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Theme Of Hatred In Romeo And Juliet

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Hatred is a powerful emotion, many times overtaking and almost controlling its victim.When one cannot control this emotion its difficult to snap back to reality and face the truth, the truth that maybe it's their own mistake, and that hate is just a side effect of them not being able to accept the facts.In Romeo and Juliet things escalate rather quickly, as after the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt the deaths of other did not stop, one after another. Although there are many persons who could be held responsible there is one that stands out. The person who should be held accountable for this calamity is Mercutio, Mercutio has always had a strong feeling about the Capulets so this led up to him “lighting the match”. Mercutio is the one who convinces Romeo to go to the …show more content…

Make it a word and a blow”.Mercutio finally shows his true self, while indicating he wants a fight. Tybalt, who came into the conversation much more peacefully, was not looking for a battle with Meructio, but rather trying to find out what had happened to Romeo and why he hadn't responded to his formal duel. Given these, it is clear that Mercutio is the one who can't control himself and is always looking for problems, especially with the Capulets.Also, a couple pages later in the same scene, after Romeo enters, Mercutio is the first to draw his sword, as it is stated in the stage directions after,” Alla stoccata carries it away.” To clarify, Tybalt wanted nothing to do with Mercutio after Romeo had showed up, but Mercutio was looking for trouble all along, so he pulled out his sword .For these reasons, it is further explained why Meructio is the tearaway and cannot be trusted to keep his

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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.

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In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, through the first three acts, Mercutio is the most important character because he participates in all of the major parts of the play. To illustrate, Mercutio is involved in a very pivotal scene where Tybalt is being arrogant and trying to get into fights with the Montagues. Mercutio antagonistically says to Tybalt, “And but one word with one of us? Couple it with / something; make it a word and a blow” leading to a Tybalt and Mercutio fight that Tybalt ultimately wins in the end (3.1.35-36). Romeo fights for Mercutios honor and ends up killing Tybalt.

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Mercutio is a close friend of Romeo he is seen with wit, humor, and a quick temper. He is very independent and refuses to let others' expectations have a constraint on him. Mercutio begins to understand himself through interactions with other characters such as Romeo, he begins to find his place in the world. He has a deep commitment to himself and his identity disregarding the social norms. Even though he is a great character it gets to the best of him and leads to his death against Tybalt.

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Mercutio sees Tybalt insult Romeo and responds, “O calm, dishonourable, vile submission! Alla stoccata carries it away” (Shakespeare 3.1.69-70). Clearly, Tybalt insults Romeo rudely and this has also affected Mercutio. Mercutio can’t stand the fact he said that He decides to fight Tybalt himself instead of Romeo. Later on, Mercutio is killed by Tybalt.

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He wants to fight, but Romeo is not budging, for he does not want to harm Juliet’s cousin. So instead of Romeo fighting Tybalt, Mercutio fights Tybalt because Romeo will not fight for himself. Romeo steps between them and tries to stop the duel, but Tybalt manages to stab Mercutio underneath Romeo’s

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but with the remarks that were made it made Mercutio have to join in the fight. Romeo probably cared more for his own safety than to speak up. You can say that Romeo probably didn’t want to escalate the situation and try to keep himself shut after the remark that he made. But that made the situation worse because Tybalt thought that Romeo's silence was disrespectful and wanted to fight him himself. Even through tough situations you need to think clearly because heading in head first can't end like Romeo being responsible for Tybalt’s

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