Why Do Romeo And Juliet Dreams Come True

Romeo is telling Mercutio that he has a dream. The dream is that if Romeo goes to the Capulet party he will die. Yet, he decides to go to the party anyway. The above quote is important to the theme of fate and choice, because most plays about fate and choice usually show the main character trying to change their fate but having their fate come true anyway. Romeo, however, chooses to go to the party despite of his ominous dream. The quote shows what happens to Romeo happens because he chooses to go to the party.

In Romeo and Juliet, dreams, visions and premonitions play a very important role. They foreshadow the eventual tragedy, tell us about a character’s view over a particular matter, and reflect underlying messages in the play. They are symbols, telling us about the various themes in the play as well.

Tybalt intended to fight Romeo because he disliked his presence at the Capulet’s party but after Romeo refuses to fight Mercutio feels the need to fight for him instead. This is not the only time Mercutio is a display of masculinity in the play. As Romeo’s friend he likes to mock him, calling him an petrarchan lover and joking about his version of love. The difference to Romeo is also found when juxtaposing how Romeo and Mercutio speak. For instance, when Romeo talks about the girls he is in love with or has a crush on he talks in poetic sentences. In comparision, Mercutios:” Laura was a kitchen slave. Surely she has a better love to make rhymes for her. Dido was shabbily dressed. Cleopatra was a gypsy girl. Helen and Hero were sluts and harlots.

In Act I, Scene IV, Romeo and friends are about to crash the party that the Capulets are hosting, but Romeo is still sad from the heartbreak he experienced with Rosaline. As a good friend would, Mercutio tries to look out for and convince Romeo that there are many fish in the sea. “You are a lover. Borrow Cupid’s wings and soar with them above a common bound.” This means that Romeo should try and fly to find someone else instead of Rosaline. As well as this, he gives advice to Romeo for getting over Rosaline and himself. “If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.” This means that if love plays rough with you, you must play rough back. Once you prick love, you will get over your heartbreak and love. Thus, Mercutio looks out for Romeo’s best interests and gives him advice, which aligns him as a good friend to

In Act I, Scene iv, Romeo was complaining to Mercutio about how “[Romeo] dreamt a dream tonight” and it gave him a bad feeling about going to the Capulet’s masquerade (I, iv, 50). Mercutio replied with “True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of idle brains” (I, iv, 98). Mercutio is telling Romeo to do something rather than be depressed about Rosaline rejecting him. Mercutio is telling Romeo to find someone new and forget about Rosaline. Romeo should go to the party and find someone to help him forget about Rosaline.

Romeo’s lovesick moping for Rosaline sparks a need for a wild rant within Mercutio. Mercutio taunts and mocks Romeo, for his dream which tells him they should not crash the Capulet’s party. This, in the end, all falls back on the theme of fate. As a result, Mercutio’s rant persuades Romeo to attend the party because after all, dreams are ridiculous and not always truthful. Additionally, Mercutio is suggesting that, like Queen Mab, dreams (specifically Romeo’s) are petty and insignificant. All of this takes place in Act once Scene four. The purpose of this speech is to add comic relief amongst the tragic events, whilst foreshadowing what’s to come. Romeo is constructed as a juvenile character with a dreamy nature, who is romantic and lovesick , in comparison to his best friend, Mercutio, who takes on the role as a comedic, volatile, pessimistic and sharp-witted personality.

He sees it as nothing deeper than the skin and he takes it as a joke. Shakespeare gave Mercutio these character traits in order to represent how most men in the Elizabethan Era saw love. The men seeing the play could relate to Mercutio in his actions and understand that there are other ways of going about things. “You are a lover. Borrow cupid's wings | And soar with them above a common bound” (Act 1 Scene 4 Lines 17 and 18). Here, Mercutio is being sarcastic with Romeo. Romeo feels that he is too heartbroken over Rosaline to go to the party, and Mercutio is mocking him for it. He does not see love as anything greater than physical need. “Throughout lovers’ brains, and then they dream of love” (Act 1 Scene 4 Line 76). Mercutio believes that love is brought on by a fairy called Queen Mab that goes into people's heads as they sleep. Mercutio does not believe in emotional love, simply a physical feeling. Mercutio’s view on love had no attachment, similarly to how men in Shakespeare's time period

