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Mercutio, as entertaining as he is, can be seen as offering an alternative vision of the grand tragedy that is Romeo and Juliet. “Thou talk’st of nothing,” Romeo says to Mercutio in order to force Mercutio to end the Queen Mab speech (1.4.96). Mercutio agrees, saying that dreams “are the children of an idle brain” (1.4.98).
Analysis. Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio, and several of their house’s men enter wearing party masks and carrying torches. They are planning on sneaking into the Capulets’ feast, and Romeo is worried about how to do so. Benvolio insists getting in won’t be a problem and reminds Romeo that they aren’t intending to stay that long after all.
Jul 31, 2015 · Act 1, scene 4. ⌜ Scene 4 ⌝. Synopsis: Romeo and Benvolio approach the Capulets’ party with their friend Mercutio and others, wearing the disguises customarily donned by “maskers.”. Romeo is anxious because of an ominous dream. Mercutio mocks him with a speech about a dream-giving queen of fairies. Enter Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio ...
In Act 1, Scene 4 of Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio dismisses dreams as meaningless, describing them as products of an "idle brain" and "vain fantasy." Through his Queen Mab speech, he humorously ...
MERCUTIO. She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes 60 In shape no bigger than an agate stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomi Over men’s noses as they lie asleep. Her wagon spokes made of long spinners’ legs, 65 The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, Her traces of the smallest spider’s web, Her ...
Mercutio mocks Romeo's belief in his dream by going on and on about "Queen Mab," but Romeo is sure that some terrible fate awaits him. Nevertheless, he goes into the feast with his friends. Enter Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio, with five or six Maskers, Torch-bearers, and others: In the previous scene, a servingman told Lady Capulet and Juliet that ...
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Summary: Romeo, Benvolio, and their friend Mercutio arrive at the Capulet party in style. Romeo tells his friends that he doesn’t plan on dancing tonight—he’s too sad. Plus, he had a dream the night before that gave him a bad feeling about the party. Mercutio teasingly thinks his dream is the result of a visit from Queen Mab.
