Mercutio A Tragedy In Romeo And Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet it is a tragedy. It is the story of two feuding families and the love between Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet who can’t be together because of them. Shakespeare’s intention in this scene was to set up for the following deaths and turn Romeo and Juliet from a comedy to a tragedy.
This particular scene is cuticle to outlining Romeo and Juliet as a tragedy as it features the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt and Romeo’s banishment as of. The scene opens with Mercutio teasing Benvolio when they encounter Tybalt. Mercutio insults him and an argument ensues. Romeo then enters and, unaware of Romeos marriage to Juliet, Tybalt calls Romeo a villain and declares a duel. Romeo refuses to duel and Mercutio …show more content…
He is a very impulsive character with in his case is his fatal flaw and the reason for this tragedy. He is also very loyal which means that he sticks with any promises and this can cause issues too. In this scene His loyalty to Mercutio is what set off the events for the following …show more content…
Although he does not seem as an important character he is the most crucial as his death pushes Romeo to kill Tybalt. Before his death, the play was more of a comedy; Mercutio creates the underlying tension in the scene with his puns and insults. An in a change os tone he blames the Capulet’s and the Montague’s, instead of fate for his death, while still making one final pun, “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.” (Act III, Scene I, line 65).
Tybalt has an aggressive personality; in this scene he is full of rage because Romeo attended a Capulet party. What is interesting is that in the 1968 Zeffirelli film the Capulet house color is orange and red, reflecting Tybalt’s personality. Tybalt is depicted as the victim of Mercutio’s taunting’s in this scene, and he gets worked up enough to want to kill Mercutio, whis results in the tragedies at the end of the play.
In this scene Benvolio is the voice of reason he says I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire: /The day is hot, the / Capulet’s abroad, / And, if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl; / For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring. (Act III, Scene I, line 1-4). He is the
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet it is a tragedy. It is the story of two feuding families and the love between Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet who can’t be together because of them. Shakespeare’s intention in this scene was to set up for the following deaths and turn Romeo and Juliet from a comedy to a tragedy.
This particular scene is cuticle to outlining Romeo and Juliet as a tragedy as it features the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt and Romeo’s banishment as of. The scene opens with Mercutio teasing Benvolio when they encounter Tybalt. Mercutio insults him and an argument ensues. Romeo then enters and, unaware of Romeos marriage to Juliet, Tybalt calls Romeo a villain and declares a duel. Romeo refuses to duel and Mercutio …show more content…
He is a very impulsive character with in his case is his fatal flaw and the reason for this tragedy. He is also very loyal which means that he sticks with any promises and this can cause issues too. In this scene His loyalty to Mercutio is what set off the events for the following …show more content…
Although he does not seem as an important character he is the most crucial as his death pushes Romeo to kill Tybalt. Before his death, the play was more of a comedy; Mercutio creates the underlying tension in the scene with his puns and insults. An in a change os tone he blames the Capulet’s and the Montague’s, instead of fate for his death, while still making one final pun, “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.” (Act III, Scene I, line 65).
Tybalt has an aggressive personality; in this scene he is full of rage because Romeo attended a Capulet party. What is interesting is that in the 1968 Zeffirelli film the Capulet house color is orange and red, reflecting Tybalt’s personality. Tybalt is depicted as the victim of Mercutio’s taunting’s in this scene, and he gets worked up enough to want to kill Mercutio, whis results in the tragedies at the end of the play.
In this scene Benvolio is the voice of reason he says I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire: /The day is hot, the / Capulet’s abroad, / And, if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl; / For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring. (Act III, Scene I, line 1-4). He is the