Mercutio In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Mercutio plays the role of Romeo’s cousin, and a troubled friend. He shows this part of himself during the Queen Mab speech where he is seen longing for something. In the speech, he continuously gets angrier and angrier, telling Romeo and his friends “This is the very Mab..” (1.4.89), “This is the hag…” (1.4.93), and then finally “This is she-” (1.4.96). He began the speech with jokes until he began showing his stressed side, where he began insulting Queen Mab. Mercutio is loyal yet funny, not wanting to be a part of the feud between the two families. In my slide, I included a fire, to show his ever changing personality and a graffiti lettering of the word trouble to show that Mercutio is always hiding what he truly feels. Mercutio is a man