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   Mercutio believes that love is grounded in sexual desire. When Romeo makes the romantic gesture of breaking into the Capulets’ garden to see Juliet, Mercutio calls after him that his real motive is not romantic but sexual. An “open-arse” is a slang name for a fruit often compared to the vagina, while “poperin” puns on “pop her in.”.

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   Oct 3, 2024 · Mercutio makes fun of Romeo in Act 2 scene 1 of Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo & Juliet. In Act 1 scene 5, Romeo meets Juliet and they profess their love for each other. Shortly thereafter, they ...

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   Romeo is sensitive to the undercurrents of fate that seem to be pulling him in new directions—but his friends’ influence forces him to shove those feelings down and surrender to having a good time. Mercutio says he had a dream the night before, too—he and Romeo have both been visited by “Queen Mab.”. Benvolio asks who Queen Mab is ...

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   Mercutio is suggesting that Romeo looks worn out from having sex with Rosaline. This is dramatic irony, because the audience knows that Romeo’s new object of desire is Juliet and she has replaced Rosaline in his affections. Mercutio mocks Romeo idea of romantic love by saying that he is about to break into love poetry like Petrarch.

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   He says that love is not a "tender thing" at all, but rough and "pricks like thorn" (1.4.26), which gives Mercutio an opening for the best pun of the scene: "Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down" (1.4.28). In Mercutio's view, Romeo's love-sickness is caused by a lack of sex; if he'd just have some, he'd get over thinking that he ...

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   The nurse asks Romeo if his servant can be trusted to keep the secret of Romeo and Juliet’s marriage, and he insists his servant is “true as steel.”. Juliet’s nurse says that Juliet, too, is trustworthy and good—she is even choosing to honor her love for Romeo in spite of a marriage proposal from Paris. Romeo bids the nurse goodbye ...

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   How does Mercutio feel about love in Romeo & Juliet?

   • Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 1. The cynical Mercutio sees love as more of a sensual and sexual experience. When Romeo breaks into the Capulets’ garden to find Juliet, Mercutio believes that his motivation has to do with sex rather than love. His speech is full of sexual meaning and pun.

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   What does Mercutio say about love?

   • Mercutio's general point is that Romeo is taking himself way too seriously, but Romeo is not convinced. He says that love is not a "tender thing" at all, but rough and "pricks like thorn" (1.4.26), which gives Mercutio an opening for the best pun of the scene: "Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down" (1.4.28).

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   What does Mercutio say in Romeo & Juliet Act 1 Scene 4?

   • Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 4. The cynical Mercutio, on the way to the Capulet party with his dreamer friend Romeo, dismisses dreams as meaningless. In a metaphor, he tells Romeo that they are born like children from a lazy mind.

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   Why does Mercutio mock Romeo for being in love twice?

   • Mercutio mocks Romeo for being in love twice: in Act I, Scene 4, and Act II, Scene 1. In Act I, Scene 4, Romeo, Mercutio, and their friends are about to crash the Capulets' party. At this point, Romeo has not yet seen Juliet; he is still lovesick over Rosaline. He says he does not intend to dance because love makes him too "heavy" to dance.

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   Why does Mercutio want Romeo to sigh?

   • He wants Romeo, for example, to appear to him in the form of a sigh (because he's saying that Romeo is so love struck that all he does is sigh.) However, Romeo is not on stage at the time. The other possibility is Act I, Scene 4. To me, though, Mercutio is really just saying that love in general is stupid in that scene. Schimmel, Isabell.

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   What is Mercutio comparing Romeo to in Romeo & Juliet?

   • In a metaphor, Mercutio is comparing Romeo to an ape, or performing monkey, trained to play dead until he is conjured back to life by his master calling out to him. Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 1. Mercutio calls out for Romeo, who has disappeared into the Capulet’s orchard in a mission to find Juliet.

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    Oct 28, 2024 · As Romeo has secretly wed Juliet, he refuses to fight Tybalt and expresses his love for him due to his new connection with the Capulet family. 4 “Love give me strength, and strength shall help afford” – Juliet. Juliet seeks courage through her love for Romeo as she prepares to take the sleeping potion. 5 “Here’s to my love!” – Romeo