The Characters Of Mercutio In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

The next day, Benvolio and Romeo have an encounter with Tybalt, who is still out to get Romeo for crashing the Capulet’s party. When Romeo refuses to duel with Tybalt, Mercutio steps in and accepts the duel. This duel, however, ultimately led to the killing of Mercutio by Tybalt. Out of guilt for Mercutio, Romeo attacks Tybalt killing him.

. Firstly, Tybalt is to blame for Mercutio’s death as he actually gave him the wound that killed him. Also, Tybalt provokes Mercutio by insulting Romeo, ‘Thou art a villain.’ This is one of the biggest insults that Tybalt can give and would usually be followed by a duel. However, Romeo calmly replies by saying ‘Villain I am none / Therefore farewell. I see thou know’st me not.’ Because Romeo is not defending his honour, Mercutio is provoked by Tybalt’s insults and starts insulting Tybalt himself. This is what leads to the two of them fighting and Mercutio getting his fatal wound. So, if Tybalt didn’t insult Romeo or fight Mercutio, Mercutio wouldn’t have been killed.

Tybalt addresses Mercutio and Benvolio and asks to have a word with them. Mercutio challenges Tybalt to fight “Make is a word and a blow.”(pg 116) Tybalt believes that Mercutio’s offer to fight does not include a reason. Tybalt asks Mercutio if he is an associate of Romeo. Benvolio attempts to calm the men because they are in a public place. Romeo enters, causing Tybalt to forget the fight because Romeo is the man he was waiting for. Tybalt expresses his abhorrence for Romeo when he says “Thou art a villain”(pg 116) Romeo states that he admires Tybalt for reasons that could end their feud and that Tybalt obviously must not know who he truly is because he is not a villain. Tybalt says “Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done me” (pg 116) This statement confuses Romeo because he believes he never injured Tybalt “I do protest I never injured thee”(pg 116) Mercutio draws his sword on Tybalt and reveals he wants to take his life. Tybalt draws his sword and him and Mercutio begin to fight. In an attempt to stop the fighting, Romeo reminds the men about the Prince’s warning and reaches his arm between the fighting

Tybalt’s purpose in the play is to cause conflict by dragging on the long time, since dormant feud between the two households. This is shown at the Capulet’s party when he goes to start a quarrel with the Montagues and Lord Capulet’s family stops Tybalt from starting trouble and says this is a time for love not war. Tybalt sees Romeo and straight away thinks of him as a threat and thinks that Romeo is challenging him by just being at the party. He brings Romeo’s presence to the attention of Lord Capulet in order to cause conflict. This is an example of how Tybalt is a character that does not have the ability to just forget about the whole feud and find a way to settle it; he just seeks revenge on any member of the Montague family.

As he steps in between the two fighters, Tybalt seizes the opportunity, and with one swift move, stabs Mercutio. So, while Tybalt takes the physical action of stabbing Mercutio, leading to his off-stage death, Romeo is the catalyst. Without Romeo’s involvement, by his actions, Mercutio’s death at the hands of Tybalt would not have occurred.

Explanation: Tybalt got mad because Romeo and Mercutio were joking around but he didn’t know that Romeo wasn’t, Romeo was telling the truth that he loved Tybalt and all of that but Tybalt didn’t know because Romeo and Juliet didn’t say anything about both of them getting married and Mercutio started the fight so that was not Tybalt’s fault so this an important part of the play and this shows that if Romeo and Juliet had said something about they getting marry, we all us wouldn’t be in this position.

Tybalt surprisingly stabbed Mercutio under Romeo's arm and it, unfortunately, killed him. ¨Help me into some house, Benvolio, Or I shall faint. A plague o´ both your houses! They have made worms´ meat of me. I have it, And soundly too. Your houses!¨ (3.1.104-107). These were Mercutio's final words before he died. This was his way of cursing both the Capulet and Montague families because of what had happened. If there was no feud between the two families from the start there would have been piece for Verona, for the families. They all would've gotten along and there wouldn't have been so much hate coming from Tybalt to cause him to kill Mercutio.

