Page 123 - No fear Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet

ROMEO
MERCUTIO
ROMEO
MERCUTIO - - - - - .
Mercutio implies Romeo's business was sexual.
ROMEO
MERCUTIO
This is sexual double entedre.
ROMEO
MERCUTIO
ROMEO
"Pink ffower"
suggests the female genitalia.
MERCUTIO
ACT 2, SCENE 4
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Good morning to you both. What do you mean I faked you out?
You gave us the slip, sir, the slip. Can't you under- stand what I'm saying?
Excuse me, good Mercutio. I had very important business to take care of. It was so important that I had to forget about courtesy and good manners.
In other words "important business" made you flex your buttocks.
You mean do a curtsy? You've hit the target, sir.
That's a very polite and courteous explanation.
Yes, I am the pink flower-the master, ofcourtesy and manners.
The pink flower .
Right.
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