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.
Mercutio says that dreams are the product of an idle brain.
Mercutio says this to Romeo in Act I Scene IV of Romeo and Juliet.
Quite a lot really. Just about everything Mercutio says in Act I Scene IV is in response to Romeo's "heaviness".
Presumably you mean his "Queen Mab" speech in Act 4, which is about dreams, and how different people have dreams. It is a long speech with curiously little point to it. As Romeo says, "Thou talk'st of nothing."
Mercutio says this about Tybalt.
Queen Mab, Queen of the Fairies.
queen mab the dream fairy who comes to you in your sleep
Mercutio says that dreams are the product of an idle brain.
Mercutio says this to Romeo in Act I Scene IV of Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo
Quite a lot really. Just about everything Mercutio says in Act I Scene IV is in response to Romeo's "heaviness".
Presumably you mean his "Queen Mab" speech in Act 4, which is about dreams, and how different people have dreams. It is a long speech with curiously little point to it. As Romeo says, "Thou talk'st of nothing."
Mercutio says this about Tybalt.
mercutio
dreams are not always answers
Mercutio gives Romeo a speech about Queen Mab, who is the whore of the fairies. Mercutio says that Queen Mab inspires lust in people. He is trying to tell Romeo that his love for Rosaline, and that love in general is all lust. Mercutio's point is: Love doesn't exist, it's just lust.
Mercutio says that "dreamers often lie"