When Romeo arrives, he meets Juliet from the Capulet family. They talk, kiss, and fall in love. Romeo is more content than ever, and Mercutio mocks Romeo’s vision of love saying “Romeo, Humors! Madman! Passion! Lover! Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh, Speak but one rhyme and I am satisfied.” (A2SI) While Romeo is caught up in his romantic love, Mercutio mocks love and views love as merely a sexual

From the Queen Mab speech, we can tell that Mercutio is infuriated by his best friend, Romeo because he has become love sick for a girl named Rosaline. Mercutio says," Oh, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you." (I.IV.54) Mercutio was telling this to Romeo because Queen Mab is known for giving people dreams about love. Mercutio thinks dreams are stupid, make no sense, and has no purpose for anyone. Mercutio says, "True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vein fantasy, which is as thin of substance as the air." (I.IV.98-101) Mercutio is talking about dreams and saying that dreams are products of a brain that’s doing nothing. He also says that dreams are nothing but your silly imagination, as thin as air, and less predictable than the wind. Romeo is motivating Mercutio to say the queen Mab speech because he was talking about the pointless things, kind of like how Romeo is dreaming of nonsense, like being with Rosaline, while Rosaline probably does not even know who Romeo is.

Firstly, in the book, the characters are shown future events of the consequences from their actions, but still take no precaution towards it, which shows readers that even if a person sees their fate in the future, it won’t change the outcomes. Romeo is depressed by Rosaline, so Mercutio and Benvolio try to convince Romeo to go to a party at the Capulets to cheer him up. As the conversation goes on, Romeo eventually tells them that he’s had a dream, and is afraid it will come true, but Mercutio tells him not to worry about it. Shakespeare says in the book Romeo and Juliet that, “I fear too early, for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin his fearful date with this night's revels and expire the term of a despised life,

These two characters exist on a two different spectrums. This scene reinforces that while Romeo is a dreamer; Mercutio is the sensible character of the two and helps to keep Romeo as a character grounded and rational. When Romeo tells Mercutio that he "…talk'st of nothing", Mercutio responds by saying that "dreams…are the children of an idle brain." (Scene 1, Act 4)

This results in Romeo’s fate to be darkened. Second, Mercutio shows how Romeo is constantly dreaming. Mercutio’s realism contrasts Romeo’s head in the clouds. This is revealed when Mercutio says “True, I talk of dreams, which [is] the [child] of an [inactive] brain,” (1.4, 96-97). This quote exemplifies that dreaming cannot be a portent, and that it can change just like the wind. This also shows that Mercutio has a flamboyant imagination, while demonstrating his mocking side. This quote also acts as foreshadowing in which shows that if Romeo keeps his head in the clouds he will make mistakes in life, such as him quickly marring Juliet. Moreover, this quote reveals that Mercutio is an important foil character because his view on love contrasts that of Romeo. Mercutio’s view on love is that it is futile, however Romeo thinks of it as a key component to life. Mercutio’s mocking of the hopeless love, makes Romeo’s view look stronger and more passionate. Third, Mercutio shows how serious Romeo is. Mercutio always talks in a witting and light-hearted way, in which contrasts to Romeo’s seriousness. Mercutio always uses clever wordplay and puns to mock people and bring comic relief into the play. This is emphasized when Mercutio says “And but one word with one of us? ... Make it a word and a blow,” (3.1, 40-41). This quote illustrates the comedy that Mercutio brings. At the edgy moment when Tybalt was about to fight, Mercutio still made a mockery of him.

To start with, Mercutio brought Romeo to the dance where he met and fell in love with Juliet. A quote said by Mercutio Romeo and Juliet states, "If love be rough with you, be rough with love/Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down," (Shakespeare I.iv 27-28). This quote reveals that Mercutio is encouraging Romeo to get

Mercutio tries to get Romeo's mind on something else. He also describes imagination in a powerful, memorable way in his "Queen Mab" speech (Act 1, scene 4). The speech shows Mercutio's eloquence and it describes dreams as coming from a fairy creature. He is clever man.

In this image there is Queen Mab standing over a sleeping girl who is dreaming about love. The hearts in the dream cloud represent the girl, who is sleeping, dreaming about love. Queen Mab is standing and looking over this girl as she brings these dreams of love to her. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio talks about how Queen Mab is the bringer of dreams and how these dreams are a reflection of that person’s individual passions and desires. This picture represents a lover who is dreaming about her desire of love. Queen Mab is standing over her bringing her sweet dreams of love because that is her greatest desire. Mercutio states that queen Mab puts dreams of love, “through lovers’ brains, and then they dream of love,” (I. iv. 71).