Mercutio Rationale
Heart Project Rationale
Mercutio: Colors of the Heart In the drama, Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio is foil character for Romeo. In the play, each character faces many different obstacles on the course to finding true love. Some of them cannot be overcome, but must be dealt with. The five different obstacles Mercutio must face are condescension, sarcasm, disrespectfulness, foolishness, and compulsiveness. Condescension is the worst characteristic in Mercutio’s personality. It is represented by the color purple. In the time of Romeo and Juliet the color purple was synonymous with royalty because it was worn only by royalty. Mercutio is related to the prince, and he thinks that gives him a free pass to do anything he wants. This mindset leaves him incapable of having a relationship because the partner would never be, in Mercutio’s mind, an equal. Sarcasm is yet another bad aspect of Mercutio. It is represented by a white base with red, blue, and yellow dots. These are the traditional colors of a clown. Mercutio’s unfiltered and unrelenting sense of humor make it difficult to tell if he is being serious or not, and if he is, it is hard to take him seriously. How can you have a relationship with someone you cannot take seriously? Disrespectfulness is more or less a trait that can be changed or overcome, in a normal person. However, in Mercutio’s case it is an immovable, unchangeable, unstoppable force. It is engraved in his mind and his heart. His disrespect is and evil thing, like a dark entity living inside him. It is represented by black on the heart for that reason. His disrespectfulness is a disease of his heart, not just an enemy. No one would be or is attracted to Mercutio because of that. Foolishness is yet another one of the things that prohibit a relationship for Mercutio. His foolishness is often dangerous for himself and others. Yellow symbolizes caution, therefore foolishness is represented by yellow. Everyone is foolish to some degree or another,
Mercutio: Colors of the Heart In the drama, Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio is foil character for Romeo. In the play, each character faces many different obstacles on the course to finding true love. Some of them cannot be overcome, but must be dealt with. The five different obstacles Mercutio must face are condescension, sarcasm, disrespectfulness, foolishness, and compulsiveness. Condescension is the worst characteristic in Mercutio’s personality. It is represented by the color purple. In the time of Romeo and Juliet the color purple was synonymous with royalty because it was worn only by royalty. Mercutio is related to the prince, and he thinks that gives him a free pass to do anything he wants. This mindset leaves him incapable of having a relationship because the partner would never be, in Mercutio’s mind, an equal. Sarcasm is yet another bad aspect of Mercutio. It is represented by a white base with red, blue, and yellow dots. These are the traditional colors of a clown. Mercutio’s unfiltered and unrelenting sense of humor make it difficult to tell if he is being serious or not, and if he is, it is hard to take him seriously. How can you have a relationship with someone you cannot take seriously? Disrespectfulness is more or less a trait that can be changed or overcome, in a normal person. However, in Mercutio’s case it is an immovable, unchangeable, unstoppable force. It is engraved in his mind and his heart. His disrespect is and evil thing, like a dark entity living inside him. It is represented by black on the heart for that reason. His disrespectfulness is a disease of his heart, not just an enemy. No one would be or is attracted to Mercutio because of that. Foolishness is yet another one of the things that prohibit a relationship for Mercutio. His foolishness is often dangerous for himself and others. Yellow symbolizes caution, therefore foolishness is represented by yellow. Everyone is foolish to some degree or another,