Mercutio
The speech, which Mercutio gives to Romeo, in which he speaks of Queen Mab and her antics, is given on the way to the party thrown by the Capulets. Romeo has, thus far, simply been the picture of the wounded lover. He has moped about and proclaimed that he is burdened by love and that he can't escape it, although it is apparent that thus far, the love of which he speaks is more physical and shallow than true love. Mercutio proceeds to tell him that he is just in love with love, allowing love-supposedly a tender thing-to overburden him and to treat him roughly. Mercutio also tells him that he should be rough in return and "prick love for pricking, and... beat love down." (Act I, scene IV, lines 27-28). Mercutio has been telling Romeo for the entire play thus far that he is a lover (Act I, scene IV, line 17), and that he is simply playing
The complexity of the speech reflects the complexity of Mercutio's character. He shows depth through his use of a complex explanation to make such a simple point-that "dreamers often lie" (Act I, scene IV, line 51), though they may think that the dreams are true. He rambles on and on about minute details until finally, Romeo asks him to stop, telling him that he is speaking of nothing, whereupon Mercutio replies, "True, I talk of dreams." (Act I, scene IV, line 96). In other words, Mercutio is saying that he has made his point: that dreams are just that and are as full of substance as the air and are made up of nothing more than mere fantasy. Once again, Mercutio is telling Romeo that he is a dreamer and a lover and that he needs to "wake up" from his dream world and recognize dreams for what they are. He is telling Romeo that no matte
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Approximate Word count = 566
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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