Jonathan Bate on Shakespeare, part 3

[rockhammer85]

Interesting stuff, but at the end he talks rubbish distorting the nature of the meeting between Titania and Bottom. I presume he did so in an attempt to make the author of the plays seem a bit subversive and 'cool' to modern audiences. The fact is, however, that Titania - who was under a spell, anyway - merely chased Bottom around a bit and tried to hug him. Hardly outrageous.