Monday, May 1, 2017
Act 1, Scene 4 Mercutio's Spew
Scene 1.4 - "Romeo: Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace! Thou talk’st of nothing. Mercutio: True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air." These few lines are depicted as a spew of endless nonsense by the clever author Shakespeare, but behind his constant attention grab, Mercutio talks of a way deeper illustrations of the land known as Verona. Mercutio talks of dreams, saying that they are children of an idle brain, nothing but delusions. Nothing but a self-obsessed fantasy, which shifts like the wind, and is never certain or solid. However, dreams are a central plot of the Romeo and Juliet's tragedy, Romeo's entire thought behind his true love counts as a dream. We see it again with Friar Lawrence and his dream of peace in the land of Verona and Tybalt's dream of honor and social standings. By the end we see them all causing doom towards themselves and others; blinded by their "vain fantasy". Mercutio has been known to talk on and on about conspiracies and nonsense, however, he really is just portraying his alternate depiction of the story Romeo and Juliet.
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Your Poem is pretty good I like how you add the quote and then the explanation of it
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting how you said that every character is portraying their depiction of Romeo and Juliet. I also like how you related everything to dreams.
ReplyDeleteI like how you smoothly moved on into the point you were making and how you explained in depth about what Mercutio means figuratively instead of literally.
ReplyDeleteIt is a very good and thought out passage. Great comparisons
ReplyDeleteThis is very detailed, and you picked good lines to read and evaluate. It gives me a new perspective on the story, and has good information.
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