Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet Act 3 Scene 1

This passage occurs in Act Three, Scene One. At the time of this quote, Mercutio is speaking directly to Romeo and Benvolio as they are the two characters physically with Mercutio at the time. However, the speech was intended for the houses of both Montague and Capulet as they had made a fool of him enough to result in his untimely death. Tybalt disrupted Mercutio and Benvolio in search of Romeo as Tybalt had the intent to fight him. However, Mercutio continued to make vulgar remarks towards Tybalt until eventually causing a fight of their own. The two dueled, and under Romeo's arm, Tybalt wounded Mercutio. Initially it was not taken seriously as Mercutio was never seen to be a vulnerable character. This is when the passage occurred, it was

This is when we see the major turning point in the play, and we see Romeo’s hamartia result in tragedy. Romeo is immediately filled with resentment and the desire for revenge on Tybalt. With Romeo’s constant impulsiveness and at times, stupidity, he chases down Tybalt and slays him. Romeo is sentenced to banishment from Verona, ultimately stripping him of his life as he knows and his new wife, Juliet. In the end, this passage describes the rest of the play. There is a genuine plague on both of these houses, and it resulted in the death of both Romeo and

He speaks of the family's long withheld feud and the unfortunate fate it brought upon himself. This passage represents the deeper ailments of the feud, and how it has bewitched Verona as a society. The constant fighting between the families results in tragedy time and time again, Mercutio to be the first, yet certainly not the least to fall at the feet of hate in the play. “They have made worms meat of me: I have it,” Mercutio states that the Montagues and the Capulets' immaturity has made a complete and utter fool of him, and it has turned him into the food of worms. This means that they have killed Mercutio, although Tybalt held the sword, these two houses are the true reactants in his death. We see more figurative language spoken by Mercutio in the lines just above: “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.” This means Mercutio is well aware of the damage that has been done, he realizes that no matter if he survives or does not, he will not be as he was before this encounter. Mercutio is either to be found dead, in a grave, or injured and unable to return to his convivial persona. Mercutio's death was a shock, it is seen to be so tragic as at the initial time of his injury, instead of the people around him helping him, they then instead make a mockery and Mercutio was never seen asking anybody for help, and was only ever seen to be sarcastic and