After Mercutio Romeo’s very dear friend died, this triggered a rage unseen within him before to striking Tybalt before thinking about it. “Away to heaven, respective lenity,

During the ball the cousin of Juliet, Tybalt, notices Romeo. He wanted to challenge him at the ball, but Lord Capulet forbade him from doing so. Tybalt, still wanting to fight Romeo, he sends out a challenge to fight Romeo. In Act 3, Scene 1, Benvolio and Mercutio are stopped by Tybalt who says: “Gentlemen p, good e’en. A word with one of you?”(III, i, 39). Mercutio responds with: “And but one word and a blow”(III, i, 40-41). Tybalt’s question was obviously about Romeo and how to find him, but Mercutio never gives him a chance. Because of the feud and Mercutio’s rash response, they duel. The duel ends with the death of Mercutio because Romeo attempted to stop the fight. Mercutio’s death caused Romeo to get angry which causes the death of Tybalt and the banishment of Romeo. Mercutio’s hot headed response causes his own death and Tybalt, which then causes Romeo to be

Even though one could not possibly think that a best friend could kill another best friend, it was Mercutio’s decisions that lead to Romeo’s death. Even Mercutio himself paid for his actions by dying before Romeo. However, Mercutio’s death also lead to Romeo’s death in ways that even Romeo didn’t know about. Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, challenged Romeo to a duel a few days before Mercutio’s death. Days later, Tybalt came to fulfill that challenge. However, Romeo, being newly integrated into the Capulet family, did not want to hurt his new relative. Mercutio was a witness to Romeo’s behavior and took it as an insult that Romeo did not take the chance to hurt a Capulet. Mercutio then declares, “O calm, dishonerable, vile submission!...Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?” (III.i.76 - 78). In this instance, Mercutio has just challenged Tybalt to a duel instead of letting Romeo just walk away. This simple line causes Mercutio to be slain in front of Romeo and Tybalt is left alive. This then forces Romeo to mourn and avenge Mercutio before he even has time to think. As a result of Mercutio’s death, Romeo then murders Tybalt, his new relative. This causes the Prince to banish Romeo and prompts other events to occur. An additional occasion as to when Mercutio’s antagonistic behavior comes into play is when they are on the way to the Capulet’s party. Romeo is still depressed about Rosaline at this point at

Tybalt then does not listen to Romeo and still wants to fight. Mercutio steps in, in order to help out the matter of Romeo not wanting to fight. The whole chain of events of Mercutio and Tybalt go fighting in the streets. ‘Romeo-

When Mercutio and Tybalt fight they Benvolio's grip and stabs Mercutio under Romeo's arm. Tybalt and Mercutio fought purely on rage and Romeo and Benvolio knew that if the prince knew they were fighting they would be executed. So they intervened in hope to save Mercutio and Tybalt’s Lives. Mercutio was then stabbed under Tybalt's arm.”This gentleman, the prince's near ally, My very friend, hath got his mortal hurt In my behalf; my reputation stain'd With Tybalt's slander,--Tybalt, that an hour Hath been my kinsman! O sweet Juliet, Thy beauty hath made me effeminate And in my temper softened valour's steel!” Mercutio was fighting in the name of Romeo with intention of his protection. But Romeo intervened revealing that this was against his will and that Mercutio was fighting out of hatred so he was killed by

When Mercutio first appears in Act 1, Scene 4, he, Romeo, and Benvolio are preparing to go to Capulet’s masquerade. Romeo does not want to participate, but Mercutio convinces him (I, iv. 41-42). Romeo agrees to participate, recognizing that he may not be entirely in control of his future (I, iv. 112-113). In the next scene, Romeo meets Juliet, creating the main storyline of the play. It is obvious that this would have only occurred due to Mercutio’s influence; Romeo would not have taken part if Mercutio had not convinced him to. Romeo was feeling too dejected, and would have sat on the sidelines instead. The other major example of Mercutio’s influence in the play is exhibited in the scene in which he dies. Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel, who declines; Romeo does not want to fight his cousin. Tybalt, however, sees this as an insult and questions Romeo’s honour. Mercutio stands up for him, and Tybalt and Mercutio fight. Romeo attempted to stop them, but he is too late; Tybalt stabbed Mercutio, before fleeing the scene. With his dying breaths, Mercutio blames Romeo for his wound, saying “…Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.” (III, i. 98-99). Romeo realizes that Mercutio’s wound truly was his fault, and his grief is made worse when he finds that Mercutio has died. Tybalt returns to find Romeo wracked with grief. To avenge his fallen friend, Romeo challenges Tybalt to a duel, which Romeo quickly wins. There is no question that this would have happened if Mercutio had not been killed; after all, Tybalt was Romeo’s cousin, if only for a couple of hours. In this scene, Mercutio not only influences Romeo, but with his death at Tybalt’s hands leads Romeo to kill Tybalt. In addition, Mercutio influenced the members of the Capulet family as well. Lastly, Mercutio’s death lead to a string

Mercutio then climbs up onto a stage and starts chanting about his injury is a mere scratch. One Mercutio realized that his cut was much deeper than he had thought he curses both families and dies on the stage. In this version of the film, Tybalt

One of Tybalt’s followers yelled “Away Tybalt!” As he wounded Mercutio. They have told us that he may be afraid of Prince Escalus.