Nick Bottom, the weaver, first appears in I.ii, along with the other clockworks, or clowns (Quince, Snug, Flute, Snout and Starveling), as they are sometimes called . It is often found that the names of mechanics reflect their work. “Stocking,” critics explain, refers to the bottom, or skein, around which the yarn is wound. Bottom asks Quince to tell the group what piece they will play and to tell everyone what parts they will play. Quince assigns the role of Pyramus to Bottom. Bottom seems enthusiastic about playing this role, and he also volunteers to play the role of Thisby and that of the lion. Quince convinces him, however, that he “can play no part other than Pyramus” (I.ii.85). Bottom appears again in III.i as the group of mechanics gather in the woods to rehearse. He tells Quince that the play needs a prologue to explain that the dangers of the play (Pyramus drawing his sword to kill himself and the lion) are not real. After the group decides that the moonlight through which Pyramus and Thisby meet and the wall that separates the lovers must be played by people, the group proceeds with its rehearsal. Bottom misses his first line and Quince corrects him. Flute, playing Thisby to Bottom's Pyramus, doesn't do much better, much to Quince's dismay. Puck, who was watching, intervenes to transform Bottom's head into a donkey's head. When the others see this, they run away in fear. Bottom thinks they are playing a trick on him, trying to scare him, so he starts singing to show them he is not afraid. Her song is interrupted by Titania, who has just woken up, having been anointed with love juice by Oberon. Titania swears that she is in love with Bottom, a man with the head of an ass, and he responds: "I think, mistress, you should have no reason for it" (III.ii.142-43). When Titania tells Bottom that he is both wise and handsome, he assures her that he is not. Nonetheless, he seems to accept her affection and follows her with little objection. Bottom is then seen sitting on Titania's "flower bed" as she caresses him, adorns his head with flowers, and kisses his "big, beautiful ears" (IV.il-4). Bottom is busy asking the fairies to bring him honey and scratch his ears. When Bottom and Titania fall asleep, Oberon reverses the effect of the love juice. on Titania as Titania wakes up saying she thought she was in love with a donkey, she sees Bottom lying next to her and exclaims "O, how my eyes hate his face now !".