Shakespeare is known for making many memorable characters. Why is Mercutio one of the most memorable? The memorability of the character Mercutio comes from many things in the story. The largest source of his memorability is his ability to make anything a joke. In Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, the biggest source of comedic relief is Mercutio. 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 …show more content…
Poking fun at Tybalt provides a unique way for Mercutio to use his comedy in the play, which grows his memorability. More than Prince of Cats. Oh, he’s the courageous captain of compliments. He fights as you sing prick-song, keeping time, distance, and proportion. He rests his minimum rests one, two, and the third in your bosom. The very butcher of a silk button, a duelist, a gentleman of the very first house of the first and second cause. Ah, the immortal passado, the punto reverso, the Hai!” With this line, Mercutio makes fun of Tybalt for his study of fighting and the demanding work he has put into the sword. This also allows the readers to have a laugh after the previous events. Mercutio is using comedy to discreetly make fun of Tybalt's fight. This is done by joking about the wound that Tybalt had inflicted on him “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 pepper’d, I warrant, for this world. A plague a’ both your houses! ’Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, a man to death! A braggart, a rogue, a villain, that fights in the book of arithmetic! Why did the dev’l come between us? I was hurt under your arm.” This shows how Mercutio tries to lighten everyone’s mood after he was injured so as not to worry Romeo. This also shows how Mercutio is a huge source of comedic relief for everyone, even
from Odysseus, hero of the Trojan War, to Richard III of Shakespeare’s play. A prominent,
Mercutio's prankster personality plus Tybalt's hatred of all Montagues instigates the common end to three very different characters. Romeo does not wish to draw a sword, and therefore becomes the peacemaker. "Gentlemen, for shame! Forbear this outrage!" (III, i, 82). Under Romeo's peacekeeping arm, Tybalt thrusts his rapier, and Mercutio curses both Montagues and Capulets. "I am hurt. A plague a both houses! I am sped" (III, i, 86-88). To Mercutio, destiny is not the cause of his death, but rather specific people brought about his fatality. His behavior is static as he teases while being carried away by
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
Shakespeare strongly establishes Mercutio’s desire to prove himself as strong through his unwillingness to back down, his carelessness to danger, and his need to be seen. Shakespeare displays Mercutio as a stubborn character when he refuses to leave even when Benvolio urges him to because the conversation was becoming heated. This is best shown when Mercutio says “I will not budge for no man’s pleasure, I.” (1, 1, 58) He uses his persistence to prove himself as though he is stronger than all of the Capulets who were getting angry. Even when the sense to leave the scene is presented by Benvolio, Mercutio abandons his better thinking and stands his ground.
Mercutio and the Nurse in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the whole of Romeo & Juliet there is a strong comparison. between Mercutio & the nurse. Neither are a part of either family, but they get drawn into this family brawl.
Romeo, Benvolio, Tybalt, and Mercutio often times have their moments, whether they be comedic relief, tense segments, plot fillers, or simple information givers. It is overt Mercutio, Tybalt, and Benvolio is Romeo's best buds and foil. A foil is an opposing character who reveals information or traits about another character, mainly a protagonist. Mercutio is Romeo’s close friend and a blood relative of the Prince and Count Paris, Tybalt is Romeo’s enemy and a Capulet, and Benvolio is a Montague and a sweet one at that. Mercutio’s character arch is often times a jest one. Cracking jokes and teasing Romeo in the opening of the play. He is the one who gives us most of the information about Romeo’s wanted lover Rosalind, and foreshadowing towards
Romeo and Juliet is a famous tragedy written by Shakespeare. The plot is based on an Italian tale but Shakespeare makes it more dramatic by developing specific characters, such as the Nurse and Mercutio. The plot is set in Verona in the sixteenth century. The Montagues and the Capulets are two distinguished families in Verona; however, they see each other as enemies. They are fighting all the time. Romeo and Juliet, who respectively are Montague and Capulet, fall in love at their first sight. In the end, two star-crossed lovers are dead. The Montagues and the Capulets reconciled by their children’s death and end the feud which has lasted generations.
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The Significance of Mercutio in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is about two lovers whose families are at war and how the two overcome the family feud for their love for each other. Mercutio is one of the central characters in the play; he is one of the prince's kinsmen and is best friend to Romeo of the Montague. household. The sand is a sand. The name Mercutio is derived from the word mercurial which means eloquent, active and changeable; Mercutio is all three.
Shakespeare has no doubt created some of the most dynamic and interesting characters in written history, and in Romeo and Juliet there were several memorable ones. Aside from the hero and heroine, the voluble and witty Mercutio is as memorable a character as is found in all of Shakespeare's plays. He acts as a significant character in terms of plot advancement; but more importantly, Mercutio himself is a fascinating man in many aspects.
Mercutio is a multi complex character in Williams Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet written in 1595. He's described as witty, cynical, loyal and misogynistic, although only a secondary character and appearing in only four scenes Mercutio is known for overshadowing Romeo in the play with his puns and witty dialogue. This comedic foil to Romeo is neither a Montague or a Capulet and lives outside the realms of the conflict however it's this tragic friendship that sets in Mercutio's role as a catalyst for the play turning from comedic to tragic .
Mercutio was so diverting and full of life. He brought the humor out of every sad situation. Shakespeare only eliminated Mercutio so early in the play way because he wanted to get serious and straight to the main point. Mercutio was aware of the misguided attitude and false perception of life that is what made him such an extravagant character.
Shakespeare contrasts comedy and tragedy by depicting the differences in how Mercutio sees romance. Without the silliness of Mercutio, the play would always have a melancholic ambiance. Through Shakespeare’s theatrical storyline some of the characters provide wit; for instance, Mercutio describes Queen Mab: “She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes / In shape no bigger than an agate-stone / On the fore-finger of an alderman, / Drawn with a team of little atomies / …
Humor can be found to be a virtue and a vice; however, in the grimmest situations humor may allow the gravity to turn into glee and gayness. Mercutio’s greatest aspect is his sense of humor. Which he doesn’t fail to display even in the most inappropriate moments. An instance of such portrayal is during the scene where Romeo has ditched Benvolio and Mercutio in pursuit of Juliet, in the Capulet’s garden. In which Mercutio comically says, “Nay, I’ll conjure too. / Romeo! Humors! Madman! Passion! Lover!” (II.i.7-8). This moment can be considered much graver than Mercutio depicts it to be which makes this scene much more like comic relief than a serious scene. The fact that there are Montague’s in Capulet’s territory is serious enough and can cause some major consequences for the perpetrators if caught. And now to betray their positio...
In Act One of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, we meet Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt. Right away, we get an idea of who these characters are and what kind of role they will play throughout the story. Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt share many distinctive characteristics and personalities in the story. We learn that Romeo is the romantic and handsome son of the Montagues. In the beginning of the story, he was depressed, but his mood quickly changed as the story went on. We also learn that Mercutio is Romeo’s closest and good friend who tries to make Romeo forget about his first love, Rosaline. He is a great entertainer and he’s very sarcastic too. Instantly, we learn that Tybalt is a Capulet and Juliet’s cousin. He is very hot-headed, aggressive, and violent. He loathes the Montagues very much. Finally, in Act One of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, we meet three characters, Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt and we directly get an idea of what the characters are like.