Romeo and Juliet
Beginning: For the past many years, scholars have debated who is to be blamed for the fate of Romeo, in the famous story of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. Many characters like the Friar, Juliet, or Benvolio are blamed, but the person with the most impact on Romeo is Mercutio. Mercutio encourages Romeo to go to the Capulets party, he also constantly pushed Romeo to fight, and as a royal, with divine right most of what he says becomes true.
Mercutio pushes Romeo to secretly attend the Capulets party. Mercutio states “Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance” (I,i,13) This shows that Mercutio wants and forces Rome to dance. This means that by bringing Romeo to the party, it would cause him to meet Juliet and that would change …show more content…
In the text Mercutio states “Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done me. Therefore turn and draw.” Mercutio does not want to hear anything more, and he just want them to fight. Romeo did not want to fight at all and thought he could talk out the situation, but Mercutio did not have enough patience for that. Also, Mercutio says "O calm dishonourable, vile submission! Alla stoccata carries it away. (Draws his sword) Tybalt, you rat catcher, will you walk” (III,1,44-46). Since Mercutio was annoyed encouraging Romeo to fight so he draws out his own sward to fight Tybalt, and he challenges Tybalt to a fight. Tybalt accepts the fight, Romeo tried to stop the fight by interfering. This causes Mercutio to get stabbed and killed, this causes Romeo to go crazy and it steers his life to a whole another …show more content…
In act 1 scene 4, lines 23-24 Mercutio states “ And to sink in it, should you burthen love- Too great oppression for a tender thing.” What Mercutio means it that love should not be taken seriously and taking it too seriously could cause many problems. This shows that Mercutio is trying to tell Romeo that love that is tender should not be dragged down. Later on in the story, Romeo goes soo crazy that he kills himself because of love. Mercutio was giving hints to Romeo hints but he never took them seriously. Another major event that shows Mercutio speaking the words of god is when he says “A plague o' both your houses! They have made worms' meat of me. I have it and soundly too. Your houses!” (III,I,67-70). This means that Mercutio curses both the Capulets, and the Montagues that the next generation would be wiped out. Later on in the story many members of both houses died, which wiped out their next generation. Right after Mercutio said that the story went the opposite way, from love and passion it went to deaths and horrific plans. What Mercutio said applied to everyone, and determined Romeo’s
Beginning: For the past many years, scholars have debated who is to be blamed for the fate of Romeo, in the famous story of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. Many characters like the Friar, Juliet, or Benvolio are blamed, but the person with the most impact on Romeo is Mercutio. Mercutio encourages Romeo to go to the Capulets party, he also constantly pushed Romeo to fight, and as a royal, with divine right most of what he says becomes true.
Mercutio pushes Romeo to secretly attend the Capulets party. Mercutio states “Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance” (I,i,13) This shows that Mercutio wants and forces Rome to dance. This means that by bringing Romeo to the party, it would cause him to meet Juliet and that would change …show more content…
In the text Mercutio states “Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done me. Therefore turn and draw.” Mercutio does not want to hear anything more, and he just want them to fight. Romeo did not want to fight at all and thought he could talk out the situation, but Mercutio did not have enough patience for that. Also, Mercutio says "O calm dishonourable, vile submission! Alla stoccata carries it away. (Draws his sword) Tybalt, you rat catcher, will you walk” (III,1,44-46). Since Mercutio was annoyed encouraging Romeo to fight so he draws out his own sward to fight Tybalt, and he challenges Tybalt to a fight. Tybalt accepts the fight, Romeo tried to stop the fight by interfering. This causes Mercutio to get stabbed and killed, this causes Romeo to go crazy and it steers his life to a whole another …show more content…
In act 1 scene 4, lines 23-24 Mercutio states “ And to sink in it, should you burthen love- Too great oppression for a tender thing.” What Mercutio means it that love should not be taken seriously and taking it too seriously could cause many problems. This shows that Mercutio is trying to tell Romeo that love that is tender should not be dragged down. Later on in the story, Romeo goes soo crazy that he kills himself because of love. Mercutio was giving hints to Romeo hints but he never took them seriously. Another major event that shows Mercutio speaking the words of god is when he says “A plague o' both your houses! They have made worms' meat of me. I have it and soundly too. Your houses!” (III,I,67-70). This means that Mercutio curses both the Capulets, and the Montagues that the next generation would be wiped out. Later on in the story many members of both houses died, which wiped out their next generation. Right after Mercutio said that the story went the opposite way, from love and passion it went to deaths and horrific plans. What Mercutio said applied to everyone, and determined Romeo’s