This shows that his mood changes easily because if it didn’t then Mercutio would have let Tybalt duel Romeo. Mercutio can also be very rude. He makes fun of the nurse and calls her fat. This shows that he is rude because if he was not rude that he would have not said anything at all and kept it to himself.
There were many violent ends within the play that all began with Romeo and Juliet’s forbidden love, and one was the passing of five characters. Mercutio was a relative to the prince and as such he was untouchable. On the other hand he also subtly chose sides. Being friends with the Montagues was the beginning of the road to his death. He was an extremely witty person within the play constantly making jokes, but he also had a vivid imagination coming up with eloquent stories for the trio to hear.
Jennifer Romo English 9 Hr 2 12/11/15 Romeo and Juliet: Mercutio’s Impact A lot is lost when dealing with book to movie portrayals. Although it’s mostly small details that do not contribute to the story, personalities of the characters often change. Mercutio from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a victim of this change. In the play, Mercutio acted as a foil for Romeo with little understanding of love.
Mercutio explains that he likes to fight, but is not necessarily good at it. Just at the thought of Tybalt fighting a romantic like Romeo, amuses Mercutio. The tone seems rude, yet is supposed to be amusing. How he teases Tybalt is a clear example of Mercutio's playful and fun loving personality.
Because of Mercutio’s opposing traits to Romeo, he is Romeo’s foil to show Romeo’s significant
Mercutio the Murderer “Search, seek, and know how this foul murder comes” (5.3, 204 Prince). In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, many quarrels occur over who is to blame for innocent deaths. Mercutio is a humorous character who provides comic relief throughout the play. He is accepted by both the Capulet and Montague families. However, he despises Tybalt Capulet.
Mercutio is a great character because of his loyalty towards his best friend Romeo. In the text Mercutio states, “Good king of cats, nothing but one of your nine lives. That I mean to make bold withdrawal,
Though Mercutio should be held accountable for the fight that led to Tybalt’s and his own death in William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s inability to make sensible decisions in potentially challenging or stressful moments makes him most responsible. Mercutio’s taunting of Tybalt is justified as Tybalt had just called Romeo, his best friend, a villain. Contrastingly, Romeo’s behavior during the fight was irrational at best. In the first scene of the third act, Mercutio and Tybalt are dueling, Mercutio develops a wound which will lead to his death.
Mercutio is trying to make Romeo be a person that he is not. Romeo is a very passionate person throughout the play, him having the same view on life and women like Mercutio, Romeo’s demise wouldn’t have made much sense. This action helps build to pushing Romeo away from Mercutio.
(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
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.
Loyalty is priceless. In the play "Romeo and Juliet” Mercutio is considered to be one of Shakespeare's great creations. Yet Mercutio is killed early in the play, Mercutio helped out in many ways. Mercutio had many traits showing how he was a memorable character. Two traits that make Mercutio a memorable character are his love for his friends and family, and how helpful he was.
Shakespeare has formulated several memorable characters throughout his writings, such as Nurse from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Lady Macbeth from Macbeth, and Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio is such a memorable character due to his characteristics of being sarcastic and cynical, as well as his major impact on plot development. Mercutio isn’t completely serious though, as he was cracking jokes on his deathbed. Although Mercutio isn’t a Montague, he is good friends with Romeo and takes the side of the Montagues in the war of the opposing families.
Mercutio says Act I, Scene IV, Line 51 “that dreamers often lie”, because he didn’t believe in what Romeo had to say. Basically mocking Romeo by telling him, he shouldn’t take his dreams seriously. Secondly, Mercutio may also come off as bipolar in the play while going to the Capulet party. On Mercutio’s way,
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.
