Nothing in life is ever free. When we want something, we have to pay for it. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, a classic romantic tragedy that follows two “star cross’d” lovers from rival houses that rebel against their family’s long-term feud for each other, shows us exactly that. In great pieces of literature, death scenes are often used to show a pivotal point in the work. Mercutio is one of Romeo’s best friends and Tybalt is the cousin of Juliet, which shows that they would be close to the two of them, making their deaths all the more significant. In the play Romeo and Juliet, the death of Mercutio and Tybalt illuminates the theme of selfishness, and how following our desires without considering the possible consequences, end up hurting ourselves and the people around us. …show more content…
Mercutio is one of Romeo’s closest friends. He tries to council Romeo through his heartbreak over Rosaline by bringing him to the annual Capulet house party, and even stands up for Romeo when Tybalt comes to Romeo seeking suppressed revenge on him for crashing the party. Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt because he considers him family, now that he is wedded to his cousin. Mercutio deems his attempt to reason with Tybalt as “vile submission” and a disappointed Mercutio takes on Tybalt instead, defending Romeo. When Mercutio is stabbed by Tybalt, he says “I was hurt under your arm.” (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
Did you ever wonder what was the main reason for the deaths in Romeo & Juliet. This play is about Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare. The story started off with two families fuding. Romeo, one of the main characters, in love with another woman. He was later rejected by her, and then turned into a state of depression. His friend, Mercutio, decided that he should go to a party to get over the rejection. When Romeo arrived he looked for Rosaline, instead he found Juliet. Him and Juliet fell in love the same night, later they decided to get married. The next day they married, and Romeo went home to get ready to celebrate. On his way home Mercutio and Tybalt got into a fight causing Mercutio to die. Romeo killed Tybalt, then got banished. Juliet
As a consequence of the brawl between Tybalt and Mercutio, Mercutio ends up dead which then develops the theme because of the pain Romeo feels after hearing about his friend’s death.
Good mercutio!” Tybalt under romeo's arm thrusts mercutio with his sword and now he’s injured because romeo got in the way. Romeo should have never went back for tybalt it was his own fault anyways that mercutio was dead but apparently he
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
187-197). This quote shows the strongest impact that Mercutio played in this play. He accepted the fight with Tybalt, died, caused Romeo to fight Tybalt which ended with Tybalt’s death and now has Romeo exiled from Verona. Without this fight happening, Romeo would not have been exiled from Verona, Juliet would not have needed to fake a death, Romeo would not
The story of Romeo and Juliet is shrouded in death and sadness, and without death, the story wouldn’t have the iconic, well-known ending it does. Although frequently overlooked in Romeo and Juliet, the earlier deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio had a huge impact on the story, especially due to the snowballing effect that took place afterwards. Despite the fact that Mercutio’s death is often overlooked or forgotten about during the final scene of Romeo and Juliet, it actually had a tremendous impact on every character, and eventually led to the death of Tybalt. Had Tybalt and Mercutio avoided a fight, Tybalt wouldn’t have died, and Romeo wouldn’t have been banished. Although Romeo had gone through preventative measures to ensure Mercutio wouldn’t
Romeo’s dear friend, Mercutio, greatly affects the events that lead up to the death of Romeo and Juliet. Although he is a loyal friend to Romeo,
In the fiction play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is about how two young adults find love but struggle with it because they are from two different sides, there is one side called the Montagues and the other side called the Caplets, both sides don't get along they are always trying to kill one another. But they think by their love the two sides will come together and bring peace when in reality it's worse than that. Mercutio is a comic relief who gets stabbed to death and dies. The person to blame is Tybalt, the reason is because he's the one who stabbed Mercutio. Mercutio was just
“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.
Mercutio is a relative of the prince and friend to Romeo. He is an eloquent man and becomes the center of attention whenever he appears in the play. It seems like he dominates Romeo with his teasing and irony. He mocks Romeo as he thinks he is too sentimental and tells him how foolish he is; he turns all of Romeo’s thought about love into sexual metaphors.
" Mercutio was correct in his predictions. The love between Romeo and Juliet ends up a tragedy for both families. Mercutio's character is essential in driving the action forward in this play. He foreshadows the devastating events, serves as Romeo's friend, and gives the audience important information throughout the play. Mercutio's death is the turning point in the play.
. 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.
As a friend of Romeo’s, Mercutio supports the Montague’s in the ancient feud. An example of Mercutio defending the Montague’s is when Tybalt, a member of the loathed Capulet family, abuses Romeo and Mercutio intervenes on Romeo’s behalf. Attempting to restore peace, Romeo gets between the two combatants and Mercutio “hath got his mortal hurt” (Page 149; Act 3, Scene 1) on Romeo’s account. In spite of his “life shall pay the forfeit of peace” (page 17; Act 1, Scene 1), Romeo seeks revenge on Tybalt as he loves his murdered friend. As Romeo kills Tybalt out of love for Mercutio, Shakespeare suggests that love conquered the thought of being penalized with death.
Since the fathers from both families dislike each other, they have caused death in the young lovers' lives because of many disputes. According to Document C, “The feud has caused deaths between Tybalt and Mercutio.” Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin and Mercutio is Romeo’s friend. Due to Mercutio's pun-filled language and tough personality, he starts the brawl between himself and Tybalt. While Mercutio is dying, he sends
In contrast, Mercutio attempts to stop Tybalt’s thirst for vengeance when he tries to duel Romeo but ultimately gets killed in the process of trying to save his good friend from being killed by Tybalt which causes Romeo to take vengeance upon Tybalt by killing him.