Good friends show support for most, if not all, of their friends during times of need. In the famous play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, Romeo and his lover have a tragic ending due to many characters; although, Mercutio was a major influence. The disrespect of Romeo’s concerns, the flippancy towards Romeo’s love life, and acting childish pushed Romeo to his fatal decision at the end of the play. Even though Mercutio was a close friend of Romeo’s, he didn’t act like one, which led to Romeo feeling less appreciated by his “friends”. Before going to Capulet's’ party, Romeo feels that it will lead to future trouble because he had a dream about his near future. Mercutio responds saying that he also had a dream, but in a sarcastic tone. Romeo then asks Mercutio about his dreams, and Mercutio replies, “That dreamers often lie,” or in other words, the dreamer imagines imaginary lies as dreams (I.iv.52). This provokes Romeo to deny Mercutio’s opinion by replying in a defensive manner. Mercutio then has a long monologue about how he believes that dreams don’t have any special meaning and that they all happen because of Queen Mab, the queen of fairyland. In the monologue, Mercutio talks about how what some different types of people would would dream about. Each type of person has a dream that represents them, such as “O’er lawyers fingers, who straight dream on …show more content…
If Mercutio had engaged in listening to Romeo’s dream, then Romeo may not have been discouraged. After the party, Mercutio should have spoken respectfully about Rosaline and towards nurse, so that Romeo would not have felt uncared for by his friends. Mercutio should not have provoked a fight and blamed it on Romeo, who was put into a bad situation as a consequence. Mercutio’s characteristics of a friend differ from those of a friend that Romeo
from Odysseus, hero of the Trojan War, to Richard III of Shakespeare’s play. A prominent,
It is human nature to place blame and point fingers at someone, but it is a lot less common to take responsibility for your own actions. Sometimes, we put ourselves in positions that are detrimental to our lives or well-being. Even though we are responsible, it is likely that we will place the blame elsewhere. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio found himself with a similar conflict. Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, killed Mercutio during a fight in the town square. It would be easy to say that Tybalt caused Mercutio’s death since it was his sword that killed him, but that is simply false. Mercutio ignored many warnings and continued to antagonize the fight that lead to his death. The character ultimately responsible for Mercutio’s death is
When Romeo is down, Mercutio is there for him, much like. the nurse is who Juliet turns to, when she needs to talk. She chooses to talk to the nurse, rather than her own mother. Mercutio is the one. who gets Romeo over Rosaline, and tells him that there is more to base.
Romeo and Juliet has many themes which are fate, death and love, these are all intertwined. At the very beginning of the play, before we even know the characters, we know that ‘death-marked’ ‘Star crossed lovers’ will ‘take their lives’ which already brings in the major themes. Shakespeare uses dramatic irony throughout the play and builds up the tension until Act 3 scene 1 where death starts to play a role. The Prologue also informs us about the Montagues and Capulets dislike for each other. The theme of love is also there thought the play. There are different types of love, the unrequited love the Romeo feels for Rosaline and that Paris feels for Juliet. There is also the love between friends such as with Romeo and Mercutio as Mercutio dies to protect Romeo’s honour and then Romeo avenges his death, and then the romantic love Romeo and Juliet share. I believe the Mercutio is one of the main characters in this play. His speeches tell us a lot about him and his actions have a large affect on the ending of the play. Mercutio’s name means mercurial meaning “an unpredictable and fast changing mood” which is an accurate description of Mercutio's personality because in Queen Mabs speech at the beginning he is joking and seeking attention, but at the end he becomes serious and angry.
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I love people think that Mercutio is responsible for most of the deaths in the famous play Romeo and Juliet people also commonly think that it could be Romeo spot too. In my opinion it was all the fires fault. The fire was doing the right thing at first when Romeo first confronted the fire about Mary and Juliet. The fire turn Romeo down saying that it was a crazy idea. He was right to say that because Romeo was just in love with Rosaline less than 24 hours before that. But unfortunately it doesn't stop there. The fire it's an idea. He thinks they're from you and Juliet get married then maybe the two households. She didn't come together for the power of true love. His idea eventually did work, but under different circumstances. The first is to Romeo to
Using his imagination Mercutio describes Queen Mab to Romeo as one would describe Santa Claus, where Santa is actually fictitious, but also in a sense reality. In Queen Mab's case, people do have different dreams of the things they want, but the imaginative part is that Queen Mab sends these. dreams to people. The account of Queen Mab is supposed to prove Mercutio's imagination and that under his pugnacity there is a poet. In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio plays the part of Romeo's rebel friend who uses his imagination to cheer Romeo up and describe him. what he thinks of dreams. When talking about Queen Mab, the dream fairy, tells what she discovers in people's dreams, and how she can make someone dream of something.
