The name of the fairy is Queen Mab, a character out of Celtic Mythology. Mercutio imagines her as a tiny person who rides a tiny chariot over the person. Depending where she rides, the person will have different dreams.
Queen mab was mention by Mercutio in scene vi, who was mocking about Romeo's believe in dreams.
queen mab the dream fairy who comes to you in your sleep
Queen Mab, Queen of the Fairies.
According to Mercutio, the fairy queen, Queen Mab, is a fairy mid-wife. She is responsible for causing dreams. Mercutio is a character from Romeo and Juliet.
In Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet," the fairy queen is Queen Mab. Mercutio delivers a monologue describing her as a mischievous and whimsical figure who influences people's dreams with her fantasies.
He's trying to demonstrate that dreams are not important. He does this by saying that they are the products of a fairy. He loses track of his original intent however as he warms to his theme.
Mercutio describes Queen Mab as a tiny fairy who is no bigger than a stone that a goldsmith would use for his jewels. She has a chariot made from an empty hazelnut, with insects as her horses. She is known to bring dreams to people as they sleep.
Queen Mab, a character from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," is depicted as a fairy who brings dreams to sleepers. She rides her chariot made of a hazel nut through the night, influencing people's dreams based on their desires and aspirations. Mab also sprinkles her fairy dust to inspire romantic fantasies or nightmares, reflecting the subconscious thoughts of those she visits. Additionally, she serves as a symbol of the whimsical and sometimes capricious nature of dreams and desires.
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queen Mab
There is no fairy queen in Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio has this incredibly long speech about "Queen Mab" who he describes as "the fairies' midwife" and who rides over people's bodies in a coach made from a hazelnut, but she is just a creature of Mercutio's imagination. And she does not ride across the sky.
In Act I, scene iv of "Romeo and Juliet," Romeo is about to tell Mercutio about a dream that he had. Mercutio is quick to cut Romeo off and tell him about Queen Mab. According to Mercutio and the speech that he gives in this scene, Queen mab is the dream fairy -- she is the fairy who gives people their dreams and decides what they will dream about. There are several examples that are given within this speech -- for example women dream of kisses, priests dream of tithes, lawyers dream of money (fees), etc. Within this speech (toward the beginning) Mercutio also discusses how small this Queen Mab is.