Mercutio Is To Blame For The Death Of Romeo And Juliet

If Mercutio had kept his mouth shut, and not stood up for Romeo in such a dumb way, Romeo would not have killed Tybalt, and thus not been

The simmering brawl to protect their families pride between Tybalt and Mercutio, directly precipitates the chain of tragic events that lead to Romeo’s exile and the lovers’ death. Both Mercutio and Tybalt can be seen as complete mirror images of one another as they both are troublemakers, indignant, and both are loyal; Tybalt to protect his family and Mercutio to protect Romeo. William Shakespeare deliberately set up a character foil between Tybalt’s indignant and hotheadedness, and Romeo’s desire for peace and forgiveness to reinforce his point that hatred only leads to division and death. This is evident when Mercutio and Tybalt encounter in Act 3, Scene 1. Mercutio provokes

When Tybalt kills Mercutio it startles Romeo by wanting to get revenge, not thinking twice about the trouble he can get into. When Romeo witnesses his dear friend Mercutio’s death, he doesn’t hesitate to fight Tybalt and with this fight “this shall determine,” who will die no matter what troubles he has to go through (III.I. 7). Since Mercutio has died this causes Romeo to follow his sudden decision and does not stop to think of what he may get into. In addition, Juliet comes to Friar Lawrence desperately asking for help to stop the marriage between her and Paris in order to reconcile once again with Romeo. In addition, Juliet comes to Friar Lawrence desperately asking for help to stop the marriage between her and Paris in order to reconcile once again with Romeo or will “long to die” (IV.I. 3).

Good Mercutio! ROMEO tries to break up the fight/ Tybalt stabs MERCUTIO under Romeo’s arm.”(3.1 81-85) This quote demonstrates that Romeo acts without thinking beforehand as if it weren’t for him trying to get in the way of the duel between Tybalt and Mercutio, Mercutio would have stood a better chance against Tybalt. If Mercutio would have won the duel Romeo would not have killed Tybalt in revenge and thus would not be banished from Verona causing him to be taken away from Juliet.

The love Mercutio has for Romeo makes him want to fight Tybalt, which leads to Tybalt stabbing him and his death. Love destroys by making Mercutio fight for Romeo. Additionally this can also be seen with Juliet killing herself when she sees Romeo

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt is at the most of Mercutio’s death because of his explosive personality and temper, which led to him acting without thinking. In act 3 Scene 1, a tragic and dramatic fight takes place, where Mercutio was struck by Tybalt and as a result, died. This fight came to be because Tybalt came up to Romeo demanding a duel for he was at a Capulet ball. Romeo, being married to Tybalt’s in-law tries to avoid the conflict when Tybalt states “Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford No better term than this: thou art a villain” (3.1.61-62)

This causes a ripple effect , leading to Mercutio’s and his own deaths. During the duel scene, when Romeo will not fight Tybalt, Mercutio instead fights him, being killed when Romeo attempts to stop the fight and Mercutio gets stabbed under the arm. Tybalt storms off, but then returns soon wanting to fight Romeo, and

I know this because Max Radlicaz states, “Romeo decides to avenge Mercutio’s death by killing Tybalt.” In doing so Romeo sets off a chain reaction. Setting off multiple events leading to his death including, getting banished, putting unnecessary stress on the families, and causing Juliett to have to find a way to be with him which means she has to take the poison eventually leading to their deaths.

William shakespear’s, Romeo and Juliet is a very well known tragedy. Many deaths have happened but one death in particular changed the whole course of the play and that was the death of Mercutio. Mercutio was the bond between both families' ongoing conflict. He was also the cause of the conflict's end. After Mercutio's death, Tybalt went and decided to pick a fight with Romeo.

Once Mercutio sees Tybalt he starts making fun of Tybalt, which results in a fight that Romeo tries to stop, now here he does have some thoughts since he knows what will happen if anyone fights or dies from the family conflict and he also just wants to stop the violence, but he doesn’t think it all the way through since he is trying to intervene in a fight between 2 grown men wielding swords and only have hate for each other, the result of this is Mercutio dying because Romeo got in the way and as revenge Romeo killing Tybalt. “This day’s black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe others must end ''. (Shakespeare Act 3. Scene 1. line 125)

Furthermore, Juliet's question 'What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet,' in Act II, Scene II (2.2.43-44), suggests that the feud between the Capulet and Montague families is rooted in a meaningless tradition and shows how this tradition has caused the tragic outcome of the play. The inability of the families to communicate and reconcile with each other shows how the lack of communication played a crucial role in the tragedy. It is only after the deaths of the young lovers that Prince Escalus observes, 'For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo,' in Act V, Scene III (5.3.309-310), and the families finally put their feud aside and reconcile, realizing the tragic consequences of their

According to Mercutio, Tybalt is a formidable duelist, and a very tough man to fight. In other words - Romeo does not stand a chance. As foreshadowed in the prologue, there will be many deaths yet to come, and this deadly duel is just the beginning. When Tybalt comes looking for Romeo, he runs into Mercutio. Because of his big mouth, Mercutio gets himself killed.

(3.1.96-98). The quote tells us that Mercutio had cursed both of the houses, and foreshadows Romeo and Juliet’s impending downfall. Mercutio’s death really did cause a series of events in the story, because of Mercutio’s death, Romeo was driven by vengeance to kill Tybalt.

Tybalt challenges Romeo to a fight after he sees he attended the Capulet party without an invitation. Romeo does not want to fight Tybalt, so Mercutio answers Tybalt’s challenge instead. While Tybalt and Mercutio are dueling, Romeo tries to bring peace by breaking up the fight. While Romeo is trying to intervene, Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm. Mercutio is dying and it is at Romeo’s fault.

If Tybalt wouldn't have taken this fight so seriously, he wouldn’t be dead nor would Mercutio and wouldn’t cause Juliet to have second thoughts about marrying Romeo. Tybalt was a major influence on the struggles Romeo and Juliet