Between these two stories i think that they both share a hidden them of “Brotherly love never quits” In Romeo and Juliet most of the characters show this in one way or another, but in that was then this is now the evidence usually floats between mark and bryon through most of the story. Firstly, In the book Romeo and Juliet, in Act I, scene ii, Benvolio and Mercutio are out in the streets of verona joking around with each other and Mercutio states “God send me no need of thee” This reveals to the reader that Mercutio and Benvolio have a very close and brotherly like relationship, close enough to joke around with each other. I think that Mercutio and Benvolio are very close and always have been and Benvolio is more of the peacemaker between Mercutio and Benvolio, Mercutio does not care what he says and that causes him to get into many situations.
Mercutio, though a minor character, had and enormous impact on the outcome of the play. Before the Capulet Ball, Romeo had been debating whether to go or not. Mercutio persuaded him to go by giving a big speech to him about a dream he had. This makes him partially responsible because the Ball is where Romeo first met Juliet. Mercutio also caused Romeo to be banished from Verona. Mercutio got in a fight with Tybalt and ended up dead. His death enraged Romeo enough to make him kill Tybalt in revenge. When the Prince saw what happened, he sent Romeo into exile. Romeo's banishment to Mantua made it near impossible for Romeo and Juliet to see each other. Mercutio was to blame, though only partially for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
One of the most extraordinary characters in all of Shakespeare’s plays that I have looked through, Mercutio overflows with imagination, wit, and, at times, a strange, biting satire and brooding behavior. He can be quite hotheaded, and hates people who are affected or obsessed with the latest fashions. He finds Romeo’s romanticized ideas about love tiresome, and tries to convince Romeo to view love as a simple matter of sexual appetite. If there was someone to trust pick Mercutio. ¨Romeo, Humors! Madman! Passion! Lover! Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh, Speak but one rhyme and I am satisfied. (II.1.7-9). Disloyalty is also very common in this turning
` In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare Mercutio and Romeo are clearly foil characters. They are completely different , with unique personalities. Even though Mercutio and Romeo are two very different characters, their personalities collide and balance both characters. When Romeo is sad and depressed , Mercutios there with his happy sprits
When suddenly Baz Luhrmann nineteen minutes into his work presents a drag Mercutio dressed scandalously in a ridiculous white wig and wearing red lipstick to top it all off, it seems he has no regard for the original Romeo and Juliet. In his portrayal of a character as crucial as Mercutio, Luhrmann crosses the fine line between the individual possessing eloquence and profuse wit Shakespeare creates, and a downright maniac. Before entering the Capulets’ mansion Mercutio’s acclaimed Queen Mab Speech in Act One, Scene Four, displays the aforementioned eloquence and vivid imagination of the character. Specifically, Mercutio claims, “Oh, then I see you’ve been with Queen Mab/...True, I talk of dreams,/Which are the children of an idle brain,/Begot of nothing but vain fantasy,”(I iv 53, 97-99). Anyone with a rational mind does not expect Mercutio to deliver his lines about dreams being merely the result of the anxieties and desires of those who sleep while holding ecstasy and jumping agitatedly. Luhrmann offers an insane Mercutio in his take on Romeo and Juliet and all it achieves is a massacre of the brilliance of the dialogue. The unconventional director stages the exchange to end with Romeo accepting a psychoactive drug inducing him in a euphoric state, then shattering any proceeding potential romantic mood.
Love is selfless toward all the ones you love. However, Romeo and Juliet’s actions are the contrary of this statement. Romeo and Juliet showed no care of the generational feud between their families. They selfishly married without acknowledging their parents and hoped to solve the conflict by hiding the truth. Other than proving their selfishness, this shows that the two are also fairly naive to believe that their love can overcome all the consequences and break the hostility between their families. Their impulsive decisions have not only largely impacted their lives, but also placed the lives of their family and friends in bet. Out of the six deaths in the play, Mercutio was the first to lose his life. Mercutio was one of Romeo’s best friends. Although he was not a member of neither the two families, his death was indirectly caused by the feud of the two families. Also directly, caused of Romeo. Since Romeo had just married Juliet, he wanted to be friendly with Juliet’s cousin-Tybalt.
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the views of love held by the character Romeo contrast sharply with the views of Mercutio. Romeo's character seems to suffer from a type of manic depression. He is in love with his sadness, quickly enraptured and easily crushed again on a passionate roller coaster of emotion. Mercutio, by contrast is much more practical and level headed. His perceptions are clear and quick, characterized by precise thought and careful evaluation. Romeo, true to his character begins his appearance in the play by wallowing in his depression over Rosaline who does not return his love:
“joker” of the play. This is evident in all of the scenes he is in.