Snug

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Snug is a minor comic character in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," a simple joiner who nervously plays the lion in the craftsmen's play.

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Label Occurrences
Snug canonical 6

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character ⓘ
comic character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
appearsIn A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ
appearsInAct Act III ⓘ
Act IV ⓘ
Act V ⓘ
associatedWith Bottom ⓘ
Flute ⓘ
Quince ⓘ
Snout ⓘ
Starveling ⓘ
concern frightening the ladies in the audience ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare ⓘ
employer Theseus (as Duke of Athens commissioning entertainment) ⓘ
linked to: Theseus
firstAppearance A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreRole low comic character ⓘ
groupAffiliation craftsmen ⓘ
mechanicals ⓘ
languageOfWork Early Modern English ⓘ
literaryFunction parody of amateur theatricals ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
medium stage play ⓘ
nationality Athenian ⓘ
notableFeature has few lines compared to other mechanicals ⓘ
memorization is a challenge for him ⓘ
occupation joiner ⓘ
performsBefore Hippolyta ⓘ
linked to: Queen Hippolyta

Theseus ⓘ
linked to: Thésée

the Athenian court ⓘ
linked to: Athenian court
performsIn Pyramus and Thisbe ⓘ
personalityTrait nervous ⓘ
simple ⓘ
timid ⓘ
playwrightEra Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
roleInPlay lion ⓘ
setting Athens ⓘ
the wood near Athens ⓘ
tone comic relief ⓘ
workGenre comedy ⓘ

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