The story of Romeo and Juliet, By William Shakespeare is an epic, tragic love story who come from feuding families . Shakespeare Created Romeo who is serious , a romantic and a moody character. Shakespeare also created Mercutio , a lighthearted, humorous and a anti romantic. These two characters are complete opposites like positive and negative. Because Romeo and Mercutio are such good friends, they balance each other out. For example, when Romeo has been feeling sad and moody ,Mercutio comes to the rescue to cheer up his best bud. These two characters were created as a foil to one another.
Romeo and Mercutio share a lot of similarities in their personalities.They are both young boys in their teens who have a liking
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for girls. Romeo would rather love a Juliet then be a man and fight," O sweet Juliet Thy beauty hath made me effeminate And in my temper soften'd Valor's steel."(3.1.113-115) Mercutio likes girls also but is not as romantic as Romeo,"If love be rough with you, be rough with love;Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down." (1.4.27-28) Romeo and Mercutio both go after what they believe is right. For example, when the Capulet's come out to fight ,Mercutio is by Romeo's side, ready to pull out his weapons.. They are best friends . When ever Romeo is feeling down , Mercutio is always there to lift him up with his witty remarks. Romeo and Mercutio are very similar in lots of ways , but there are some differences between them. William Shakespeare created Romeo and Mercutio as foil characters, which are complete opposites.
Mercutio's personality is happy ,filled with humor and is an anti romantic. Whenever Romeo is in a moody depression , Mercutio is there to lift him up with positive humor. For example, in act one, scene four of Romeo and Juliet , Mercutio says to Romeo to lift his mood from being lovesick "Nay gentle Romeo we must have you dance." Romeo's Personality is serious ,moody and focuses on the negative. In this quote you feel Romeos sad ,depressed mood ,"Tut! I have lost myself; I am not here:This is not Romeo, he's some other where."(1.1 .201-202)Romeo is a full romantic as in this quote he tells of girls who cover themselves still have beauty that they are hiding."That way is To call her beauty, which is exquisite, more into question.These happy masks that cover fair ladies' faces,Being black, reminds us that they hide their beauty." (1.) Romeo and Mercutio are complete opposites , but even so their personalities balance each other in helpful ways like when Romeo is sad Mercutio's uplifting personality comes to the rescue.
` 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
and humorous joke to kick him out of his moodiness. Romeo and Mercutio are like positive and negative , they go together and benefit each other is hard situations. These two characters make a great pair in making Romeo and Juliet an incredible play. The story of Romeo and Juliet, By William Shakespeare tells about the most epic , tragic love story. William created two characters to act as a foil to the other; Romeo and Mercutio. Both of their personalities are incredibly diverse, with Romeo being moody , depressed ,and a romantic and Mercutio happy , humorous and anti romantic. Even though these personalities are very different Mercutio and Romeo are best friends and these personalities help advance the story. When Romeo is feeling sad or moody, Mercutio's happy personality swoops in to try to make him happy. Romeo and Mercutio are great friends , but have different personalities that help balance the other in a happy and helpful way. It shows that if people have completely different personalities they can still become great friends.
He is often up and happy, which immediately turns to serious brooding. The best example of this comes at his death. He has been stabbed through by Tybalt’s cruel blade and the killer has flown. All his fellows gather around laughing when Mercutio yells that he is injured. After sending for a surgeon he stumbles about saying, “No, ‘tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but ‘tis enough, twill serve: ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered I warrant for this world. A plague o’ both your houses! Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat to scratch a man to death” (III.i.94-99). In this quote Mercutio seems to go from cracking jokes and making puns to all seriousness, screaming plague upon the quarrel between the two houses. This was very serious considering the plague was running rampant at that time, killing thousands of people. To wish plague on someone is to wish the most feared thing of their age on them and their family. This is not the only example of such emotional instability as he often ranges from very high to very low, creating quite the dramatic and loud character. Mercutio’s characteristics are wide and varied, making him into an extremely complex, extremely prominent character. Shakespeare places this persona of varying emotions who may not be thinking exactly what he seems to be into the story of Romeo and Juliet, a stage full of such
In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, two very young people fall in love but cannot be with each other because of the feud in between their families. The feud ends when Romeo and Juliet both kill themselves because of heartbreak over the other. The minor characters Mercutio, Tybalt, and Friar Lawrence serve as foils to Romeo, to help support the theme of patience.
