Mercutio
- Created by: MillyCritchlow
- Created on: 15-10-19 17:40
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- Mercutio
- Role
- First one to die
- Energy and liveliness disappears with the life of Mercutio
- Turning point- beginning of tragedy
- Wishes a curse and a plague upon both houses
- Shows how dangerous the feud is - he doesn't belong to either house but their feud killed him
- Shows honour
- Dies protecting Romeo and defending the Montague household, which he did not belong to
- Possible commentary on honour from shakespeare
- Honour means nothing compared to death
- Our beliefs are only worthwhile while you're still here to act upon them
- Death shows us our true feelings and allegiances
- When he dies, he curses both houses, even though he was allied with and died for the Montagues
- When he dies, his honour dies with him
- Honour means nothing compared to death
- When he dies, he curses both houses, even though he was allied with and died for the Montagues
- Possible commentary on honour from shakespeare
- When he dies, his honour dies with him
- Dies protecting Romeo and defending the Montague household, which he did not belong to
- Views and remarks on love
- Cynical view on love
- Opposite to Romeo's overblown Petrarchan view on love
- Gives the play more grounding - different opinions, makes the story seem more 3 dimensional
- Makes him seem more knowlegable and experienced in the world than Romeo
- Opposite to Romeo's overblown Petrarchan view on love
- Crude remarks and puns
- Provides comic relief
- Originally provides contrast to Romeo's solemn state when in love with Rosaline
- Develops to give Romeo a chance to express his new happiness when in love with Juliet- can now laugh and joke
- Provides a Montague counterpart to the Nurse for the Capulets
- Not related to the family, but loyal to them and close with their child
- Crude
- Overblown stories
- Cynical view on love
- Fate
- He curses both houses when he dies
- The tragedy then begins
- He curses both houses when he dies
- First one to die
- Personality
- Loyal
- Died protecting Romeo and the Montagues
- Close bond with Romeo
- Confident
- Defends himself and others
- Mocks Tybalt
- Lively and talkative
- Mocking
- Mocks other characters throughout
- Especially Romeo and Tybalt
- Mocks other characters throughout
- Crude
- Makes rude jokes and remarks throughout
- Penis and sex jokes
- Makes rude jokes and remarks throughout
- Down to earth and logical
- Mocks Romeo for 'love' of Rosaline
- Realises it's not real love
- Criticises Romeo for believing dreams can show the future
- Queen Mab
- Mocks Romeo for 'love' of Rosaline
- Hotheaded
- Untitled
- Loyal
- Growth and character development
- Little growth
- Still makes jokes and puns when dying
- Little growth
- Key Quotes
- "here's my fiddlestick"
- Hot-headed, confident about fighting and defending Romeo's honour
- "grave man"
- Pun - serious, dead
- "a plague o' both your houses"
- Fore-shadowing
- "here's my fiddlestick"
- Role
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