Why are the laborers worried about their performance in scene 2 of act 1?

they are afraid their costumes will not fit right.
they are afraid that bottom will forget his lines.
they are afraid of offending the royal audience.
they are afraid the play will not be funny enough.

Third option: They are afraid of offending the royal audience.

Explanation:

The question is about Scene ii of Act i from the play "Midsummer Night’s Dream" written by William Shakespeare.

The laborers in Scene ii of Act i of this play plan to perform a play on the grand celebration preceding the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. They decide to perform the play "The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe". Apart from many other issues, they also consider that the lion in the play (which appears before Thisbe) may frighten the noble ladies, and the royal guests may be offended because of this.

The first and fourth options are incorrect because there is nothing such mentioned in the scene. Second option is incorrect because it was Snug (comically enough, he had to play the role of lion) who feared that he might not be able to learn his lines.

the aesthetic impact is that moment when you are relating spatially to the target. the "ai" occurs when you have an impression that includes both you and the target and is usually a spatial relationship.

what: when quoting a source, use the author’s words verbatim, or word-for-word. this means you shouldn’t change any grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. put quotations around the words to tell your reader where the quote begins and where it ends.

you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).