Both in class and personality, Theseus and Bottom are
polar opposities.
First of all, Bottom is a manual
laborer. He speaks in verse and spends his days working with his hands, while Theseus
is a Duke who does very little manual work. He does the thinking and the ruling while
his servants do the work.
Personality-wise, Bottom is
arrogant, emotional and has a big ego. He fights for the limelight on stage and wants
the attention strictly to feed his own selfish ambitions. Theseus, on the other hand, is
confident but not cocky. He has center stage, but not by fighting for it. He has it
because he is a wise ruler who looks out for the
people.
Finally, the two charaters have very different love
lives. Bottom achieves love throught the magic of Oberon. Theseus grabs his love by
kidnapping the queen of the Amazons after a battle in a foreign
land.
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