Katherine MansfieldI can never be perfectly certain whether Helen was got with child by Leonard Bast or by his fatal forgotten umbrella. All things considered, I think it must have been the umbrella.
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In William Shakespeare’s, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a character named Bottom is preparing for a play that he will be performing in. In the opening of the play, he says: “I can never be perfectly certain whether Helen was got with child by Leonard Bast or by his fatal forgotten umbrella. All things considered, I think it must have been the umbrella.” In this quote, Bottom is comparing his knowledge of the story to more of a guess about the true events that led to Helen’s pregnancy. As a result, he is able to make a fair statement about what happened.
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