Queen Mab

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…

Callaghan uses this to explain the juxtaposition of Juliet’s desires to that of the Nurse’s, for example, the nurse desires are bawdy and filled with sexual innuendos, whereas Juliet’s is specific. To further draw on the Nurse’s bawdy female desires I would like to compare her recollection of Juliet’s weaning to Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech. In Act, I Scene 3; the nurse female bawdy comes into play when she reminiscence about young…

“respective lenity” (3.1.118) to one that resembles “fire-eyed fury” (3.1.119). Even as our decisions revolve around a relationship, it is vital that we embrace the consequences as our own and not blame others for the end result. The symbol of Queen Mab, described by Mercutio in Act 1 Scene 4 suggests the falseness embedded in our relationships, which in turn can propel us to make decisions that negatively influence our future. If we dream, do our dreams relate to our lives, or are they but…

the production was inconsistent. Romeo and Juliet essentially centers around teenagers, and Noble captured that reality. In Noble’s production, Mark Lockyer “was a sweet-tempered, youthful, and giddy Mercutio who wore drag to the Capulet party” (Loehlin 73). Lockyer’s portrayal of Mercutio not only works in the context of Noble’s lively, youth-centric production but also with regards to Mercutio as a character. Throughout the play, Shakespeare characterizes Mercutio as a vigorous, lively young…

Shakespeare’s plays Richard II and Romeo and Juliet , like many others of his plays focuses on language and action emphasizing them with a variety of writing styles. This essay will focus on the premises of Imagery, Metaphor, and symbolism in how these writing techniques affect both play in their use of language and action. Imagery in Shakespeare is a thoroughly exposed in Romeo and Juliet, and Richard II. The use of imagery in Romeo and Juliet is stressed heavily in the language one of the…

Mercutio, a witty, wealthy, and fiery tempered young man can be represented by the colors black, gold, and grey. Black is a color that can represent a variety of emotions, but for Mercutio's it represents anger, more specifically Mercutio's abrupt mood swings. As stated in the text, “ O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you/... This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs/ that presses them and learns them first to bear,/ Making them women of good marriage/ This she is-” (1.4.53-94). The…

Romanticism Of Diatribes, Revolution and Pacifism Reflections on the reconcilability of Shelley’s ideas of radical change and pacifism through a look at his first long poem Queen Mab with respect to the socio-political context of the French Revolution and its aftermath. It is somewhat ironic to state that Shelley, ‘the true child of the revolution’1 was also a pacifist. Ironic, since the very French Revolution which is cited by most as one of the dominant influences on…

The Queen Mab speech, spoken by Mercutio, the man whose actions would never betray his name, has often been heralded as one of the most poetic and beautiful speeches in Romeo and Juliet. This speech, when channeled through a talented actor, shows Mercutio to be a mad, tortured man, or, at the very least, one who has a fond distaste for dreams. Mercutio utters this diatribe at a transitional point in the play. Previous to this scene, Romeo has mourned over the never consummated love of Rosalinde,…

Extended Response - Shakespeare INTRO William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream are plays that share similar ideologies and representations despite them being a tragedy and a comedy respectively. The similarities are predominantly that of the father daughter relationship, as well as love, marriage and rebellion. Romeo and Juliet is a story about star crossed lovers whose families are feuding, with a plot line that focuses on Juliet and her father Capulet. A Midsummer…

The true horror in the world isn’t from monsters, but the society that people have created. In Mary Shelley’s 1831 novel, Frankenstein, there is a scientist who brings a Creature to life. Even though this scientist created this monster, he brings him to life and sees the horror in his creation. He leaves the Creature to fend for himself which causes revenge and hatred. The Creature goes on to kill Victor 's family and drive him crazy. Even though the Creature kills Victor’s family the real…