It appears the Shaggy Man has suffered the same fate as Bottom in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Baum was an actor in a prior life; did he know the Bard's work?
A lot of satire in this chapter. "Madame De Fayke, Hoofist" stands out- he obviously felt palm-readers were charlatans....
The ongoing message of "Oh I like you, person from other culture, so I will do what I think is the kindest thing and make you look like me, even if you don't want that" is something I didn't expect from Baum
It appears the Shaggy Man has suffered the same fate as Bottom in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Baum was an actor in a prior life; did he know the Bard's work?
A lot of satire in this chapter. "Madame De Fayke, Hoofist" stands out- he obviously felt palm-readers were charlatans....
Wow, Lyman Frank Baum being an utter SAVAGE in this one.
The ongoing message of "Oh I like you, person from other culture, so I will do what I think is the kindest thing and make you look like me, even if you don't want that" is something I didn't expect from Baum