1. In Act 1, Scene 4 as Romeo and his friends are on their way to Capulet's
party, Mercutio gives a long speech about "Queen Mab". What's the point
of this speech? *
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to emphasize to the audience the importance of dreams
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to warn Romeo and Benvolio that Lord Capulet may be living vicariously through them
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to convince Romeo he has to dance once he gets to the party
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to give Mercutio a chance to explain to the group how they will get into the party
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to discredit Romeo's worries and concerns about going to the party
O
Other

If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. that strain again! it had a dying fall: o, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of violets, stealing and giving odour! now read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." for i have known them all already, known them all: have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, i have measured out my life with coffee spoons; i know the voices dying with a dying fall beneath the music from a farther room. what does the phrase "dying fall" most likely mean in both excerpts