Mercutio jests with Romeo, musing that Mab, the bringer of dreams, has visited his lovesick friend. At the beginning of Mercutio's speech Mab seems a whimsical creation, much like the fairies inA Midsummer Night's Dream. But we soon realize that Mercutio's Queen Mab is a malevolent hag w...
The Fairy/Queen/Mab: Mediating Elizabeth in Early Modern England Jennifer L. Ailles Advisor: Professor Rosemary Kegl University of Rochester, 2007 Shakespeare's Queen Mab speech in Romeo and Juliet is usually read as a discourse about the miniature Fairy Queen who acts as a metaphorical midwife,...
" Romeo continues to whine about the unavailable Rosaline and he mentions a dream he had the night before. Before he can go into further detail, Mercutio interrupts him and delivers his long speech about the fairy, Queen Mab. The speech equates sexuality with a madness that visits people in...
What is the content and the context of the Queen Mab speech in Romeo and Juliet? How is A Midsummer Night's Dream structured? Is there anything unusual in its treatment of the Five Act dramatic form? What are the moments of awakenin...
Romeo and Juliet. Mab, the Queen of Illiusions, for Voice and PianoCharles Gounod