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    I believe Mercutio was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he is the one who started everything. Romeo and Juliet is a story about two “star-crossed’ lovers from families that are feuding amongst each other. The family feud began to get so serious that the two married off in secret‚ and ended up killing themselves for each other’s love. This whole story never would have happen if it was not for Mercutio. He played an important role in the story in a lot of ways. Romeo and Juliet

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    Romeo and Juliet: Mercutio Character Analysis The character Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a round and static. Mercutio was the humorous character in the play Romeo and Juliet. He was killed off by Tybalt in a street brawl. He was a part of the Montague family. Mercutio is a very loyal and humorous character in Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio sticks up for his friends and loses his life doing it. Mercutio is a very loyal for the people he cares about. “O calm‚ dishonorable‚ vile

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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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    Act III Study Guide Scene 1 1) At the beginning of the scene‚ Benvolio thinks he and Mercutio should leave. 2) Tybalt hopes to fight with Romeo. 3) Tybalt calls Romeo a villain. 4) Romeo won’t fight Tybalt because they are now family since he married Juliet. 5) Mercutio gets stabbed when Romeo stands in front of him and Tybalt accidentally stabs him under Romeo’s arm. 6) Mercutio keeps repeating “A plague o’ both you houses” because he knows his death was caused by the family

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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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    Significance of Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ every character has their purpose in the play. For example‚ the side character‚ Mercutio‚ is essential to the play. He is a relative of Prince Escales‚ but mostly‚ he is Romeo’s friend and confident. He is an influential character to Romeo and the directions of the play takes. Mercutio has a significance influence to the play because Mercutio’s existence brought more drama to the play‚ his actions have often

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    William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet the character Mercutio is prosaic about love and considers it as a chase for something sexual rather than it being affection and devotion like Romeo. Mercutio fights Romeo throughout the play on what this affection truly is and shows us the cynical side of love in Romeo and Juliet. Both of these characters show throughout the play that they have completely different views on love. Throughout the play Mercutio makes some highly sarcastic remarks about love and

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    the plot. I believe that the two characters who are really essential to the plotline are Tybalt and Mercutio‚ two conflicting characters whose argument sets the play and its characters to another level of urgency. Though Mercutio and Tybalt share certain character traits‚ they are mostly opposites and can be juxtaposed to show the layers of contrast and complexity in each character. Though Mercutio and Benvolio are the classic "foils‚" I believe that this pair

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    The context of the situation is that Mercutio is mocking and making fun of Romeo and his love by saying: “Romeo! humerous! madman! passion! Lover!” (2.1.10). This states that he finds Romeo’s love almost humorous and that he is crazy from going to one girl to the next. This leads towards the tone to the context saying that he is empathetic towards the situation of love. That he does not care for love. When Mercutio says: “this cannot anger him: ‘twould anger him‚/ To raise a spirit in his mistress

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    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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