Word: commonfolk
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...sexual and homosexual context where the central relationship is that between Romeo and Mercutio. With this subplot, Cappellani alludes to Shakespeare’s own use of the play within the play, as in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” where the commonfolk acting troupe, The Mechanicals, put on an unintentionally comedic version of “Pyramus and Thisbe” for the Duke’s nuptial celebration. The style in which Cagnatto wishes to present his play mimics the style of Cappellani’s own writing. The novel...
Through it all, Johnson’s thesis is clear: lonely, brave commonfolk increasingly assert their principles in the face of an uncompromising, over-bureaucratic, callous Communist government...