Mercutio Is At Fault In Romeo And Juliet

From the very start Romeo and Mercutio were side by side, this means that Mercutio had a great effect on Romeo's decisions, starting with the night Romeo met Juliet, which in the end leads to his unforgettable death. The night of the Capulets ball Mercutio convinces Romeo to go, to help with the grieving of his loss of love over Rosalie. “Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance”(shakespeare, pg 389) This line in turn leads to what eventually becomes the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo then meets, and falls in love with the Capulet daughter, Juliet.

When Tybalt sees Romeo at the party, he acts to have a duel with Romeo. But based on Mercutio’s personality, he tends to pester very often. Mercutio instigates the fight, leading to more quarrels that are unnecessary and can be prevented. As a result of Mercutio dying, Romeo gets furious and seeks vengeance for Mercutio by stabbing Tybalt. Mercutio mentions “ But I’ll be hanged, sir, if he wear your livery.

In scene 1 of Act 3, when Tybalt challenges Romeo, Mercutio responds by trying to get Tybalt to fight him instead of fighting Romeo(3.1.70-79), proving that he is such a good friend that he is willing to put his life on the line. This scene is essential to the story because it results in Mercutio dying and Romeo getting banished. If this scene didn’t occur, then Romeo would not have been banished and would have gotten the message that Juliet was faking her death. Similarly, on page three of The Ethiopss Ear, it talks about how Mercutio and Romeo had such a strong friendship that they could have been lovers, and also about how much Mercutio cared about Romeo, causing him to fight Tybalt. This helps us understand just how strong of a friendship Romeo and Mercutio had in the play, given that they could have been lovers if not for Juliet.

Mercutio is responsible for helping Romeo fall in love with Juliet and he also has a role in helping Romeo become enemies with Tybalt on a more personal level as Tybalt seeks revenge on Romeo once he finds out that Romeo was at the party. Once Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo takes vengeance upon Tybalt, the tragic events begin to unfold. If it were not for Mercutio convincing Romeo to dance, Romeo would have never spoken to that servant, thus Tybalt would have never heard Romeo speak and seek revenge upon

This carries to a friend of Romeo’s named Mercutio, who suffers quite a death. Three young men were involved with his murder, however the answer to whom is responsible is clear. Mercutio is to blame for his murder because he is stubborn, an instigator, and the first to draw a weapon. Despite this, it is also interpreted that Romeo is the culprit,

We all know the story The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, but until now, we “knew not” who to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Some characters, like Tybalt or Lord Capulet might be your first assumption, but they should not. There is one character who was around Romeo enough to influence his actions. Mercutio, Romeo’s friend, is to blame for the loss of Romeo and Juliet, because his actions led to Romeo being despised, and Romeo’s banishment. To understand how Mercutio ties into Romeo and Juliet's deaths, you should note how Mercutio is very influential to Romeo, resulting from them being close friends.

My first reason as to why the blame for Mercutio's death falls on Romeo is that in the text he is directly responsible for making Mercutio let his guard down, giving Tybalt a window of opportunity to strike. This is demonstrated in the old movie version of Romeo and Juliet, where it looks as though Tybalt and Mercutio aren’t seriously fighting. But as they are engaging in these theatrics, Romeo decides he should

Mercutio had a way of affecting the characters and showing a new or more detailed side to them. Especially during the climax, his death is significant because it was his choice/or Romeo’s submission that eventually led to their downfalls. As stated in the previous paragraphs, Mercutio had the role of a tragic comedian and he has an emotional impact on the audience. Shakespeare is known to write tragedies, comedies as well as historicals. But Shakespeare's most well-known play Romeo and Juliet has a variety of feelings.

Milo Tom Ms. Rechin English 1 Honors 24 May 2023 Indirect Murder: Mercutio’s Involvement in the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a distinguished play that follows the lives of Romeo and Juliet at a time of their lives when they have fallen in love, creating a contrast between their relationship and their relationships with their families. The love between the two is the main conflict in the story, as their families loathe each other beyond just slight distaste, causing separation and a type of clandestine relationship necessary between the two to be able to stay lovers. The play ends with both dead in the same room, side to side due to miscommunication and poor execution of actions. Through the factors of association with Romeo, temperament, and prejudice, Mercutio is undeniably at fault for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet and

Some people may think that Mercutio is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. They think this because he encouraged Romeo to go to the Capulet party, wanted Romeo to move on, and is the reason Romeo murdered Tybalt and got banished. However, these claims are invalid for countless reasons. All Mercutio was trying to do was uplift his friend and encourage him to stop being sad about Rosaline. It was fate’s fault that Rosaline didn’t love Romeo back and that he met Juliet at the party.

The play fighting led to Mercutios death. I think that it is Romeo's fault for Mercutio's death. The reason it is Romeo's fault is that Mercutio's is killed because Romeo stepped in the middle of Mercutio and Tybalt's fight. Tybalt then accidentally

When Romeo keeps turning him down and walks away Tybalt gets even angrier. He insults him again and doesn’t really pay attention to what Romeo says. Mercutio decides at that

Death finally crept into him as he lay motionless on the ground and at that moment the cheerful and comedic mood that Mercutio created disappeared into thin air. Although Mercutio was used to create a comedic mood, he also indirectly impacted both Romeo and the feud itself. Mercutio’s loyalty towards his friends plays an especially crucial role in revealing new sides of Romeo and impacting the feud. As demonstrated in act 3, scene 1, where Mercutio got agitated by Romeo’s lack of response to Tybalt insulting him. Which resulted in Mercutio and Tybalt to fight, eventually leading to his death.

Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel and he declines the challenge and insists that he won’t fight Tybalt. Mercutio is angered by Romeo’s “cowardice” and takes on Tybalt himself. Romeo wants Mercutio to stop fighting Tybalt so he decides that it’d be a good idea to block his arm in mid combat and Tybalt stabs Mercutio from under Romeo’s arm and Mercutio falls dead after rambling about plagues and a pun or two. Romeo doesn’t realize that it is his own fault that Mercutio died after Mercutio even blamed his wound on him. Romeo lets his emotions decide his actions and becomes enraged and ignores that Tybalt is now his family and fails to see that he was the reason Mercutio was killed.

As soon as Tybalt saw Romeo, he ran over to him. “You villain!” I heard Tybalt yell. Immediately, Mercutio ran to Romeo’s side and drew his sword. “You dare challenge him?