Romeo And Juliet Foolishness

72), then draws his own sword to fight Tybalt. Bert Cardullo argues, “Impulsiveness is the real villain in this play that has no villains. It finally extinguishes itself, but not before Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Romeo, and Juliet are killed by it” (Cardullo 66). Therefore, this abrupt remark, along with his eagerness to engage in a fight with Tybalt, reflects Mercutio’s impulsivity because they ultimately lead to his

Romeo and Juliet is one of the most tragic and depressing stories ever told. If you take the story from a different perspective and really think through some of the choices that were made leading up to their death you would see that Romeo and Juliet made some foolish decisions that caused their deaths. Foolishness is at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet because he went to the Capulet party and kissed Juliet, after the party he went to Juliet’s balcony and talked to her until the morning, and he also took Juliet’s virginity.

Not a lot of people can make up things on the spot and make everyone intrigued. Although he is a good friend, he is very impulsive. Mercutio fights Tybalt with no hesitation and he must suffer the consequence of death for it (Shakespeare 428). The characters in this play all act then think. He is not very patient as demonstrated in Act 2 when he can’t wait to find Romeo and go home (Shakespeare 402).

As one of the most complex characters in the play, Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio’s purpose is to act as a static catalyst for the death of most of the characters. Shakespeare uses Mercutio’s character cleverly as the kind of character that stays in the background, but influences the rest of the cast in the utmost amount. Mercutio’s light and occasionally sardonic humor at inapt times relieves the play from being a complete tragedy and allows the audience a false sense of security before calamity strikes, such as the death of his character. Mercutio also stands as a consistent character to prove that despite the fact that the majority of Shakespeare’s characters are unpredictable and impulsive, there has to be at least one character to steady

“And but one word with one of us? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow.” [III, i, 37-38] Tybalt was not willing to fight mercutio if mercutio had not escalated tybalt's anger. Moreover, Mercutio could have avoided this situation if he had showed respect in return.This comes to show how mercutio had made impulsive decisions instead of making rational decisions. As a result, we can see Mercutio's death occurs due to his rash and impulsive decisions. Mercutio’s impulsive acts result in his own passing. When Romeo refuses to participate in a duel with Tybalt, Mercutio challenges Tybalt himself. Using words which are highly intimidating and threatening, Mercutio gives Tybalt no choice but to engage in a duel. The following violent words are exchanged between the two characters.

Who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Be sure to use the text to prove your point.

Mercutio’s arrogance in Act III is truly magnificent, “Men’s eyes were made to look, and let them gaze. I will not budge for no man’s pleasure”(57-58). This sentiment shows that Mercutio is confident enough to stand up for himself and fight back. For this reason, Mercutio’s behavior allows the audience to get the sense that Mercutio is outgoing but is still a teenager. In other words, this wittiness reveals that his bravery and confident is not the only thing Mercutio gained, but he gained the confidence to talk back to his foe, Tybalt. Because of this, Mercutio learned who he actually is before his tragic death. This ignorance Shakespeare portrays of Mercutio shows that his personality changes by the end of the

Will you pluck your sword out of his pitcher by the ears? make haste, lest mine be about your ears ere it be out."(Romeo and Juliet ACT 3 Part 2)When Tybalt agreed to fight with Mercutio instead they move closer to eachother and began to fight.Romeo jumps in to stop them from fighting stating beat down their weapons.--Gentlemen, for shame! forbear this outrage!-- Tybalt,--Mercutio,--the prince expressly hath or bid this bandying in Verona streets.-- hold Tybalt!--good Mercutio!--"(Romeo and Juliet part 3)in that case Marcutio was already Stabbed and hurt by Tybalt as he ran away with his other mens.Benvolio and Romeo tried to help him and all Mercuitio was saying was that it was only a scratch.As Romeo encourage's Mercutio to stay alive he says"Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much"(Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Part 3)mercutio was explaining how he ended up getting stabbed and he was was stabbed under Romeo' arm and how he wouldnt be abel to survive till tommorro stating"No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; ut 'tis enough, 'twill serve: ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man."(Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Part 3)When Benvolio brings Mercutio into a house where Mercutio would be safe in Romeo was left alone.Benvolio came back to Romeo saying that Mercutio had died "O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio's dead!That gallant spirit hath aspir'd the clouds,Which too untimely here did scorn the earth."(Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Part 3)Romeo knew this would be a far worse problem for him and that Tybalt was going to continue to Threaten on killing

Often times, those who are short tempered can get themselves into a heap of trouble with their actions. This is just the case for Mercutio in William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Shakespeare’s use of similes, hyperboles, and foreshadowing to prove to the reader that Mercutio is short tempered and will fight almost anyone for any reason. The use of similes in act 3 scene 1 of “Romeo and Juliet” shows that the character Mercutio has a short temper.

When Tybalt first enters the scene, Mercutio denounced, “By my heel, I care not” (38). This quote shows that Mercutio does not care what he says and whom he says it around. Making him seem even more careless and immature. While Mercutio was speaking with Tybalt, his tone seemed to change from calm to offended and aggressive. The change in tone happened after Tybalt mentioned that Mercutio consorts with Romeo, causing Mercutio to grow upset and reply, “An thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but discords. Here’s my fiddlestick; here’s that shall make you dance” (49-51). The challenge that is expressed in this quote demonstrates how quickly Mercutio can become aggressive, and hotheaded. Mercutio demonstrates how careless he can be by engaging Tybalt into a fight, that was unadvised by

William Shakespeare is one of the most iconic playwrights of all time, writing many memorable pieces such as the tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet'. Most know it as a love story where two 'star-crossed lovers' meet their fate and ultimately die together. However, very few know that their mutual suicide could have been avoided and fate changed for the better not only for the protagonists, but also the feuding families of Capulet and Montague. So aside from the poison and dagger, who or what actually killed Romeo and Juliet? Was it their impulsive stupidity?

There is a fine line between bravery and stupidity. To be brave is a state of emotion that enables one to face danger or pain without fear. Where as, stupidity is mistake lacking intellectual ability. One can argue that any courageous act is just running from your problems with heroic remembrance. These two personality traits are considered antonyms, but astoundingly similar.

Mercutio hears that Tybalt wants to fight Romeo and seems to insult his best friend, but he feels like Romeo is not “man enough to encounter Tybalt” (91). He says this because he thinks that the only conflict Romeo knows and can respond to is limited to love. Because the book of Romeo and Juliet is centered on the Montague and Capulet’s, we do not know Mercutio’s world or family, and that leads us to wonder why he would ever endanger his life for a world that is not even his own. By taking Tybalt’s challenge it shows how Mercutio is courageous, loyal, and truthfully

(3.1, 102) Mercutio is the comic relief throughout the play and even in his final breaths, he is still making jokes, calling his fatal wounds “a scratch.” However, this tone quickly changes into anger as Mercutio blames Romeo for not standing up for him in a fight that was meant for Romeo in the first place. Romeo’s choosing to take the Capulet’s side because of his new bonds with them over his Mercutio shows how his selfish decision ends in the death of best

Romeo and Juliet was Shakespeare’s most famous play which is about love of two teenagers of two rival families. Since Romeo’s family and Juliet’s family are rivals, their families don’t agree with the marriage of their children to each other. However, Romeo and Juliet despite the opposition of their families secretly get married at church and insist on reaching their goal of being together. The whole story is played in the theatre style of the Renaissance; audiences could see violence, young boys are playing female rolls without wearing masks, many scenes and time change. However, if it was played in Greek theatre style, the audience could see a different style of performance and there would be a different effect. In Greek Theatre we would