...Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet". His language is always powerful and imaginative. He represents many different things in the play and holds an important role. Both of these categories will be explored in this essay, among other things. First of all, Mercutio is Romeo's friend. He is neither Montague, nor Capulet. Therefore, he has not been born into a feud and really has no side. However, his bond with Romeo does make him associated with the Montagues. Mercutio's character stands out from the rest because of his energy in everything he does and says. He is very fun loving and has a genuine love for life. He is living his life on the edge and always looking for something new and exciting to do. He is constantly playing on words, using two or more meanings. Romeo once describes him as, "A gentlemen…who loves to hear himself talk." As displayed in his Queen Mab speech in Act I Scene iv, he is very imaginative. He describes in intimate detail everything about a little world he has imagined. He creates this miniature society which he uses to explain how we get our dreams. In that same scene, Mercutio reveals to the audience how he believes one should chase after what is desired. He tells Romeo to not be afraid to take charge saying: "If love be rough with you, then be rough with love." Mercutio teases Romeo, in Act I Scene iv: "Romeo! Humours! Madman! Passion! Lover! Appear though in the likeness of a sigh." This shows how Mercutio simply cannot understand Romeo's love for Juliet, and that...
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...William Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest writers of all times. One of his most famous tragic plays is Romeo and Juliet. Within this play Shakespeare takes characters, events and themes to model human behaviours. Within Act III, Scene I it displays both characters and events that demonstrate human behaviour. When Tybalt and Romeo quarrel and Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt, it all ends tragically with Tybalt slaying Mercutio. Within Act III, Scene I this is revealed by the way the characters are portrayed within the scene with the different personality types for each of the characters. Human behaviour is also modelled with the events that occur and who the characters react to the situations that occur within the scene. The themes of death and haste also occur within the Act III, Scene I and these themes which relate back to human behaviour in through the events and the way the characters react. Looking at characters, events and themes in depth the audience can see how within this tragic scene human behaviours are explored within the text. The characters within Romeo and Juliet all have completely different personality types. Mercutio is a believable character as he represents a care free character that is not afraid to do or say what he likes, in a way he just does not care what people think of him. In Act III, Scene I Benvolio warns that the Capulet’s are coming and that they should move off the street. Mercutio replies with “By my heel, I care not”, which means...
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...Isn’t it strangely humorous how the man who’s responsible for Romeo’s death, that his own death is caused by Romeo. That of course is Mercutio. Mercutio is one of the unlikely suspects to who is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death, as Mercutio has done many good things to Romeo. He defended him against Tybalt, even fought against Tybalt to prevent Romeo from having to duel him. Although that’s also where it went wrong. Mercutio fighting Tybalt to defend Romeo is probably the worst thing he could have done for Romeo as he himself is killed by Tybalt as he is stabbed when Romeo tries to break up the fight. Romeo is then struck by the feeling of guilt and revenge which makes him kill Tybalt leading to his banishment. Although that is not...
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...Romeo and Juliet Analysis The topic I chose for my analysis is death and death's premonitions. In Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, there were many deaths that took place. The first death that took place was Mercutio's death. Tybalt was furious because Romeo showed up to the Capulet's house party. Tybalt tried to kill Romeo, but Romeo did not want to fight back because he was married to Juliet. Mercutio couldn't stand the fact that Tybalt was beating Romeo to death, so he stepped in trying to keep peace between the two boys. Mercutio's blood drips onto Romeo's hand as he falls under Tybalt's sword. After Mercutio's death, Romeo wanted to take avenge for his best friend. He killed Tybalt and was then exiled from Verona. All of these events lead to Romeo and Juliet's death also. When Romeo saw Juliet laying on her deathbed, he killed himself because he wanted to join her. When Juliet woke up from her temporary death, she saw her love laying besides her, dead. In result of that, she also kills herself. You could see how one death affected so many people's lives after that. The handful of deaths were foretold by the characters at one point. When Mercutio invited Romeo to the Capulet's party, he knew it wasn't an articulate choice. Romeo had a nightmare that there would be two untimely deaths that would happen and his instinct was to not go to the party. When Mercutio died in Romeo's arm, he shouted out, ''A plague on both your houses...", which kind of was a foreshadow...
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...destiny. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, there are a few members that show fate’s hand in play. Of those individuals, Mercutio is shown to be the most prominent. With Mercutio persuading Romeo at the Capulet party, having divine right, and an influential death, he has most impacted the theme of fate in Romeo and Juliet. The first way that Mercutio is the representative of fate is seen where he pushed Romeo to attend the Capulet soiree. During the beginning of the play, Mercutio and Romeo are walking towards the Capulet masque. While they are walking, Romeo starts to doubt if he should go at all. Mercutio counters this by saying...
