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What is Mercutio talking about in act 2 scene 2 when he talks about rosaline?
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∙ 13y ago
Mercutio is not in act 2 scene 2 =)
But in scene 1, he is trying to "conjure" Romeo by mentioning Rosaline's "best" qualities, including her "bright eyes, high forehead, scarlet lip, fine foot, straight leg, and quivering thigh"
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∙ 7y agoIrony takes place either when someone says something but doesn't really mean it (we call this sarcasm sometimes) or when someone says something that, unbeknownst to him, doesn't match with the facts. When Abbott says to Costello, "Well, at least we're out of danger now," at the exact moment that Frankenstein's monster appears behind him, that's ironic--his remark doesn't match the fact that they actually are in danger. The same sort of thing applies to Mercutio's teasing, which is all based on the idea that Romeo is in love with Rosaline, except that Romeo is no longer in love with her--he's now in love with Juliet.
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∙ 14y agoHe is trying to describe some sort of weird dream that he thought that he had. But he is actually showing the audience how crazy he is and how his ideas can get out of hand.
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∙ 13y agoBy this point Romeo has forgotten all about Rosaline, having fallen for Juliet. Mercutio is behind the times.
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∙ 8y agoJuliet. Are you surprised?
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How does the language that Tybalt uses cause tension?
Depends. If you are talking about Act 3 scene 1, where both him and Mercutio are killed, then you would notice that he talks politely at the start, when normally he is a fierce character.
In romeo and Juliet who is queen Mab and what is she doing during her travels?
Queen mab was mention by Mercutio in scene vi, who was mocking about Romeo's believe in dreams.
What does Romeo mean by he jests at scars that never felt a wound?
This is a line from Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio laughs because he can't understand Romeo's pain or "scars" from unrequited love. He doesn't understand how Romeo can feel emotional pain because Mercutio has never been in love. He can only relate to physical pain.This is a point of foreshadowing or dramatic ironyin the play because later in the story, Romeo laughs after Mercutio has been fatally wounded before he realizes that Mercutio is dying.
Who talks a lot in Romeo and Juliet?
Different characters depending on how important their roles are in the scene. Sometimes the person that talks most is Romeo Juliet Mercutio CapuletMercutio is a character who likes to hear himself talk. After his long Queen Mab speech, Romeo tells him, "Thou talk'st of nothing" Later, in Act II Scene 4 he describes Mercutio as "a gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month."
What are some examples of situational irony in Romeo and Juliet in act 2?
Juliet's death fits this category since the audience knows that she's really in a drug-induced coma. One could use Romeo's lines in Act V as he talks about how beautiful Juliet is, even in 'death', for evidence. Since she's supposed to be dead, she shouldn't have red cheeks or lips, and Romeo should listen to the things that he's saying. If he did, he might realize that she couldn't be dead and still be so fair.
Where in act 1 scene 4 of romeo and Juliet is there a reference to cupid?
In Act 1, Scene 4 of Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio makes a reference to Cupid when he talks about love and its effects on people. He teases Romeo by joking that he has been hit by Cupid's arrow and is now love-sick because of his feelings for Rosaline.
How does the language that Tybalt uses cause tension?
Depends. If you are talking about Act 3 scene 1, where both him and Mercutio are killed, then you would notice that he talks politely at the start, when normally he is a fierce character.
When Romeo reveals a dream he had who begins to talk about Queen Mab?
Mercutio is the guy who blithers on about Queen Mab. This is in Act 1 Scene 4.
In romeo and Juliet who is queen Mab and what is she doing during her travels?
Queen mab was mention by Mercutio in scene vi, who was mocking about Romeo's believe in dreams.
What does kinsmen mean in Romeo and Juliet?
Kinsmen are relations. When the Prince talks about losing a brace of kinsmen, he is talking about Mercutio and Paris, both of whom were his second cousins or something.
What does Benvolio find out when he talks to Romeo that causes this behavior?
well...........after talking to Romeo, Benvolio found out that Romeo was lovesick for a girl called Rosaline (who also was a Capulet.) and he was mentally down because of that.
What does Romeo mean by he jests at scars that never felt a wound?
This is a line from Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio laughs because he can't understand Romeo's pain or "scars" from unrequited love. He doesn't understand how Romeo can feel emotional pain because Mercutio has never been in love. He can only relate to physical pain.This is a point of foreshadowing or dramatic ironyin the play because later in the story, Romeo laughs after Mercutio has been fatally wounded before he realizes that Mercutio is dying.
Who talks a lot in Romeo and Juliet?
Different characters depending on how important their roles are in the scene. Sometimes the person that talks most is Romeo Juliet Mercutio CapuletMercutio is a character who likes to hear himself talk. After his long Queen Mab speech, Romeo tells him, "Thou talk'st of nothing" Later, in Act II Scene 4 he describes Mercutio as "a gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month."
What are some examples of situational irony in Romeo and Juliet in act 2?
Juliet's death fits this category since the audience knows that she's really in a drug-induced coma. One could use Romeo's lines in Act V as he talks about how beautiful Juliet is, even in 'death', for evidence. Since she's supposed to be dead, she shouldn't have red cheeks or lips, and Romeo should listen to the things that he's saying. If he did, he might realize that she couldn't be dead and still be so fair.
When Benvolio talks to romeo he funds his cousin upset about what?
Romeo is upset because Rosaline does not care for him.
How is Mercutio presented and developed in Romeo and Juliet?
We get to know Mercutio mostly in Act 1 Scene 4, Act 2 Scene 1, Act 2 Scene 4, and Act 3 Scene 1. In Act 1 we know him for someone who likes to hear himself talk, but who "talks of nothing". In act 2 he engages in frivolous and silly word games with Romeo and Benvolio, and is rude and filthy-mouthed to the Nurse, just as he was filthy-mouthed about Romeo and Rosaline in Scene 1. In Act 3 he is still joking, but now the context is different: he is joking with Tybalt, egging him on to fight. In every instance he cannot take anything seriously. His first response to finding himself wounded is to make a joke about it: "Call for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man." When Mercutio makes fun of Romeo's supposed love for Rosaline, Romeo says, "He jests at scars that never felt a wound." He can laugh at things because he does not understand their reality. Only when the reality of his impending death sinks in does he stop joking, and then we see just how immature and shallow he really is: he places all the blame for the result of the fight he himself started on Romeo, because he is too small a man to accept the blame for his own death.
What excuse does romeo give for mercutio's behavior to the nurse?
because she was satisfied about the answer
