 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1990 - 292 pages
...she 95 Romeo Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace. Thou talk's! of nothing. Mercutio True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain. Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air 100 And more inconstant than the wind, who woos Even... | |
 | Eva T. H. Brann - Philosophy - 1991 - 828 pages
...cornerstone of fools" (An Explanation of Astronomy as a Whole); and Shakespeare has Mercutio speak of dreams Which are the children of an idle brain Begot of nothing but vain fantasy. [Romeo and Juliet, I iv] On the other hand, in the seventeenth century Milton still refers... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...worm Prick'd from ihe lazy finger of a maid; (I, iv) FaPON; FiP; LiTB; WSC 142 True, I talk of dreams, 9-14) AA; AWP; HelP; InvP; NOBA; NoP; OBEV; OxBA; PoE; PoRA; Prim; fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who woos Even... | |
 | Richard Courtney - Drama - 1995 - 274 pages
...Mercutio answers with his Queen Mab speech; dreams, he says, reveal the wishes of the dreamer. They are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy. (Romeo and Juliet, I.iv.97-98) Imagination provides the dream with content, which consists... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...is she— Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace! Thou talk'st of nothing. MERCUTIO. True, I talk of dreams; ETER. О honey nurse, what news? Hast thou met with him? Send thy fantasy; Which is as thin of substance as the air; And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even... | |
 | J. W. Wickwar - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 178 pages
...Romeo. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ; Thou talkest of nothing. Mercutio. True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconsistent than the wind. . The mind,... | |
 | Robert Mattson - Drama - 1997 - 132 pages
...is she ROMEO. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace! You talk of nothing. MERCUTIO. True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air And less predictable than the wind that blows ROMEO.... | |
 | Arthur Graham - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 244 pages
...conduct Romeo. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace! Thou talk'st of nothing. Mercutio. True, I talk of dreams; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy; Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who woos Even... | |
 | Joe Calarco - Drama - 1999 - 84 pages
...1 (R). Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace. Thou talk'st of nothing. STU. 3 (M). True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air And more inconstant than the wind, who woos Even... | |
 | Margaret Earley Whitt - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 284 pages
...when he goes into detail of the previous evening's dream. Mercutio agrees with Romeo — that dreams "are the children of an idle brain / Begot of nothing but vain fantasy." Shakespeare's use of the word begot resonates perfectly with the shadows who begot through... | |
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True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even now the frozen bosom of the north, And, being anger'd, puffs... 
