Mercutio: Mercutio‚ with his quick wit‚ clever mind‚ constant jokes and very likeable personality appears to be the jester of the play. However‚ with his savage words‚ Mercutio undermines the romance and self love within the play. He mocks everyone; Romeo’s self-indulgence as much as Tybalt’s arrogance and fashion-sense. His speeches are long and ridiculous‚ however they reveal ability to present a witty argument and entertain the audience with his language skills. The audience naturally loves
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and heroine‚ the voluble and witty Mercutio is as memorable a character as is found in all of Shakespeare’s plays. He acts as a significant character in terms of plot advancement; but more importantly‚ Mercutio himself is a fascinating man in many aspects. Mercutio is not part of the Montague family‚ he is however a friend of Romeo’s and related to the Prince of Verona. One would think this puts him relatively outside the family feud‚ but we learn that Mercutio is only all to willing to play along
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give out. Even though‚ the servant didn’t know how to read‚ he asked one of the four men in a little room to read it‚ that man was Romeo. The servant asked Romeo to read it to him. Mercutio tried to convince him to go to the party to look for her. But‚ while
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a specific role. Mercutio ’s role is the most important. He is the kinsman to the prince and Romeo ’s closest friend and confidante‚ and in this role he can be very inluential to Romeo and can influence the decisions made and the directions the play takes. He uses his humour and wit to lead the other characters to the climax. He is in a difficult position‚ as the friend of Romeo and the princes kinsman‚ but all these factors contribute to the memorable character he is. Mercutio is the driving force
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In William Shakespeare’s exciting novel Romeo and Juliet Mercutio is a character who shows negative point of view on love. Mercutio is a friend of Romeo‚ who is the protagonist of the story. Mercutio mock Romeo for being in love with Rosaline. He is not happy for being in love with Rosaline. In “act scene 4” Romeo and Mercutio are talking about love. Mercutio says something negative about love. He mocks love because Romeo is depressed and he want to make Romero happy. Act I‚ scene 4 “ If love is
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notable characters in the play are Mercutio and the Nurse. They both bring an exciting element of comic relief and also a sense of tragedy that shapes the outcome of the plot and the plays fatal ending. These two characters acted as the closest companions to Romeo and Juliet (aside from each other after meeting) and were influential and bold characters throughout the play. Mercutio was related to the Prince‚ but also acted as Romeo’s dearest friend. Mercutio was bold outspoken‚ and seemingly
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At the end of the play Romeo and Juliet are dead. Their death is the result of many different events and decisions. There are several people that could be blamed for the deaths of these two young lovers. Mercutio for getting Romeo to go to the ball{{fragment}}. Their parents‚ by keeping the feud between the two families on going. Romeo for avenging Mercutio’s death{{Fragment}}. The Nurse for not telling Juliet’s parents what’s going on and that Juliet has fallen in love with a Montague. And even
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characters like Tybalt‚ Romeo‚ and Paris there’s an element of drama that the girls from the story can’t compare to. First ‚Tybalt‚ the fiery hot head‚ has had a tremendous influence on the plays dramatic feel with his short tempered personality and reckless behavior it’s no wonder that Tybalt sets off most of the tragic events that occur in the story. Tybalt states "...I will withdraw but that intrusion shall‚ now seeming sweet‚ convert to bitter gal" (1015). After Capulet warned Tybalt to not cause
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Tybalt The character of Tybalt is that he doesn’t like peace‚ the way he talks makes it seem as though he always wants to have trouble or fight. Mercutio‚ who hates Tybalt‚ gives him the "catty" nickname the "Prince of Cats" ‚ but when his uncle Capulet prevents him from beating up Romeo for crashing the Capulet’s masked ball‚ he’s not too pleased‚ and really just wants payback which is that he just wants a fight. Tybalt’s aggressive behavior seems possible that he’s eager to fight because he
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Discuss Mercutio in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in terms of character dimension‚ character development and his relation to major themes of the play. When looking at the content of characters in Shakespeare’s play „Romeo and Juliet“ one can find a total of 21 people that are mentioned by name. While it is self-evident that characters such as Romeo and Juliet are essential to the play due to the fact that they form its title‚ a reader could ask what role the others might play in a literary context
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