Act I Scene IV Flashcards

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Outline what happens in this extract

A
  1. Benvolio, Mercutio and Romeo go to the ball
  2. Queen Mab speech in response to Romeo being lovesick
  3. Romeo foreshadows death
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Why does mercutio sarcastically use conventional images of petrarchan infatuation in the queen map speech?

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To underline Romeo’s nieve view of love

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Give a quote from the queen mab speech

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“She gallops night by night Through lovers brains, and then they dream of love”

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What tells us that Mercutio is an anti-romantic and doesnt believe in love?

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in the queen Mab speech, he described love as a fantasy and a dreamscape people inhibit as they sleep. (not real)

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What quote shows Romeo’s foreshadowing of death and what does this quote refer to?

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“Some consequence hanging in the stars”

This quote refers to the prologue “Star cross’d lovers”

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