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...In the play Romeo and Juliet there lives are not controlled by fate but rather they make there own decisions during the play. Everyone feels sorry for Romeo and Juliet because their lives were controlled by fate. But, no one looks at the huge errors they made leading up to there deaths. So, that's why i think fate is not a major factor in Romeo and Juliet. Even though fate caused them to fall in love, they made decisions that affected their lives, when Romeo and Juliet kill themselves. Or, when Juliet takes the sleeping potion from the friar, Also when Romeo kills Tybalt. These are all examples of free will in Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo Kills Tybalt in the play it is one of the major example of free will. When Tybalt kills Mercutio Romeo could have just walked away from Mercutio's death. But instead he forgot everything and just focused on killing Tybalt. “And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now.’ this quote shows that Romeo wants to avenge Mercutio's death and he will do anything to avenge him. Even when Romeo kills Tybalt and claims he was “fortune’s fool!” It was really...
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...Throughout William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, characters demonstrate impetuosity in everyday actions, which ultimately lead to their demises. Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo, and Juliet are only some of the characters in the play that have an impulsiveness about them, yet they are some of the most important characters in moving the play towards its tragic ending. These characters also meet untimely deaths that are scattered throughout the play, which cause a domino effect that leads to the death of others. In this play, an ancient feud between the Montagues and Capulets cause Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, to take drastic measures to preserve their love. The unnecessary hate between the Montagues and the Capulets cause the youth of the families to act in desperation. Particularly, Mercutio’s impulsive act of making jokes at inappropriate times led to the demise of characters in this play. When Tybalt is searching for...
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...Romeo Montague, a character in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, is the most impulsive and irrational person in all of literary history. In the beginning, he seems like a desperate lover who is trying to find a way to remain in his lover’s presence, but ultimately his irrational thinking brings death to him and his beloved. He shows his haste when he kills Tybalt to avenge Mercutio, and it is also displayed when he rushes to take his own life after hearing the news of Juliet’s death. Romeo is at fault for his and Juliet’s death, because he rushes into decisions too quickly, whether it be taking the life of another, or taking his own life. At first, Romeo appears to be a soft, love-struck man, but he becomes very rash and foolish. Romeo and Juliet were going were going to get married, and all would be swell. Then, Tybalt kills Mercutio, who is very dear to him. Out of pure rage, Romeo avenges his friend, but it results in him being torn away from his lover by becoming banished. After hearing of Mercutio's death, he says: Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain? Away to heaven respective lenity, And...
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...play, Romeo & Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, the love for two people can pull anyone together, even if it means death. The two star-crossed lovers’ gruesome families have had an ancient mutiny between each other which has caused the death of their children and many others. Though the two families have strong hatred towards each other, in the end both of families finally understand the true meaning of love and reunite with each other. Finally, love is stronger than hate because Romeo only killed Tybalt because of his strong love for Mercutio and Romeo shows a great amount of passionate love towards Juliet no matter what happens to him. Firstly, love is stronger than hate because Romeo killed Tybalt only for the sake of his dying friend Mercutio who he loved...
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...violence and heartbreak. But when reading the story of Romeo and Juliet there is so much rage and violence die to the fact that both families are different. Die to these tragedies deaths and separations between the families. This proves that Romeo and Juliet’s overall theme is that violence causes death and heartbreak due to the violence it caused by the deaths of Mercutio, Paris, Romeo and Juliet which caused heartbreak of the families. Starting with the differences between the families. It is noticeable during the play that the Capulets and Montagues do not exactly connect. At the beginning of the play when Sampson bites his thumb and Abraham asks...
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...The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a very dreamy story at first until one thing goes wrong and then everyone starts dying. Romeo and Juliet are the lovers that end up committing suicide for each other. Mercutio is the best friend that sets off the story by dying first. Tybalt is the main reason why Mercutio dies and the Friar Lawrence brought Romeo and Juliet together in hope it would end the feud between the families. The Capulets and the Montagues...
