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Mercutio

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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MERCUTIO

"A plague on both your houses"
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SUMMARY OF PLAY

  • Based on the tragedy, " Romeo and Juliet," Mercurtio, a character in the play, is energetic, exuberant, and demented.
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TRAIT #1

  • Energetic: showing or involving great activity or vitality
  • "Or-save your reverence-love wherein though stic'st/up to the ears. Come we burn daylight , ho." Act1,Scene4, line 42-43
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TRAIT #1 CONTINUED

So, Mercutio is energetic because he already wants to have fun.
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TRAIT #2

  • Exuberant: characterized by lively energy and excitement
  • "What care I/What curious eye doth cote deformities?/Here are the beetle brows shall blush for me." Act1, Scene4, lines 30-31
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TRAIT #2 CONTINUED

Mercutio is always exuberant because he never minds what others say of him.
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TRAIT #3

  • Demented: driven to behave irrational due to anger, distress, or excitment
  • "A plague o' both your houses!" Act3, Scene1, line68
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TRAIT#3 CONTINUED

Mercutio is demented because he shows anger when he curses both families.
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CONCLUSION

Therefore, mercutio is energetic, exuberant, and demented.

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