Queen Mab In Romeo And Juliet
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Queens and Dreams, Real and Ideal
"A dream is a wish your heart makes," according to Cinderella. Are dreams and fairytales an idealistic notion, or are they actually conceivable? In the play, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo's best companion, Mercutio makes a speech reflecting upon the essence of dreams a ....
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.... exposed and represented through this one monologue.
1.Mercutio presents the image of Queen Mab very clearly, and his perception of her is strange and interesting. 2.Touted "the fairies mid-wife", Queen Mab possesses a name which is already ironic due to its wording and content. 3. A "fairy" typifies fantasy as a whole, lovely and untouched, innocent and beautiful. 4. A midwife brings to mind blood, life and death. 5. A fairy is a delicate figure, a midwife, an old hag. 6. The description o ....
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