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Characters and relationships

Hermia
Boys
Friends and lovers
Court
Fairies
Mechanicals

Mechanicals at work

  • Nick Bottom is a weaver.
  • Francis Flute is a bellows-mender.
  • Robin Starveling is a tailor.
  • Tom Snout is a tinker.
  • Peter Quince is a carpenter.
  • Snug is a joiner.
  • A weaver makes cloth and a tailor makes clothes.
  • A bellows-mender repairs the bellows used to increase the flow of air to a fire.
  • A tinker mends metal household items such as pots and pans.
  • A joiner is a skilled carpenter. Where a carpenter makes the structure of a building, the joiner makes the fittings to go inside, such as stairs and cupboards which involve 'joints' of wood.

Mechanicals

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