Mercutio Compare And Contrast

Compare and Contrast: Romeo and Mercutio Romeo and Mercutio are characters in the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet. The story takes place in Verona, Italy around the sixteenth century. Romeo is in love with the Capulet’s daughter, Juliet, however the feud between the Montague and Capulet families prohibits Romeo to publicly be with Juliet. Romeo is an emotionally unstable teenager who takes love seriously. Mercutio is Romeo’s close friend who is neither a Capulet or a Montague. He is a relative of the Prince. Mercutio has a different outlook on love, he doesn’t care much for it and teases Romeo when he complains about his person love affairs. Mercutio foils Romeo because his humorous nature and skeptical personality points out Romeo’s austere character and pessimistic outlook on love. …show more content…
For example, as seen in Act 1,Scene I, Romeo’s father, Montague, exclaimed that Romeo was melancholy, Montague say “Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs; But all so soon as the…Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out, and make himself an artificial night.”(Act 1,i). Although Romeo exhibited signs of emotive issues, he is also serious. This is shown after Mercutio states his monologue to Romeo, in which Romeo interrupts “Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace! Thou talk’st of nothing.”(Act 1,iv) This shows Romeo’s act of seriousness because he hinders Mercutio due to the lack of sense Romeo believes he is articulating. Romeo is emotionally unstable and serious as his actions exhibit him to