Baz Luhrmann Queen Mab Scene Analysis

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As well as the Petrol station fight, Baz Luhrmann has poorly modified the Queen Mab scene. In the original Queen Mab scene spectators observed a highly imaginative Queen Mab speech in which Mercutio describes how the fairy, Queen Mab delivers dreams to humans as they sleep, but Baz Luhrmann did not see this suitable for a modern audience . This scene has been modernised by Baz Luhrmann, presenting Mercutio as a un-intelligent crossdresser that tells the story of Queen Mab. The mood that Baz Luhrmann has created in this scene greatly contradicts Shakespeare's great poetry, making the scene less understandable and relative than the original.

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