Was Mercutio The Cause Of Romeo And Juliet's Death?

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Was Mercutio the cause of Romeo and Juliets Death? Everyone loves Mercutio. Mercutio is a funny character in Romeo and Juliet. Then again, he could be the culprit that caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. No one would ever think that he could possibly do that, because, well, he’s been a victim of Tybalt. A fight breaks out between Juliet's cousin, and Romeo’s friend. This causes both of the people to die. Romeo is banished, and causes great sadness for Juliet. William Shakespeare wrote this to teach teen not to be foolish when love is on their minds. If they are foolish, it could affect the teens and their families. Yes, Even though Mercutio did die, what if his decisions and actions had caused the star-crossed lovers to be gone in death's …show more content…

After Tybalt draws his weapon, Mercutio does the same, after saying passado. “Come, sir, your passado!” (3.1.82) Once when the fight starts, Romeo desperately tries to stop them, but fails. Mercutio gets stabbed by Tybalt for trying to save his friend. Tybalt is horrified of what he did, even though it was an accident. He flees the scene before a hurricane comes in. Romeo is devastated. He crashes into Tybalt's car, making him get out and run. Romeo catches him, and uses Tybalt's weapon to kill him. In the event that Mercutio died, Romeo was banished, and the Capulet family devastated that their own blood had died. Even though Mercutio did die, his actions were not the best to make. People would not think that Mercutio had caused the death of the two teens. If he had not started the fight, then Romeo’s banishment would have been unnecessary. That did not happen, and with his banishment, Juliet had agreed with Friar Lawrence for the plan he had made, to bring the two lovers together. His plan was to stop the feud between two families by marrying their son and daughter. If the texts were not there, nobody would think that the Prince’s cousin would have been the cause in death of a Montague and

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