Mercutio In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

(Introduction) Why did William Shakespeare put Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet? Mercutio is a big asset to the story because he is Romeo’s best friend. He knows Romeo more than anyone which means he knows how to handle things that go on in his life.

(Descriptive Paragraph 1)Romeo being royalty, he has to have an ounterage with him: Mercutio and Benvolio. Mercutio is very loyal to Romeo and the entire Montague family as well as Benvolio. Mercutio risked his life to keep Romeo safe everyday and unfortunately lost his life doing his “job”. Mercutio didn't see his duty to be with or around and protecting Romeo as a job, just his everyday lifestyle being around his friends and enjoying himself. For example, “Mercutio angrily draws his sword and declares

He was more humorous than he was serious most of the time. For example, first he was trying to get Romeo to see how much fun he could have at the ball while trying to find another woman to take his mind off of Rosaline. Then, when he was at the ball dressed like a girl and making heinous jokes about Rosaline to Romeo that he thought was true but also funny to get Romeo fired up. Mercutio often made jokes about the Nurse and her appearance. She did not take it lightly. For Example, they exchange the following

Mercutio also sings a bawdy song referring to the Nurse as a prostitute. His humor is usually quite rude and sometimes even bitter, like the jokes he made about his own death in Act III when he puns on the word “grave”: “A plague o’ both your houses” , and still pouring forth his wild witticisms: “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/where-comedy-romeo-juliet-639904 (Topic Summary 2) As a matter of fact, Mercutio was not the funnest person to be around. Even though he made jokes, most of them were about people and it hurt their feelings when he said most things. The conversation between him and the Nurse in paragraph 3 wasn’t even grim compared to most of the other things he’s said.

(Conclusion) In conclusion, Mercutio was loyal to Romeo and the Montagues by staying by their side ‘til the end of his days, he was a wise young man who stayed around when Romeo needed advice even if it wasn’t good, and he was humorous towards everything that life brought even in serious times. All of these descriptive adjectives describing Mercutio, are found in Act 1 scene 1 through Act 3 scene 1 where Mercutio tragically loses his life in battle with Tybalt. You may like his comments, and you may not, but only one will tell if you understand the heinous things that happen in Verona, Italy in