"Less than an ace"HumorAct 5,Scene 1Lines 300-303An explanation of the wordplay on “ace” and “dead” in Act 5, Scene 1 of myShakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Bottom (as Pyramus) Now die, die, die, die, die. [He dies] Demetrius No die but an ace for him, for he is but one. Lysander Less than an ace man, for he is dead; he is nothing. Lysander says that Pyramus can’t be an ace since he’s dead, and a dead man is not a man.
