Mercutio’s said Queen Mab for a good reason, not just to show his intelligence, but to unveil his view on love to his friends while at the same time make, fun of Romeo and his endless love problems. Expressed through a variety of poetic devices, Mercutio’s main argument is how love can appear really good at first, but turns out to be completely false and ugly. Mercutio begins by describing Mab as “Queen Mab” giving us the impression that she has great respect. However, the queen Shakespeare intended was not that of royalty, but that of sex. Then Mercutio goes on to tell that this prostitute gallops over people while they sleep and change their dreams. At one point, Mab gallops over a lovers lips, and gives her blisters on her lips. At another,
