Mercutio - Character
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- Created on: 27-09-18 20:36
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- Mercutio
- quotes
- "If love be rough with you, be rough with love" (act 1 scene 4)
- tells Romeo that love should not get the better of him, because he believes love isn't real and he therefore dismisses Romeo's feelings with a witty joke
- "not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but 'tis enough" (act 3 scene 1)
- even when he receives a wound which is clearly fatal, he responds with a witty remark
- "a plague a'both your houses" (act 3 scene 1)
- shows his anger at having to die over a feud he was not really involved in. this also foreshadows the bad thing (or plague) that occurs later
- "a gentleman who loves to hear himself talk"
- said by Romeo to the Nurse - shows how Mercutio is known to be loud, boisterous, over dramatic and disrespectul, even by his closest friends
- "If love be rough with you, be rough with love" (act 1 scene 4)
- role
- acts as the voice of realism and reason to Romeo's love-struck behaviors
- queen mab speech (act 1 scene 4)
- although it sounds a bit crazy, the speech is meant to show Romeo that his love for Rosaline is no more than a dream of lust sent from "Queen Mab"
- calling dreams something small
- "little"
- "In shape no bigger than an agate-stone"
- "Not half so big as..."
- to convince Romeo to attend the party with them
- queen mab speech (act 1 scene 4)
- comic relief from all the conflict and drama
- known for his sexual jokes and clever methods of making fun of Romeo
- "her fan's the fairer face"
- Acts as a foil to Romeo
- foil = a character who, when contrasted to another, clarifies a characters personality
- his jokes and comedic manner contrast to Romeo's much more serious and love-powered emotions
- neither capulet or montague
- he can give a relatively fair and unbiased view on the conflict and drama
- acts as the voice of realism and reason to Romeo's love-struck behaviors
- adjectives to describe
- loyal
- even though he doesn't understand the situation, he accepts Tybalt's challenge to a duel to defend Romeo's name
- devoted
- witty
- funny
- insulting
- disrespectful
- loyal
- quotes
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