1. The Function of Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet
Mercutio also uses a double entendre for this quote, meaning also that if Romeo is to have sex with the woman that he loves, then he will sink into her and burden her body. ... Mercutio directs the speech at Romeo because he wants Romeo to realize that love is a fanciful idea that only dreamers have, and that it doesn't truly exist in the real world; if it does - then he doesn't know what it is yet. ...
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