How Is Mercutio Disrespectful

In William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet,” Mercutio is introduced as Romeo (the main character) and Benvolio’s (Romeo’s cousin and friend) good friend and relative of the Prince. Mercutio is a very beloved friend to Romeo, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t unkind or disrespectful. He is also very dramatic and perverted, yet somehow laid back and relaxed at the same time. He is very interesting in the way that he can seem kind, but be an awful person and friend at the same time. If Mercutio weren’t as dramatic or such an attention-seeker, he wouldn’t have died and eventually caused Tybalt, Paris, Romeo, and Juliet’s deaths and the sadness that followed each death. In Act 2, scene 4, Mercutio shows that he a very disrespectful young man. He says to Peter, “Good Peter, to hide her face; for her fan’s the fairer of the two.” (94-95) He is telling Peter that Juliet’s nurse is ugly and that she needs to cover it up, because her fan looks better than her face. Mercutio is so disrespectful that he tells Peter how ugly the nurse is right in front of her. For one, she’s older and deserves respect from others, even if she doesn’t demand it. For another, she never said anything to anger any of the Montague’s or any of Mercutio’s friends or family therefore, she does not deserve to be treated like a piece of trash or compared to an ugly fan. But,

In act 3, scene 1, Mercutio is dying, “No, ‘tis not so deep as a well; nor so wide as a church door.” Mercutio is on his deathbed and he is describing his wound, trying to make himself sound like a hero. Mercutio put himself in a tense situation by preparing to fight. He knew that the consequences were severe, yet he eggs Tybalt on and gives others a reason to fight. If not for Mercutio’s dramatic and attention-seeking personality, Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, Paris, and he would all still be