Queen Mab Speech (Act one, Scene 4, Line 53 - 106) This scene takes place outside of Capulet’s house, as Romeo, Benvolio, and a number of friends and fellow Montagues gather before entering the party. In order to protect their addends, the members of Romeo’s party are going to the ball as masked dancers, and they pause to discuss the details of their performance. Romeo insists on being a torch-bearer, claiming that he is too lovesick …showed first 75 words of 274 total…

…showed last 75 words of 274 total…were going to be late. Romeo feels it is too soon to enter Capulets’ festivity and fears some kind of consequence is about to take place. (Bevington 27) Alvarez 2 Works Cited Bevington, David: The Bantam “Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet” January 1980: 22-27 Bloom, Harold : William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet - Bloom’s Notes 1996: 16 Boyce, Charles: “Shakespeare A to Z” The essential reference to his plays, his poems, his life, and times, and more. December 1990: 386 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**