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Mercutio uses sexual puns which show that he speaks what he wants and so he speaks from the heart and this is why Romeo is similar with him because Romeo shows love from the heart. Mercutio tells Romeo that sex is better than love and Romeo then cheers up whereas Romeo thinks opposite. When Romeo is down in love Mercutio knows the cure and when Mercutio is in a fighting mood Romeo is sensible enough to calm him down and prevent any outbreak. To Romeo Mercutio is funny and a great friend. Next to Romeo and Juliet I believe his the next most developed character. However he is also intelligent and witty. Mercutio is needed in this play as he keeps the audience focused and laughing through what he says. Mercutio is like this when his mood suddenly changes from mocking people to sword fights and joking around to evil, we see this in Act 1 when the Montague’s gate crash the Capulet’s party. Mercury changes with heat and is very dangerous when unleashed. Mercutio actually means mercury which matches his personality very well.
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He is a character who is interesting to study. Mercutio is Romeo’s best friend in the play. This is surprising as even after Tybalt’s death her mind does not change although she does say that he was “the best friend I ever had”. Instead of siding with her parents this time, she sides with Romeo, who is her new husband.
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In this quote, Juliet is saying that she will find someone she likes, but will not go too far with them until she has her parents consent to do so.īut all her naivety and obedience changes once she discovers true love with Romeo. “I’ll look to like, if looking move but no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly.” Unlike her situation later on in the play, at the beginning Juliet seems to be very obedient to her parent’s wishes. But we can still tell by his actions throughout the play, of his true love for Juliet especially at the end when he hears news of Juliet’s death, he wants to give his life up. Similar to Romeo, Paris does not actually know Juliet, just her family and what she represents therefore he is marrying a name, not a person. He proposes to Juliet, but she has a negative response – so negative in fact, that she kills herself in the end to avoid having to marry him. Paris is another character in the play that illustrates the symptoms of unrequited love. “Have not saint lips but holy palmers too?”. But meeting Juliet and having his first kiss with her. Romeo spends his time, not looking for Rosaline (which was his main objective). Later, Romeo goes to a party (hosted by the Capulet family, enemies to his own) in the hope of meeting her. “She hath, and in that sparing makes huge waste, For beauty starve with her severity”. When Romeo is describing her to his friend Benvolio, Romeo’s descriptions are normally referencing to Rosaline’s physical beauty and attractiveness. When Romeo is first mentioned in the play, it seems as if he is in true love with Rosaline.Īlthough Rosaline is Romeo’s obsession, it is when he talks of her that the audience realises that this is an artificial love. Later in the play Romeo appears to be in Love with Rosaline. Prince Escalus: “If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.” Most importantly it establishes the rule that if anyone from these families fight, it will mean death. It also allows for a good introduction of the dramatic foils in the play including Benvolio (whose name means “peaceful’) and Tybalt (whose name means “Terrible”). It shows that the two families hate each other so much that even the servants fight when the see each other. I believe this establishes some important elements for the audience. Sampson: “But if you do, sir, I am for you. Sampson: “No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir.” Sampson: “Is the law on our side if I say ay?” I will bite my thumb at them, which is disgrace to them if they bear it.”Ībram: “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?” Gregory also says that he would rape the maids of the Montague’s.įurther on in this scene two servants of the house of Montague enter and become involved in conversation with the servants of the House of Capulet because Sampson makes a rude gesture of biting his thumb towards one of the Montague servants.