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

What kind of dreams is Mercutio describing, especially when he calls them "children of an idle brain"?

1. childish, immature thoughts

0 2. the strange thoughts that come when our minds are at rest

O 3: the dreams and hopes of our youth that have long since blown away

4. the nightmares that come from an overactive imagination

2. The strange thoughts that come when our minds are at rest.

Explanation:

William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Ju li et" revolves around the tragic love story of two lovers who chose death than being separated. The romantic tragedy focuses on how societal and family pressures often became the obstacle for successful love and how detrimental it can be.

In the given passage from Act I scene iv of the story, Mercutio was describing his dream about "Queen Mab" which Romeo declares nonsense. Then, Mercutio declares that dreams are the "children of an idle brain", the result of a 'free' mind with nothing to do. According to him, such dreams came out from nothing and are merely "vain fantasy."

Thus, the correct answer is option 2.

3: the dreams and hopes of our youth that have long since blown awayExplanation: