to the eye, we can still see that he is in fact human.Hoffman added an interesting component to Bottoms character, that isnt at all called for in the text. We see Bottom return to his home, his white suite stained with the red wine. He is in despair. As he sits on his bed to remove his shoes, a women steps in to join him. We are to assume that she is his wife, Mrs. Bottom. She looks at him, and shakes her head despairingly before she leaves. This only goes to show how easily Bottom is misunderstood. Hoffman shows us he is in fact capable of embarrassment. Hoffman added the wife character to show us even further down Bottom is then he shows. He realizes he is being made a mockery of throughout the town. Even his own wife is fed up with it. When he becomes the ass it is easy for him to accept this and use it because there isnt anyone making fun of him. He i...
