"O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight." "Court'sies" is of course our modern words "courtesies" and "curtseys", and here, because the courtiers' knees are affected, Shakespeare probably intended the latter word.
Benefice
In Mercutio's Queen Mab speech in the play Romeo and Juliet he says that lovers dream of love. He adds that courtiers dream of curtsies and lawyers dream of fees.
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.
You dream about what you care about.
queen mab- fairy Romeo- believed a dream they both are non-secure answers or something to go by. Would you believe in a fairy type deal. would you believe a dream where you married a donkey?
Queen mab was mention by Mercutio in scene vi, who was mocking about Romeo's believe in dreams.
Mercutio spins out a great long tale about Queen Mab, in the course of which he talks about how she makes different people dream about different things: lovers dream of love, courtiers dream of curtsies, lawyers dream of fees, ladies dream of kisses, soldiers dream of throat-cutting and so on.
In Mercutio's Queen Mab speech in the play Romeo and Juliet he says that lovers dream of love. He adds that courtiers dream of curtsies and lawyers dream of fees.
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 Mercutio's speech in Romeo and Juliet, it's Queen Mab. In A Midsummer Night's Dream it's Titania.
Titania from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a fairy queen.
Mercutio
Mercutio is the guy who blithers on about Queen Mab. This is in Act 1 Scene 4.
You dream about what you care about.
queen mab- fairy Romeo- believed a dream they both are non-secure answers or something to go by. Would you believe in a fairy type deal. would you believe a dream where you married a donkey?
The fairy queen or "Queen Mab" was the dream fairy who could supposedly make you belive whatever she wanted.
queen mab the dream fairy who comes to you in your sleep
Queen mab was mention by Mercutio in scene vi, who was mocking about Romeo's believe in dreams.