Mercutio's Speech In Romeo And Juliet

"Oh, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you” (Act i Scene iv Line 55). This powerful sentence is the beginning of a wonderful monologue talking about Queen Mab. in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio “talking of dreams” is important to the play because it ultimately alters the entire pace of the scene with Mercutio’s puns, it foreshadows the entire story, and it helps develop theme. Shakespeare also uses literal qualities to enhance the speech. Queen Mab altering the entire scene because Mercutio's speech is full of puns shows significance to the overall play. Therefore the entire Queen Mab is a monologue that is an extended pun. A pun that really stood out was when Mercutio said, “That dreamers often lie” (Act i Scene iv Line