big impact in his life. Later‚ Mercutio‚ Romeo’s friend and Tybalt‚ Juliet’s cousin have an argument and start to fight one another. One thing leads to another and Tybalt ends up accidentally stabbing Mercutio with his sword. Romeo thinks this is his fault seeing that he was trying to hold Mercutio back at the time. When Mercutio is stabbed by Tybalt he acts like he isn’t hurt‚ that it is just a small scratch‚ while the truth is indeed he is greatly injured. Mercutio dies in front of Romeo and Romeo’s
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feels strongly about in his life‚ leading to foolish acts of bravado. This is shown when he travels into Verona‚ after being banished‚ to kill himself for Juliet. Even when Tybalt enters “In triumph‚ and Mercutio slain” (III i127) Romeo claims‚ “Either thou or I‚ or both‚ must go with him [Mercutio]” (III i 134) This shows how far Romeo will go for those he loves
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Romeo and Juliet‚ Mercutio is that one friend. Shakespeare’s use of a character like Mercutio‚ who has many various sides of traits‚ makes the story dynamic. In Act III scene I‚ Mercutio has a conversation with Benvolio that reveals his behavior. Temper‚ annoyance‚ and the urge to fight is what makes Mercutio’s personality have numerous features during the conversation. Shakespeare’s use of temper in the dialogue demonstrates Mercutio’s abundant facades. In act III scene I‚ Mercutio says‚ “Men’s eyes
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They are symbols‚ telling us about the various themes in the play as well. An example of a dream foreshadowing the eventual tragic ending of the play is found in Act 1 Scene 4‚ in which Romeo says that he “dreamt a dream tonight” to his friends Mercutio and Benvolio‚ while heading to Capulet’s feast. His dream is ominous‚ and he is fearful of whether his dream will come true‚ saying that he fears the “vile forfeit of untimely death”. This proves true at the end of the play‚ as he does eventually
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Shakespeare is about two young lovers‚ their feeding families‚ and the tragedy that ensues in their lives. Romeos and juliet fall in love immediately at a party‚ this angered Juliets’s cousin‚ Tybalt. Tybalt tries to duel with Romeo but instead fights Mercutio‚ leaving both dead and Romeo exiled. With out the family’s knowledge Romeo and Juliet had been married with the help of Frair Lawrence and Nurse. Heartbroken‚ Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence for help and he gives her a option to fake her death so she
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start of act 3 scene one s one of calm‚ Benvolio and Mercutio of the Montague household are walking along when Benvolio suggests that they ‘retire’ inside because if they should cross paths with the Capulet’s a brawl would be inescapable. Mercutio is a fiery young man who likes fighting the Capulet men whereas Benvolio is also fiery but has heeded the warning of the prince and doesn’t want to fight. The Capulet men come across them and Mercutio torments them and in doing so starts a fight‚ Romeo who
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nobody has an understanding of why he must do this. The dark motif is also present throughout Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech. Towards the begging of Act I scene IV‚ Mercutio tries to convince Romeo push his lovesickness over Rosaline aside and to come along to the Capulet feast. When Romeo says that he is depressed because of a dream‚ Mercutio begins his speech of Queen Mab and he implies that she is the "mastermind of dreams." Queen Mab is a fairy who brings dreams to sleeping humans and throughout Mercutio’s
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Romeo’s reputation is one that is presented as a good child who is a portly gentleman as the town of Verona brags about him to be a well governed youth. During the play‚ Romeo’s personality develops through the actions of his three foils‚ Tybalt‚ Mercutio and Friar Laurence‚ making him the man he is at the end of the play. Throughout the play‚ the developing rash and hasty personality of Romeo is crafted by the foils contrasting characteristics. The aggressive side of Romeo is conveyed by the hot-tempered
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Have you emotions ever gotten the better of you and you just couldn’t control it‚ or you weren’t really thinking what you were doing because you just couldn’t control your anger or jealousy? Well in the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare‚ the two characters Tybalt and Romeo‚ because of their emotion clouded mind‚ set the whole tragedy in play. Before I go on about though‚ I must be brief with my summary. The whole story is mainly about “A pair of star-crossed lovers takes
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to a street brawl of the two families. Furthermore‚ in Act 3 Scene 1‚ the hatred between the families gets worse. When Tybalt wanted revenge against the Montagues‚ he then confronted Romeo and Mercutio and started a duel. In addition‚ the feud between the families got even worse‚ when Tybalt killed Mercutio. Also‚ in Act 5 Scene 3‚ Tybalt challenges Romeo to fight and Romeo kills him. The street in Verona‚ a public place‚ is where the feuding starts between the two families. In Act 1 Scene 1‚
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