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ROMEO
MERCUTIO
ROMEO
MERCUTIO
ROMEO
MERCUTIO
ROMEO
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"Quean" is slang for whore, and Mab is a stereo- typical prosti-
tute's name.
BENVOLIO
MERCUTIO
ACT 1, SCENE 4
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We mean well by going to this masquerade ball, but
it's not smart of us to go. Why, may I ask?
I had a dream last night. So did I.
Well, what was your dream?
My dream told me that dreamers often lie.
They lie in bed while they dream about the truth. Oh, then I see you've been with Queen Mab.
Who's Queen Mab?
She's the fairies' midwife. She's no bigger than the stone on a city councilman's ring. She rides around in a wagon drawn by tiny little atoms, and she rides over men's noses as they lie sleeping. The spokes of her wagon are made of spiders' legs, The cover of her wagon is made ofgrasshoppers' wings. The harnesses are made of the smallest spiderwebs. The collars are made out of moonbeams. Her whip is a thread attached to a cricket's bone. Her wagon driver is a tiny bug in a gray coat; he's not halfthe size ofa little round worm that comes from the finger of a lazy young girl.
It was believed that worms sprung from the fingers ofyoung girls who sat about doing
nothing.
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