Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Mercutio the funny guy
Mercutio is a large part of the Romeo and Juliet story and gets killed of fairly early on in the story. while he was alive he contributed greatly to the story and has created a large reputation for being one of the most favorite characters.
Mercutio is in fact a funny guy believe it or not. He seems to always have something witty to say in any scenario such as, "If love be rough with you, be rough with love/ Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down."(I,iv,523). or convince people of whatever he wants, like making romeo go to the party and later fight for him. Mercutio is a party animal he loves dancing shaking around getting down its his way of life and that's why people love him its for his energetic silly personality.
Mercutio is not a Montague or a Capulet he is part of a family and related to the prince still is friends with Romeo and his family and acts like a big brother to them and by that I mean he looks out for them and steps up if there getting bullied, which he dose and that gets him killed.
"Romeo:And so, good Capulet,—which name I tender/ As dearly as my own,—be satisfied. / Mercutio: Ocalm, dishonourable, vile submission! /Alla stoccata carries it away.
[Draws]
Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk"(III,i,1571)
Near the beginning of the story when Juliet's parents are having a party Mercutio has the bright idea to go and take all his friends with him and because he is not part of the families he can bring anyone he wants. That's where Romeo finds Juliet and forgets every thing about Rosaline."Romeo: What lady is that, which doth enrich the hand."(I,v,662) Now everything goes downhill from here, more fights happen, Romeo and Juliet get married to young and the same day Mucutio dies, Romeo killed Tybalt and gets banished, Juliet's parents fight and finally Romeo and Juliet kill themselves and it all could have been avoided if Mercutio didn't drag every one to the party.
Mercutio is an amazing character in this story and deserves the credit that he has. Mercutio has propelled the story very well and smoothly for the amount of time he was in it and made lots of people laugh .
http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/characters/charlines.php?CharID=mercutio&WorkID=romeojuliet&cues=1
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Strong thoughts. I can't wait to see your good copy.
ReplyDeleteNames have capitals, so do the beginning of sentences, also don't use I in a formal essay, otherwise your post was pretty good.....check the spelling too...I think I criticized too much...-.-
ReplyDeleteyou may want to add a bit more detail on your closing and opening statement
ReplyDeleteYou should add a little bit more to your essay but so far there are some good points.
ReplyDeleteAdd a bit more detail in your conclusion. Maybe restate your thesis or restate your best point.
ReplyDeletemore detail bro, like i said in your midterm, and is that a Good Mythical Morning reference in the intro? thats legit lol.
ReplyDeleteGood job Jeremy you got to add more detail and you will be good for your essay and you've got some good points.
ReplyDeletethank you everyone for your helpful thoughts and tips i will take them into consideration a do my best to remember to put them in my good copy.
ReplyDeleteThings you did well: I like your quote for Mercutio's quick wit and way with words… he is a very funny character. Things to work on: your peers nailed it. Did you actually revise?
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