Mercutio character analysis
- Created by: aa
- Created on: 12-01-21 18:07
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- Mercutio
- context
- mercury
- associated w madness
- mercurial
- moods change quickly
- mercury
- humour
- makes jokes even when he's dying
- 'you will find me a grave man'
- brings comedy to the tragedy
- his death changes mood of play
- makes jokes even when he's dying
- anti-romantic
- considers love as a physical pursuit, similar to nurse
- crude/inappropriate jokes
- depicts the dominance that men were supposed to have over women within an Elizabethan relationship.
- 'If love be rough with you, be rough with love'
- believes love can be controlled
- crude/inappropriate jokes
- considers love as a physical pursuit, similar to nurse
- His death
- 'A plague a' both your houses! '
- fatal foreboding, prediction and curse
- He sees his death as a consequence of the feud
- comedy ---> tragedy
- 'A plague a' both your houses! '
- Other characteristics
- Rashness
- Mercutio wants to fight Tybalt without thinking of the consequences
- 'make it a word and a blow'
- Loyalty
- Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt. Mercutio fights instead.
- protects Romeo's honour
- Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt. Mercutio fights instead.
- Honour
- "O calm, dishonorable, vile submission"
- when Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt
- "O calm, dishonorable, vile submission"
- Violent
- aggressive tone throughout many of his lines
- speaks about love in a rough way, always ready to fight
- aggressive tone throughout many of his lines
- Rashness
- context
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