Act I Scene IV Flashcards
1
Q
Outline what happens in this extract
A
- Benvolio, Mercutio and Romeo go to the ball
- Queen Mab speech in response to Romeo being lovesick
- Romeo foreshadows death
2
Q
Why does mercutio sarcastically use conventional images of petrarchan infatuation in the queen map speech?
A
To underline Romeo’s nieve view of love
3
Q
Give a quote from the queen mab speech
A
“She gallops night by night Through lovers brains, and then they dream of love”
4
Q
What tells us that Mercutio is an anti-romantic and doesnt believe in love?
A
in the queen Mab speech, he described love as a fantasy and a dreamscape people inhibit as they sleep. (not real)
5
Q
What quote shows Romeo’s foreshadowing of death and what does this quote refer to?
A
“Some consequence hanging in the stars”
This quote refers to the prologue “Star cross’d lovers”