eing touched. He is innocent, and there fore the women and the men hold no contempt toward him. They instead embrace him. When Bottom dies, twice, the reaction is how Shakespeare probably intended it. That of laughter and jouqularity, but Thisbys death is a different matter. This is where Hoffman brings together his themes of Universal power of love and the universal power of art. After attempting his speech twice in a high voice, flute drops to his own. The women start to take in what he is saying. Flute is remembering and using his experience when he thought just earlier this day that Bottom had truly died. About four lines in, he removes his wig. This is when all the couples start to see and realize that love truly conquers all. It has absolutely no boundaries or limits. It is silent as Thisby dies. Hoffman cuts the following dialogue between Theseus and Hippolyta that make musings of the performance, for it would otherwise contradict the moment he had just captured. The mechanicals are dismissed, with honors. They are seen celebrating their success.One final topper Hoffman took to convey to us his theme of universal love and make us believe that the love between Bottom and Titania was real was by having them meet again, once the spell was removed, and Bottom was no longer an ass. First upon entry to the palace, Bottom sees a statue of the goddess, which he walks up to and touches the face of. He isnt at the moment sure why it is familiar to him. Once he returns to his home after the celebration with the rest of the mechanicals, he removes the fairy crown from his pocket. Passing by the window, he notices what look a little like fire flies outside. One of them however is bigger and brighter then the rest. It hovers in the air as if looking at him while the others dance around it. After about five seconds, the whole menagerie flies away. We are to assume this is Titania bidding him fair well.When we look at any ...