Throughout the speech, he frequently adds a sort of flare to the way he speaks; for example, he uses over ten lines(in the text)to simply describe the size of Queen Mab. The manner in which he speaks is loud, confident, and stylish; therefore, he attracts attention. He also manages to subtly mock Romeo when speaking about how those who are in love dream of love; this is to add a comedic flare, even though that is what he is. Mercutio’s entertainer like personality is due to the fact that he is amusing. In this tragic and serious play, he is the obnoxious character that breaks the seriousness for a while with a witty remark.It also explains why he is the dramatic foil to Romeo. This goes along with his flamboyant attitude. Nevertheless, he is also vulgar at times, which adds to his loud personality. Now, brown represents Earth and reliability, and Mercutio, in his own way, represents
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.
The most famous foil character in ''Romeo and Juliet'' is Mercutio. He is known for his sharp wit and quick, often ribald, humor and is considered a foil to Romeo. He lacks Romeo's effusive romance, his adoration and almost courtly approach to the idea of love. He often urges Romeo to just find a woman to sleep with and stop worrying about the ephemeral, yet all consuming, love Romeo is desperate to achieve. Mercutio warns Romeo to be skeptical of love and not to rush ahead, but Romeo is all rush, no
Mercutio’s role in Romeo and Juliet cause an ill-fated chain of events and their effects, which lead to the early decease of Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio is foxlike; a cunning, taunting, manipulative man; his own actions lead to this own demise. He taunted Tybalt, leading to their fight which led to Mercutio’s own
Mercutio’s Desire for Attention Young men, when surrounded by their friends and peers, tend to act in a more impulsive and careless way. They often do things to impress the people around them. They might be more inclined to show off and take reckless actions. In the first act of Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio displays this tendency by eliminating his self-control that might otherwise be present.
clever punning - 'If love be rough with you, be rough with love' and '
The plot for Romeo and Juliet stems from a love story based on Romeo meeting Juliet at a ball where Tybalt from the Capulet family attends. Friction begins when Tybalt voices his dislike for Romeo of the Montague family. This sets the stage for a confrontation between Tybalt and Romeo. Mercutio's character takes on importance as the confrontation takes form. If there were no Mercutio than Juliet would still be alive. Unfortunately, Romeo would not be alive because Tybalt would have surely killed
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
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Mercutio, a friend of Romeo plays a deep role within the play. Many characters in Romeo and Juliet can represent the masculine or feminine spaces. The masculine space is chaotic and more towards the sexual and material side of the play, which have more of a tragic potential. While the feminine space is peaceful, more romantic and spiritual in giving a better chance for the comic potential. Mercutio represents the masculine space while Romeo prefers the peacefulness of the feminine space. Mercutio tells Romeo to be rough with love, he tries to keep him within the masculine space after the ball, and he fools with the Juliet’s nurse because of his actions he pushes Romeo towards tragedy.
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:
As life proceeds its slow waltz, and humans live their lives, meeting countless other people in the same predicament of nearing an unavoidable end. In this cycle of monotony and conversation there can be people found that are different. Those who are never bothered by the burdens of death and monotony, and hurry through life to greet death as a lost friend they had encountered many times on their sprees of invincibility. From the handful of people who resemble these characteristics, one can be found in the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. In which the zany character to be found is Mercutio, who is of neither Montague nor Capulet but falls to the hands of Capulet in the defense of Romeo of Montague in a fight of a childish altercation. In which even at his fall in Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare still displays his distinct characteristics that greatly define him such as: humor and impulsiveness.
In Act 2, scene 1, Mercutio calls for Romeo by saying, "Romeo! Humors! Madman! Passion! Lover!
Mercutio’s making fun of Romeo and Tybalt, added to his ability to lighten up any situation with the comedic relief he provides, makes him an extremely memorable character. Mercutio is an extremely memorable character in his comedy Romeo. This comes in many ways throughout the play, whether it is making fun of Romeo or giving him a source of relief. In Act 1 Scene 4, Mercutio says “If love be rough with