Read the excerpt from the play. Bottom: There are things in this comedy of Pyramus and Thisby that will never please. First, Pyramus must draw a sword to kill himself, which the ladies cannot abide. How answer you that?

Snout: By'r lakin, a parlous fear.

Starveling: I believe we must leave the killing out, when all is done.

What’s the main source of comedy in these lines?

Choose 1

A The fact that the original play was called Pyramus and Thisbe and they misspelled the name of a major character.

B The fact that Starveling is afraid of killing.

C The words that Bottom chooses when explaining his concerns.

D The fact that the characters have chosen to perform a tragedy, but they’re worried about all its tragic elements scaring the audience.