mercutio essay plan

Question 1

intro

Answer 1

• contradicts romeo and juliet’s love
• marks turning point for tragedy
• comedic
• prideful, bravado, infallible
• aggressive, bitter

Question 2

comedic, playful

Answer 2

• ‘borrow cupid’s wings and soar’
• ‘[singing] lady, lady, lady’ - 2.4 - repetition
• ‘to hide her face, for her fans the fairer face’ - fricative, hard sounds contrast playful attitude, symbolic of his own persona (??)

Question 3

prideful

Answer 3

• ‘o calm, dishonourable, vile submission’ - 3.1
• ‘i will not budge for no man’s pleasure’ - 3.1
• ‘what, dost thou make us minstrels’
• ‘tybalt you ratcatcher, will you walk?’

Question 4

bitter

Answer 4

• ‘a plague o both your houses’. - repeated
• blank verse
• ‘i was hurt under your arm’
• ‘they have made worms meat of me’