What does Shakespeare accomplish through Mercutios speech about Queen Mab?
lit24 Teacher Doctorate Editor Expert $(document).ready(function() { $(‘a.toggle_expert_titles’).click(function() { $(‘#show_expert_titles’).toggle(); return false; }); }); Best answer as selected by question asker. Romeo and his companions are on their way to attend the banquet in Capulet’s house. Romeo, at present, is very unhappy and upset because Rosaline, his infatuation, has decided to be a celibate for the rest of her life. He has agreed to go to the banquet in his enemy’s house because Rosaline has also been invited and he hopes to meet her there. But now as they near Capulet’s house Romeo says it is not wise to attend the banquet because he has dreamt a bad dream: “I dream’d a dream to-night.” Immediately even before Romeo tells him what his dream was, Mercutio dismisses contemptuously his fears as the work of Queen Mab and therefore imaginary. The speech is important for the following reasons: 1. ATMOSPHERE: Shakespeare’s plays were staged in the afternoon. But this scene tak
