mercutio
- Created by: eden_sully
- Created on: 01-03-17 11:24
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- Mercutio
- Lively: "You have dancing shoes with nimble soles"
- Talkative: "Peace,peace, Mercutio, peace. Thou talk'st of nothing."
- His speech about "queen mab"
- Shows a lot about himself as its full of puns and innuendos.
- This shows how intelligent and witty he is.
- Shows a lot about himself as its full of puns and innuendos.
- He's more of a down to earth character
- He says soldiers dream of "cutting foreign throats"
- lovers "dream of love"- so dreams depend on the dreamer.
- He says soldiers dream of "cutting foreign throats"
- He's always mocking other characters. He constantly has energy.
- He calls Tybalt "King of Cats" and "rat-catcher"
- His speeches are full of wordplay and crazy ideas
- Even when he's dying- "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man"
- Mercutio's playing on the double meaning of the word "grave"
- Even when he's dying- "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man"
- Mercutio is the first character to die in the play
- all the energy in the play disappears
- its an important turning point- " begins the woe" of tragic events in the rest of the play.
- He wishes "a plague o' both your houses" - this reminds the audience how dangerous the fued is.
- It also warns the audience that more suffering will happen.
- Theme- Love.
- He tells Romeo to stop being soppy.
- He also makes a lot of sexual jokes, which contrast with Romeo's romantic view of love.
- Mercutio's attitude towards love is cynical and a bit rude.
- Theme- Honour
- Mercutio should have been able to walk away from the fight, but he died because he was fighting to protect Romeo's honour.
- Protective
- Maybe Shakespeare was criticising the importance of honour and showing how pointless it is.
- Mercutio should have been able to walk away from the fight, but he died because he was fighting to protect Romeo's honour.
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