realizes this and proceeds to persuade Romeo once more by explaining that “I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy” (I.IV.96-98). Ultimately, Mercutio convinces Romeo that dreams develop due to an idle brain that consists of nothing but unrealistic fantasies. At the Capulet’s feast that Mercutio forces Romeo to attend, Romeo’s love for Juliet interrupts his pining for Rosaline. At that moment in time, Romeo is downcast because of Rosaline’s failure to return his love, as a result, he rushes his feelings for Juliet. Since Mercutio brings Romeo to the Capulet’s feast, Romeo meets Juliet, which begins the journey until their deaths.
Another reason is that Mercutio decides to fight Tybalt to prevent him from provoking Romeo; consequently, he establishes a
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Mercutio feels that as Romeo’s friend, he needs to protect Romeo who is unwilling to fight Tybalt. Tybalt feels the need to fight Romeo to protect his reputation because at the Capulet feast, Lord Capulet lets Romeo stay since he is virtuous and well-behaved. After that, Lord Capulet insults Tybalt by calling him a “saucy boy” which initiates his enmity towards Romeo. Therefore, Mercutio annoys Tybalt by saying “Good Kings of Cats, (I want) nothing but one of your nine lives...”(III.I.72). Mercutio endeavors to redirect Tybalt’s anger from Romeo to himself. In order to do that he makes fun of Tybalt’s name by calling him Tybalt the Prince of Cats from Reynard the Fox. In addition to that, he is saying he wants to take one of the nine lives he “has”, Mercutio compares Tybalt to a cat and outrages him. Furthermore, since Tybalt only has one life because he is in fact not a cat, taking one of his lives means killing him. Tybalt constantly makes derogatory remarks about Romeo, however, Romeo has no means to fight Tybalt. Tybalt believes Romeo is trying to irritate him, however, Romeo had married Juliet making them cousins. Tybalt is unaware of this