Question

What TWO problems do the actors encounter when rehearsing for "The most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe"? What solution do they come up with? Use evidence from the text * Your answer Submit

Answer 1

Answer:

The TWO problems the actors encountered were:

1. Assignment of roles: There was a slight disagreement among the actors when Quince was assigning the parts.

2. They discovered that the  of Pyramus and roaring of the lion might  and scare the audience.

The solutions they came up with :

1. Quince was able to convince everyone to accept and play their roles having discovered the abilities they possessed.

2. They decided to write a prologue explaining that the lion is not really a lion nor the sword really a sword.

Explanation:

The following show the evidence:

Act I Scene II

"As Quince doles out the parts, Bottom often interrupts, announcing that he should be the one to play the assigned part. He says that his ability to speak in a woman’s voice would make him a wonderful Thisbe and that his ability to roar would make him a wonderful lion. Quince eventually convinces him that Pyramus is the part for him, by virtue of the fact that Pyramus is supposed to be very handsome. Snug worries that he will be unable to learn the lion’s part, but Quince reassures him that it will be very easy to learn, since the lion speaks no words and only ..."