Do you really think a fairy can control your dreams? According to Mercutio, Queen Mab has the ability to change any dream she wants. Mercutio states in Act I, scene 4 of Romeo and Juliet that Queen Mab can make up a nice dream or bad dream depending on her mood. She can go from making a soldier's dream about slitting foreign throats to making a girl dream of kisses and getting blisters. Mercutio makes up a fantastic description of this mysterious Queen Mab to try cheer up his friend Romeo. In that speech, we learn how creative and scary Mercutio can be.
The imagery and the vivid description play an huge key in the Queen Mab speech. We can tell by just the speech how Mercutio is really good at making something up. The way he explains everything …show more content…
I see the purpose of the Queen Mab speech, I think the speech makes Romeo not shy away from the Capulet's party because of a dream that went bad. Mercutio explain the Queen Mab story because she makes bad dreams happen. I believe that Romeo not wanting to go to the party is the reason why Mercutio is motivated to talk about Queen Mab. We start off on line 50 where Romeo says “I dreamt a dream tonight.” which one can assume that since he doesn't want to go to the party that the dream was bad. Which then Mercutio will go on to explain Queen Mab and that a bad dream is just her doing and “That dreamers often lie” which is what he says in line 53. We later go on to line 99 which says “Begot of nothing but vain fantasy” which I believe is saying that dreams are nothing but imagination and shouldn't be taken serious. I think that Romeo not wanting to go because of an dream gave Mercutio the perfect chance to throw together the Queen Mab story. Its a perfect reason to make up that story. Another view of the Queen Mab passage is the sexual presence it brings. It seems like the way Mercutio will say things makes him seem very sexual in the passage not only with the kissing portion of girls but where he says “This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, “That presses them and learns them first to bear, Making them women of good carriage.” talking about a woman carrying a
The imagery and the vivid description play an huge key in the Queen Mab speech. We can tell by just the speech how Mercutio is really good at making something up. The way he explains everything …show more content…
I see the purpose of the Queen Mab speech, I think the speech makes Romeo not shy away from the Capulet's party because of a dream that went bad. Mercutio explain the Queen Mab story because she makes bad dreams happen. I believe that Romeo not wanting to go to the party is the reason why Mercutio is motivated to talk about Queen Mab. We start off on line 50 where Romeo says “I dreamt a dream tonight.” which one can assume that since he doesn't want to go to the party that the dream was bad. Which then Mercutio will go on to explain Queen Mab and that a bad dream is just her doing and “That dreamers often lie” which is what he says in line 53. We later go on to line 99 which says “Begot of nothing but vain fantasy” which I believe is saying that dreams are nothing but imagination and shouldn't be taken serious. I think that Romeo not wanting to go because of an dream gave Mercutio the perfect chance to throw together the Queen Mab story. Its a perfect reason to make up that story. Another view of the Queen Mab passage is the sexual presence it brings. It seems like the way Mercutio will say things makes him seem very sexual in the passage not only with the kissing portion of girls but where he says “This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, “That presses them and learns them first to bear, Making them women of good carriage.” talking about a woman carrying a