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...ever encountered someone with bipolar disorder? In the play “Romeo and Juliet” two star crossed lovers are cursed with an unfortunate fate. Juliet, a young Capulet women, falls for Romeo whom belongs to the rival household; The Montagues. Romeo’s closest companion, Mercutio, is believed to be bipolar. Bipolar disorder is an illness that can cause mood swings, leaving you feeling depressed one moment and cheerful the next. This was shown through Mercutio's character interaction. Mercutio suffers from bipolar disorder in the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, therefore illustrating Shakespeare incorporated foreshadowing of devastating events through Mercutio's character traits. Firstly, Mercutio expresses bipolar qualities in his dying scene. In Act 3 Mercutio goes from being a violent to a more comical character. This scene first starts with an argument between houses, Mercutio ends with getting stabbed and killed by Tybalt. A scholarly article states “In this scene of his death, Mercutio proves to have a quick temper and a dangerous love mockery” (The Facts On File Companion to Shakespeare). This shows how quickly his...
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...GCSE COURSEWORK- ROMEO & JULIET For my Romeo and Juliet coursework I will try to answer the question: Shakespeare uses many dramatic devices to ensure that Romeo and Juliet is a play full of violence, conflict and tension. With the focus on Act 3 Scene 1, how are these techniques developed by Shakespeare through language, setting and plot? The very hopeful tone of Act II where Romeo and Juliet got married changes dramatically at the beginning of Act III as Romeo becomes entangled in the brutal conflict between the two families. The searing heat “day is hot”, flaring tempers “mad blood stirring” and sudden violence of this scene is a abrupt contrast with the romantic, peaceful previous night. The play reaches a dramatic climax as Romeo and Juliet’s private world clashes with the public feud with tragic consequences- death of Mercutio and Tybalt. Mercutio’s death becomes the catalyst for the tragic turn the play takes from this point onwards. The choice of the setting plays a big part in the development of this tragic turn. Shakespeare shifts the setting from the privacy of Friar Lawrence’s cell where Romeo and Juliet got married to a public place where friends, honour and family ties hold sway. This setting shows that innocent people are getting hurt because of all this feuding; “civil blood makes civil hands unclean”. On top of that it suggests that the families’ feud has reached its ultimatum-it has gone from private to public. We also get the feeling that they are...
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...Tybalt is an essential character in the play, Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt Capulet is a character with a hateful personality and a depraved mind. He hates peace and starts a fight with a Montague, or any person, as soon as he sees them. Mercutio, Romeo, and Benvolio are on the street when Tybalt shows up and starts a fight with Mercutio. Romeo tries to get them to stop fighting before it even begins, but they ignore him and continue. Tybalt stabs Mercutio, causing him to curse both the Montagues and the Capulets before he dies. Mercutio's death enrages Romeo, causing him to go after Tybalt and end his life. Killing Tybalt proves a mistake for Romeo, soon after, Prince Escalus banished Romeo from his hometown, Verona, Italy. Romeo then gets word that Juliet is dead, so he finds a poor old apothecary and convinces him to sell him a poison that will kill any man who drinks it almost instantly. If Tybalt didn't kill Mercutio, Romeo would not have killed Tybalt, and he would not have gotten banished. If Tybalt were not written into the play, Romeo and Juliet might have been able to profess their love for each other publicly. And Romeo would still have his best friend alive and by his side. Tybalt's cruel nature is what helped make the ending what it was. Mercutio was also an essential character in this play. Mercutio was Romeo's best friend, and Romeo avenged Mercutio's death by killing Tybalt. Mercutio also is the reason Romeo went to the party; he dared him to find a girl...
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...of conflict in Romeo and Juliet. A guide to writing your essay: This is simply a suggested structure. Remember to use the PEE structure in each paragraph. Use the title to focus your essay. Introduction • How important a theme is conflict to the play? • Where else in the play have we seen conflict? • Link these ideas to how conflict is presented in Act 3 Scene 1. Paragraph one • Irony- before this scene R&j marry. The Friar hopes this will reunite the two families! • Pathetic fallacy- repetition of words to do with heat- something is going to happen, tempers will be lost! • Warnings about the Capulets. • Mercutio tells of all the fights Benvolio has been in- words to do with conflict- foreshadows (predicts) the future fight. • Structure of a tragedy- this is the mid-way point. Paragraph Two • Tybalt’s entrance- highly dramatic. Think about what we know of Tybalt’s character. • Tybalt uses false politeness- looking for Romeo- tension, fight will ensue. • Tybalt and Mercutio fight with their words. • Does Mercutio draw his sword? How would the audience react? • How does Benvolio take control of conflict? (lines 49-52) - Are there any issues raised regarding a public/private conflict? (Lines 49-54). Paragraph three • Romeo’s entrance- dramatic tension, effect on audience. • How does Tybalt’s aggressive language imply that he seeks conflict with Romeo? ...
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