Characteristics Of Mercutio In Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet Paper The character that I have chosen is Mercutio. Mercutio is an interesting character who can be interpreted into many different ways. Even though his lines seem to be funny and sometimes very serious but he does have some qualities that many people do not see. The characteristic that I think many people do not see in Mercutio is caring. Many people do have something that they care about but when someone is caring, they care more about people than themselves.
Even though he seem to insult everyone, they can be interpreted in many different ways. People make jokes to make others feel better and try to help improve their moods. Since he is a friend of Romeo who is very emotional and moppy in the beginning, Mercutio starts …show more content…
“This field-bed is too cold for me to sleep” Mercutio had said. This means that it was cold outside while looking for Romeo. He makes entire speech about conjuring romeo while in this cold weather. If he did not care about Romeo and where he was, he could have just left without trying to find him. Also that Mercutio was wearing a costume which is thin and the cold would get to him easily which means that Mercutio is cold while trying to find Romeo. After trying to find Romeo by making fun of him(which could also seem as him caring about him), leaves because Romeo wants to be …show more content…
He could use it so to see if Mercutio needs to cheer Romeo up by making fun of Romeo, trying to make him laugh and get rid of the mood, or that he can have a battle of the wits with Romeo. When Romeo is in a mood, Mercutio tries to help cheer him up which only people who did care about Romeo would do. This could be one of the characteristics that Mercutio does not show to many people because he is of royalty. This caring for someone in one of the houses could bring up a riot but Mercutio is willing to risk that because he is a friend of