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MERCUTIO: Nay, an there were two such, we should have none MERCUTIO: Come, come, thou art as hot a Jack in thy mood asĪny in Italy, and as soon moved to be moody, and as It on the drawer, when indeed there is no need. Thee!' and by the operation of the second cup draws Upon the table and says 'God send me no need of MERCUTIO: Thou art like one of those fellows that when heĮnters the confines of a tavern claps me his sword Mercutio is the one most likely to pick a quarrel for no good reason! Some might say that Mercutio is actually describing himself. Benvolio is agreeable and good-natured throughout the play. Everything he complains about regarding his friend Benvolio's character does not apply to the young man. In this next scene, Mercutio demonstrates his genius for mockery. Romeo, bon jour! there's a French salutation Helen and Hero hildings and harlots Thisbe a greyĮye or so, but not to the purpose. Kitchen-wench marry, she had a better love toīe-rhyme her Dido a dowdy Cleopatra a gypsy That Petrarch flowed in: Laura to his lady was but a
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How art thou fishified! Now is he for the numbers Without his roe, like a dried herring: flesh, flesh, That they cannot at ease on the old bench? O, their Perdona-mi's, who stand so much on the new form, These strange flies, these fashion-mongers, these Grandsire, that we should be thus afflicted with
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Whore!' Why, is not this a lamentable thing, The pox of such antic, lisping, affectingįantasticoes these new tuners of accents! 'By Jesu,Ī very good blade! a very tall man! a very good Very first house, of the first and second cause:Īh, the immortal passado! the punto reverso! the hai! The third in your bosom: the very butcher of a silkīutton, a duellist, a duellist a gentleman of the Proportion rests me his minim rest, one, two, and You sing prick-song, keeps time, distance, and MERCUTIO: More than prince of cats, I can tell you. By the end of the speech, Romeo walks in, and Mercutio begins to chastise the young man. In this scene, Mercutio explains the personality and combat techniques of Tybalt, Juliet's deadly cousin. Turning his face to the dew-dropping south. (Romeo interrupts, and then the monologue concludes:) True, I talk of dreams,Īnd more inconstant than the wind, who woosĪnd, being anger'd, puffs away from thence, That presses them and learns them first to bear, This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, Which once untangled much misfortune bodes. That plats the manes of horses in the nightĪnd bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs, Of healths five fathom deep and then anonĭrums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes,Īnd being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck,Īnd then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Tickling a parson's nose as 'a lies asleep, Sometimes she gallops o'er a courtier's nose,Īnd then dreams he of smelling out a suit Īnd sometimes comes she with a tithe-pig's tail Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,īecause their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream, O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers.Īnd in this state she gallops night by night Her whip, of cricket's bone the lash, of film Her collars, of the moonshine's wat'ry beams Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs, She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes MERCUTIO: O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. When performing the following monologue, actors often begin very playfully, but as the speech continues, touching upon corruption and war, Mercutio becomes more frenzied and intense. Little does he realize that he will soon fall for Juliet. In Romeo's case, he is still pining for Rosaline. In Mercutio's best and lengthiest monologue, often called "The Queen Mab Speech," the jovial supporting character chides Romeo, claiming that he has been visited by a fairy queen, one that makes men desire things best left unattained. You could argue that this funny, furious character should have gotten his very own play, but instead, he gets killed off (spoiler!) at the beginning of Act Three! Still, we can rejoice in the few excellent Mercutio moments and monologues. Not to criticize Shakespeare, but the play Romeo and Juliet should feature a little less Friar Lawrence and a little more Mercutio.