Mercutio
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- Mercutio
- Personality
- Mercutio is Romeo's best mate
- He tries to cheer him up with a speech about Queen Mab
- Through the speech and his conversations with Romeo we can see that he is full of puns and innuendos to show how intelligent and witty he is
- He criticises Romeo for believing dreams show the future - Mercutio says that dreams depend on the dreamer, which shows Mercutio to be a more down-to-earth character
- He's always mocking other characters
- He makes fun of Tybalt's name to wind him up
- His speeches are full of wordplay and crazy ideas, even in death
- He is the first person to die in the play
- Mercutio's death leaves a gap and all the energy disappears
- His death is significant because from there things start to go downhill
- As he dies he reminds the audience how dangerous the feud is and the effect it is having upon people's lives
- His death is a warning of more suffering to come
- Mercutio is Romeo's best mate
- Themes
- Love - Mercutio's attitude to love is a bit cynical and rude - He tells Romeo to stop being so soppy and makes a lot of sexual jokes which contrasts with Romeo's romantic view of love
- Honour - Mercutio should have been able to walk away from the fight but died because he was fighting to protect Romeo's honour
- Shakespeare may have been criticising the importance of honour and how important it is
- Quotes
- "A plague o'both your houses" Act 3 Scene 1
- Mercutio blames the feud for his death and warns that to stop the violence both houses must make peace
- This foreshadows how both houses lose something important in the end - death of Romeo and Juliet is like a "plague" on both the houses
- His death is a warning of more suffering to come
- "Good King of Cats" Act 3 Scene 1
- Mercutio calls Tybalt this to wind him up as the name cones from a story with a cat character called Tibalt, that was popular at the time
- This shows how he has a big mischievous side and is always mocking other characters
- He makes fun of Tybalt's name to wind him up
- "Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man" Act 3 Scene 1
- One of the last jokes in the play signifies the end of happiness and the beginning of the tragedy
- His death is significant because from there things start to go downhill
- Evidence of Mercutio's light-hearted and joking personality even in death
- His speeches are full of wordplay and crazy ideas, even in death
- One of the last jokes in the play signifies the end of happiness and the beginning of the tragedy
- "A plague o'both your houses" Act 3 Scene 1
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