on those close to him and those effects ripple out to those even further away. Mercutio is Romeo’s best friend and not a member of either of the feuding families. An examination of Mercutio’s hatred for the sacrament of marriage and his views of women‚ his over-active imagination‚ and his explosive nature will clearly prove he is responsible for the tragic demise of Romeo and Juliet. Like many people in Verona‚ Mercutio has a distorted view of marriage‚ and to a greater extent‚ love. In fact‚ he says
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Two Brave Men Dead While the Third One Was Banished! Yesterday‚ on the 25th of May‚ 2017‚ in the city of Verona‚ two young‚ gallanted men‚ one by the name of Tybalt Capulet‚ who was the cousin of the Capulet’s daughter‚ Juliet‚ and another named Mercutio Escalus‚ who happened to be the close friend of a Montague‚ Romeo‚ both succumbed injuries while being attacked by each other during a deadly fight. At the same time‚ Romeo‚ who is the heir and the son of Montague‚ was promptly banished from the
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During Act III‚ Scene i‚ Romeo‚ Benvolio‚ Tybalt‚ and Mercutio get into a huge sword fight. Tybalt begins to go head to head to head against Mercutio and Romeo. Finally‚ Tybalt lunges forward at Romeo to kill him. However‚ he missed and stabbed Mercutio right through his side. Mercutio falls to the ground crying out‚ “ A plague o’both your houses.” Tybalt fled the scene of the murder‚ leaving Romeo and Benvolio at Mercutio’s
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belong to enemy families. They first meet at a Capulet house party. When they see each other from across the room they instantly fall in love‚ and are married the next day. However‚ in Act 3 Scene 1‚ the day after the marriage‚ Romeo’s best friend Mercutio is killed by Tybalt; a member of the Capulet family. Because of this‚ Romeo kills Tybalt and is banished from Verona. After Romeo leaves Verona‚ Juliet’s parents tell her she is to marry Paris; she is devastated. Friar Lawrence then comes up with
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When Mercutio died‚ his friend flew into a rage and killed his executioner. I believe there were many characters at fault. Including those who don’t make an appearance‚ but are mentioned. The story starts with‚ ‘Two households‚ both alike in dignity‚ in fair Verona‚ where we lay our scene… ’ (Shakespeare‚ 1597). This feud‚ between the two households‚ started a chain reaction‚ without this sequence of events taking place‚ Mercutio probably would’ve lived to see another day. This feud also caused paranoia
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speech‚ and it leaves us with the notion that Mercutio is a vain immature fool. It also may be foreshadowing how impulsiveness will lead to death‚ such was the case with Romeo‚ killing himself because he thought Juliet was dead. Characters: Benvolio- Romeo’s cousin Mercutio- a servant loyal to the house of Montague Literary techniques: Irony: This piece is perhaps one of the biggest pieces of irony in the whole play. Essentially Mercutio is saying that Benvolio is too short tempered‚
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Romeo is the son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague but is also best friends with Mercutio and his cousin Benvolio. Romeo has a stronger bond to Friar Lawrence than he does with his parent and this makes the Friar the father figure of Romeo just like how the nurse is for Juliet. Verona respected and loved him; in addition‚ he was also a handsome man who falls easily in and out of love. During the play‚ Romeo’s character evolves from adolescence to adulthood as a result of his love for Juliet
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left proud Tybalt Capulet and boisterous Mercutio Escalus dead with Romeo Montague banished. Many residents are shocked by such a horrific outcome and are currently grieving their deaths along with Romeo’s banishment. In an interview with a rather distraught Benvolio Montague‚ who happens to be an eyewitness at the scene (who’s also a relative of Romeo Montague and close friend of Mercutio Escalus) retold the event. The fight included Romeo‚ Mercutio‚ Benvolio‚ Tybalt‚ and his men. It started
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Hate impacts society more than love because hate can affect people directly and indirectly.In Romeo and Juliet early on we learn that two families hate each other the montagues and capulets Romeo is a montague and Juliet is a capulet. Their families ancient grudge causes a downward spiral of death and sadness throughout the whole story and everybody is affected in a negative way because of the families grudge. In the story a young couple falls madly in love but their love is denied by multiple obstacles
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of Tybalt and Mercutio was solely due to the rivalry between the Capulet and Montague families. However‚ when looking closer at the text‚ Mercutio’s death was in big part‚ a result of Romeo’s love for Juliet‚ and Tybalt died because of Romeo’s compassion for his friend Mercutio. When Romeo refused to fight Tybalt‚ “The reason that I love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage...therefore farewell‚” his love for Juliet released him from the fight‚ opening the door for Mercutio to draw as he
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