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- ⌜ Scene 4 ⌝ Synopsis: Romeo and Benvolio approach the Capulets’ party with their friend Mercutio and others, wearing the disguises customarily donned by “maskers.” Romeo is anxious because of an ominous dream. Mercutio mocks him with a speech about a dream-giving queen of fairies.
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Jul 31, 2015 · Act 1, scene 4. ⌜ Scene 4 ⌝. Synopsis: Romeo and Benvolio approach the Capulets’ party with their friend Mercutio and others, wearing the disguises customarily donned by “maskers.”. Romeo is anxious because of an ominous dream. Mercutio mocks him with a speech about a dream-giving queen of fairies.
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Romeo, Benvolio, and their friend Mercutio, all wearing masks, have gathered with a group of mask-wearing guests on their way to the Capulets feast. Still melancholy, Romeo wonders how they will get into the Capulets feast, since they are Montagues. When that concern is brushed aside, he states that he will not dance at the feast. Mercutio begins t...
Benvolio refocuses their attention on actually getting to the feast. Romeo voices one last concern: he has a feeling that the nights activities will set in motion the action of fate, resulting in untimely death. But, putting himself in the hands of he who hath the steerage of my course, Romeos spirits rise, and he continues with his friends toward ...
However, the scene does augment the general sense of fate through Romeos statement of belief that the nights events will lead to untimely death. The audience, of course, knows that he will suffer an untimely death. When Romeo gives himself up to he that hath the steerage of my course, the audience feels fate take a tighter grasp on him (1.4.112).
This scene also serves as introduction to the clever, whirling, entrancing Mercutio. Spinning wild puns left and right, seeming to speak them as freely as others breathe, Mercutio is established as a friend who can, gently or not, mock Romeo as no one else can. Though thoughtful, Benvolio does not have the quick wit for such behavior. With his wild...
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Scene Summary: Romeo, Benvolio, and their friend Mercutio arrive at the Capulet party in style. Romeo tells his friends that he doesn’t plan on dancing tonight — he’s too sad.
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