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Examples Of Mercutio In Romeo And Juliet

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Jokester Inside Mercutio
The embodiment of personas is what makes us act the way we do on a regular basis. In William Shakespeare’s, “Romeo and Juliet”, most times Mercutio is all laughs and jokes and doesn’t have a care in the world for anything. Mercutio even makes jokes to his enemy Tybalt who is a Capulet. Shakespeare uses witty comments and casual remarks to portray Mercutio to be the jokester of the book.
Mercutio always had something to say no matter who he was talking to. In Act III Scene I, Tybalt enters the streets of Verona and encounters Mercutio and Benvolio. Mercutio responds to Tybalt in various ways even when asking if he can talk to him. “Can you not take some occasion without giving?” (Line 46) Mercutio being the way he is,
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In the play Romeo and Juliet, he called out, "O calm, dishonorable, vile submission" (III.1.72). Mercutio demonstrates his loyalty and courage when he takes up Tybalt's challenge to defend his Romeo’s name. Being the relative of the prince makes him have a strong amount of respect for himself, so he thinks Romeo is a coward for not taking up the challenge. Mercutio shows that he is a good friend and that he is courageous by fighting Tybalt in place of Romeo, which in turn leads to his death. If he didn't put himself in that situation than he wouldn’t have been

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Mercutio's actions come from his loyalty to Romeo and his pride. He is willing to get injured in order to defend Romeo, and when this happens, he declares, "A plague o' both your houses! They have made worms' meat of me." This quote foreshadows the

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and i started to tell Mercutio let's go. Like I state in the first paragraph when Mercutio and I started walking in the village i had a sense something bad was going to happen. Which is why in the book William Shakespeare states on pg 863 that “ I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire. The day is hot, the Capulets abroad, and, if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl, or now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.” This means since I already knew that Mercutio gets angry when he is in heat to long I also knew that if a Capulet came around Mercutio would wanna quarrel.

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Who do you think is responsible for the deaths The scene begins with Benvolio and Mercutio talking. Bevolio is trying to persuade Mercutio to leave because, if the Capulets are around, there would be trouble I pray thee good Mercutio let's retire. Benvolio is used by Shakespeare as a peacemaker, he will not argue or upst anybody andwill not side with anyone as he is neither Caulet or Montague, he is, hever, Romeo's friend.

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Even though Mercutio is dead throughout some of the play he still lives

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While not being a pivotal character in the beginning stages of the play, Mercutio's role takes a turn during the street brawl between the Montagues and the Capulets. When Tybalt, a Capulet, challenges Romeo to a duel, Mercutio steps in to challenge Tybalt to a duel because Romeo isn't. To anger Tybalt into fighting him, Mercutio provokes him, “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission! / Alla staccato carries it away. /

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In Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, it is challenging and quite difficult to determine who is to blame for the fatal death of the two star-crossed lovers. For there are multiple characters who can be accused of the tragic events that happen to Romeo and Juliet throughout the play. For example, Mercutio, who forced Romeo to go to the Capulet’s masquerade ball, which led to the encountering of Romeo and Juliet in the first place. Then there is also Romeo himself since he fell deeply in love with Juliet; enough to kill himself. Lastly, there is fate, which explains the reason of the lovers’ deaths by referring to their destiny, fortune, and future.

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He was able to better his mood even when he was down. Life can be hard without laughter, but Mercutio was able to lessen the pain. On page 1078 Mercutio says, "Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy." He brings light where ever he goes, which is such a important part to anyone's well being. Romeo was just as witty ,by using rhetorical devices such as alliteration.

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McEnery plays the jester-like comedian with all of its dramatic flair and more by ad-libbing, such as his imitation of a whip’s crack when he delivers the line “Her whip of cricket’s bone” (19:05). His jest continues, gradually building the tension until McEnery pulls it to a half at line 85 (20:10). The way the line “and being thus frightened, swears a prayer or two and sleeps again” (1.4.85-85) is delivered implies a heartfelt experience, as though Mercutio had gone through it himself. This also allows the viewer to backtrack and realise that this crescendo of emotion encircles a nightmare of a soldier still fighting in a war. Perhaps it is a far-fetched theory, but the portrayal almost suggests that Mercutio suffers from post-traumatic disorder and the anger he directs at ‘Queen Mab’ (20:16-20:50) is the result of that until Romeo comforts him (“Thou talks of nothing” 1.4.94).

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To start things off, let us look at how Mercutio’s actions and advice led Romeo to be abhorred by almost everyone in Verona. At the Capulets’ party, Romeo infuriates Tybalt, after Tybalt discovers that a Montague (Romeo) is at the Capulet’s feast. Mercutio was there, and in fact, he led Romeo to be disliked by Tybalt. Mercutio told Romeo he should find love and pursue it even if it does not work out for him.

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The reason I believe this is that in some scenes, Mercutio speaks twice as much as anyone else such as scene four in act one. This is the first time we meet Mercutio and he speaks eleven times including his famous Queen Mab speech. Overall, Mercutio does more than half the talking in the whole scene. Also, in act two he isn’t in three of the six scenes but when he is a scene he isn’t a static character, he is an active character who speaks frequently and almost as much as Romeo and Juliet. This becomes a problem for Shakespeare because if a “side-character” speaks fifty percent of the time and the rest is everyone else, then he becomes a character that is too important.

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Because of his disregard to romance, he always finds a way to poke fun at Romeo’s romance with Rosaline and Juliet. Mercutio’s humor can not only be frivolous and jocular, but can also be harsh and crude. His humor is a lot of the time bothersome to Romeo. Mercutio is also quick-tempered as he is always ready to draw his sword at any provocation like when he fights Tybalt (Act 3, Scene 1, Line 83). This shows his loyalty and courage.

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Throughout the whole play both Romeo and Mercutio were there for each other when in need of a friend or even just some comforting words. Mercutio always seems to say the right things to put Romeo back on track and in focus. While Romeo was relentlessly weeping over his unrequited love for Rosaline, Mercutio, with his wise and caring words said, “‘Why is not this not better than groaning for love? Now art thou sociable.

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The quote written is proof that Mercutio isn't wise when coming to a good sense of mindfulness. When Mercutio stirred up a wide pot between the Capulets and Montagues

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Ah, the immortal passado, the punto reverso, the hay!” Unlike in the Queen Mab speech, where Mercutio’s performance is full of magical descriptions and innocuous jokes, here it heavily relies on crude jokes and mockery in order to entertain his friends. Moreover, Mercutio utilizes hyper specific insults, showing how he also has an intimate knowledge of all of these subjects; he is acting hypocritically, as he has the same traits that he is belittling others for

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