Which once untangled much misfortune bodes. That plats the manes of horses in the nightĪnd bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs, Of healths five fathom deep and then anonĭrums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes,Īnd being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Sometimes she driveth o’er a soldier’s neck,Īnd then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Tickling a parson’s nose as ‘a lies asleep, Sometimes she gallops o’er a courtier’s nose,Īnd then dreams he of smelling out a suit Īnd sometimes comes she with a tithe-pig’s tail Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,īecause their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. O’er ladies’ lips, who straight on kisses dream, O’er lawyers’ fingers, who straight dream on fees O’er courtiers’ knees, that dream on curtsies straight Through lovers’ brains, and then they dream of love Time out o’ mind the fairies’ coachmakers.Īnd in this state she gallops night by night Her whip, of cricket’s bone the lash, of film Her collars, of the moonshine’s wat’ry beams Her wagon spokes made of long spinners’ legs, She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. So shall you share all that he doth possess,īy having him, making yourself no less Monologue spoken by Mercutio in Act 1, Scene 4: That in gold clasps locks in the golden story That book in many’s eyes doth share the glory, The fish lives in the sea, and ’tis much prideįor fair without the fair within to hide: This precious book of love, this unbound lover, Read o’er the volume of young Paris’ face,Īnd find delight writ there with beauty’s pen Īnd what obscured in this fair volume lies This night you shall behold him at our feast What say you? can you love the gentleman? Monologue spoken by Lady Capulet in Act 1, Scene 3: What is it else? a madness most discreet,Ī choking gall and a preserving sweet. Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs īeing purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes īeing vex’d a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears: With more of thine: this love that thou hast shownĭoth add more grief to too much of mine own. Which thou wilt propagate, to have it prest Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, This love feel I, that feel no love in this. Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!įeather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love. Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all. Where shall we dine? O me! What fray was here? Should, without eyes, see pathways to his will! Monologue spoken by Romeo in Act 1, Scene 1:Īlas, that love, whose view is muffled still, Not sure the difference between the two? Read this article. This page has only Romeo and Juliet monologues you can find the top Romeo and Juliet soliloquies here. The Romeo and Juliet monologues below are the best known and most significant monologues from the play in the order that they’re spoken, along with the speaker, act and scene. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.
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