Mercutio Dying In Romeo And Juliet

In William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, two lovers from rival families go against their fate and decide to marry each other, resulting in death collecting both of their souls. In the play, Mercutio is one of Romeo’s best friends. When Romeo is challenged in a duel, Mercutio tries to fight in his stead. Romeo tries to stop Mercutio from fighting and it causes Mercutio to die. Ultimately, Mercutio interfering with Romeo’s decision to not go to the ball and Romeo interfering with Mercurio’s decision to fight, resulting in Mercutio dying, demonstrates that it is sometimes best to not interfere with other people’s decisions. Mercutio demonstrates that he is realistic by denouncing fanciful dreams. In scene 4 of Act 1, Romeo says that he will not go to the ball due

In scene 1 of Act 3, when Tybalt challenges Romeo, Mercutio responds by trying to get Tybalt to fight him instead of fighting Romeo(3.1.70-79), proving that he is such a good friend that he is willing to put his life on the line. This scene is essential to the story because it results in Mercutio dying and Romeo getting banished. If this scene didn’t occur, then Romeo would not have been banished and would have gotten the message that Juliet was faking her death. Similarly, on page three of The Ethiopss Ear, it talks about how Mercutio and Romeo had such a strong friendship that they could have been lovers, and also about how much Mercutio cared about Romeo, causing him to fight Tybalt. This helps us understand just how strong of a friendship Romeo and Mercutio had in the play, given that they could have been lovers if not for Juliet. Both pieces of evidence relate to the theme because Romeo interferes with Mercutio’s decision leading to Mercutio's death. Romeo’s interference caused the death of Mercutio, proving that trusting others and letting them make their decisions is the best course of action at