Mercutio gives Romeo a speech about Queen Mab, a fictional character who brings dreams to sleeping people. The speech is meant to entertain and distract Romeo from his love-sick thoughts.
Rosaline. The last they heard, she was the one Romeo was after.
Benvolio and Mercutio are dramatic foils for Romeo. Throughout the play they think that Romeo is in love with Rosaline and are in the dark about Romeo and Juliet and their marriage.
Mercutio teases Romeo about his love sickness regarding Rosaline in Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet." Mercutio mocks Romeo's infatuation with Rosaline and portrays love in a cynical and humorous light.
I don't think Mercutio ever finds out deos he? He knows Romeo is in love, but I don't think he knows that it's with a Capulet. But if he did know...I don't think he'd want them to be together :( silly Monague's and their prejudices!
The speech about Queen Mab is Mercutio's comment on the uncertainty of love and the ways in which love and dreams can lead men astray. It relates to the rest of the play by showing that love is not always a positive thing; love results in Romeo and Juliet committing suicide. The speech about Queen Mab is Mercutio's comment on the uncertainty of love and the ways in which love and dreams can lead men astray. It relates to the rest of the play by showing that love is not always a positive thing; love results in Romeo and Juliet committing suicide.
Mercutio accuses Romeo of being afflicted by love-sickness, specifically for Rosaline. He mocks Romeo for his infatuation, attributing his behavior to being love-struck.
Mercutio praises Rosaline in an attempt to attract Romeo's attention. He mocks love and tries to get Romeo to forget about his love for Rosaline by teasing him.
In Mercutio's Queen Mab speech in the play Romeo and Juliet he says that lovers dream of love. He adds that courtiers dream of curtsies and lawyers dream of fees.
Dido was the Queen of Carthage in Roman mythology. In Mercutio's speech from Romeo and Juliet, he references Dido in a somewhat cynical and mocking way to portray the idea of unrequited love and its consequences.
Mercutio gives Romeo a speech about Queen Mab, who is the whore of the fairies. Mercutio says that Queen Mab inspires lust in people. He is trying to tell Romeo that his love for Rosaline, and that love in general is all lust. Mercutio's point is: Love doesn't exist, it's just lust.
Mercutio interprets Romeo's actions as fickle and inconsistent. He sees Romeo's love for Rosaline as shallow and insincere, and believes that Romeo is being overly dramatic and moody. Mercutio tends to view love as a game and doesn't take Romeo's passionate emotions seriously.