Mercutio’s

Question 1

Overview

Answer 1

• Romeo’s best friend
• likes to laugh, optimistic, loyal and a good friend
• when Romeo is depressed because of his unrequited love for Rosaline, mercutio suggests that they should gate crash the capulet party
• Tybalt arrives to fight romeo, mercutio stands in for romeo as he is loyal to his best friend
• mercutio can’t believe that romeo will sacrifice his honour to fight Tybalt
• when Tybalt stabs mercutio makes a joke saying it’s a ‘scratch’ , realises the severity and dies curing both households

Question 2

Witty

Answer 2

How: mercutio makes fun of Romeo when he declares he feels sick because of the love he has for Rosaline. Mercutio ridicules Romeo’s ‘love’ for Rosaline claiming it is false
Evidence: “ that dreamers often lie”
Analysis: this is mercutio’s response after romeo tells him he dreamt of Rosaline. Mercutio understands that Romeo’s love for Rosaline isn’t true and ridicules him for it, saying openly that Romeo being a dreamer can often lie

Question 3

Loyal

Answer 3

How: mercutio is loyal when Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt, as he fights Tybalt. This is because he cannot stand to see Romeo’s honour jeopardised on the face of his enemy.
Evidence: ‘Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the ears? Make haste’
Analysis: this shows mercutio taking Romeo’s place to fight Tybalt. He is taunting Tybalt suggesting he is slow to get his sword ready to fight. The fact that mercutio is telling Tybalt ‘make haste’ will only taunt Tybalt further, as he is suggesting Tybalt is a coward