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 rough with you‚ be
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ each character plays a specific role in driving the action forward and shaping the play’s theme. One secondary character‚ Mercutio‚ is essential to the play. Mercutio is the Prince’s kinsman‚ but more importantly‚ he is Romeo’s friend and confidant. Mercutio’s concern is always for Romeo and for peace between the two families‚ the Capulets and the Montagues. Mercutio is the first to see that Romeo is deeply in love. In Act 2‚ scene 1‚ Mercutio calls for Romeo by saying
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Mercutio has a partially negative way of thinking‚ but he is more rational than Romeo’s impatient‚ love-seeking mind. The comparison of the two characters shows Mercutio’s common sense as opposed to impractical Romeo. They are similar and different at the same time‚ but seeing them interact with eachother helps us better understand Romeo as a character when we see him compared to Mercutio. Romeo’s role in the play is a young blind lover who in the beginning‚ doesn’t believe that there could be
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as the protagonist’s foil. In Romeo & Juliet‚ the protagonist‚ Romeo‚ is fickle‚ idealistic‚ impractical and naïve. To balance Romeo as a character‚ Shakespeare creates Mercutio; a good friend of Romeo’s who acts as his conscience. While Romeo has an idealistic perspective of the world and more specifically of love‚ Mercutio balances Romeo’s weak points as a dreamer. Mercutio is pragmatic‚ sensible‚ and clever and a master on word play. Throughout the play‚ Mercutio mocks Romeo’s naïve and ridiculous
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Platonic Love In the Symposium‚ which is normally dated at the beginning of the middle period‚ Plato introduces his theory of love. First thing to note is that in Plato’s theory‚ love is given and its existence is not questioned. The word love leaves the matter ambiguous as to whether we are discussing love in the normal‚ human‚ sense of the word‚ or if we are discussing desire in a much broader sense‚ but in this discussion we are only considering only love of type eros‚ love as a kind
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friends‚ Romeo and Mercutio’s views on love are very contrasting. In act 1 scene 4‚ Romeo is portrayed as someone who views love as a negative thing‚ whereas Mercutio has a more positive view on love. We see this in act 1 scene 4‚ when Romeo says ’sore enpierced with (cupid’s) shaft.’ ’Sore’ indicates that Romeo is in continuous pain as a result of how love has bruised him. This leaves us with the impression that he is deeply affected by love in a negative way‚ and that this hurt that love has given
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CHANGES: At the beginning of the story‚ Mercutio was first introduced with Romeo and Benvolio. Mercutio was trying to be a really nice friend and tries to cheer up Romeo from his past relationships. There were no “end” to Mercutio’s character because he was killed in Act 3 Scene 1. But before he died‚ he was still very loyal to his friend. Until Act 3‚ Mercutio has always teased about Rosaline‚ but when it got to Act 3‚ he got mad. Mercutio was always a guy that can take jokes and laugh about things
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The contrast between love and lust is drastic. Love is a hard thing to define but lust is a burning desire for another person‚ and it usually doesn’t last a very long time. Love can transform over years and still remain consistent. Lust is superficial when only the appearance is considered but nothing else‚ which can be called ‘love at first sight’. Lust is only a short-term relationship‚ whereas love leads to a deeper understanding of the other person and one develops affection and caring for them
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er‚ knew.. - and loved‚ Sir Mercutio! The character that I chose from Romeo and Juliet is‚ of course‚ Mercutio. Mercutio is the friend of Romeo and Benvolio and the relative of Prince Escalus. He is extremely relevant to the plot‚ for Mercutio provoked Juliet’s cousin‚ Tybalt‚ causing the two to fight. "Come‚ sir‚ your passado." (III.i.80). Romeo attempted to intervene which gave Tybalt leverage to reach around him and stab Mercutio. The death of his friend angered Romeo‚ who then fought and killed
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Romeo and Juliet’s play is art by Shakespeare’s‚ which revolves around a street couple in Verona by the names Romeo and Juliet. (Weis‚ 2012) This play was written based on a fictional story written between the years 1594 and 1596. This art is a fictional story‚ but around 13th century there rose two characters‚ from two famous Italian families and fell in love. These two young stars love fame spread faster across the Italy and France. The tales of the two young lovers lead to the creation of a poem
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