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Essay

            The book Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare showed how rivalries could ruin people in many ways. In this rivalry, a lot of people died, even the loved ones died too. Like the poem in the book, “in fair Verona two families alike in dignity.” Both families have someone who can change everything. The Capulets have Tybalt, a man who wanted to kill Romeo for he thought he was a villain. The Montagues have Mercutio, a man who is Romeo’s best friends, but always look for trouble. Things could have been different if Mercutio knew how to control himself, but then everything would have been different. Mercutio was a big influence because he was an influence to Romeo.

             Mercutio is a person with many traits. One of them is being joyful. He gives people laughter and makes Romeo forget about the rival the two families have. He wanted to show Romeo that there is more love than only Rosaline and he showed him by giving him the invitation to the party that he meets Juliet. Mercutio, a carefree and a jokester made him unique. He makes the Montague family united and made them laugh. He makes everything look small so they won’t be scared or lose hope.

            Though Mercutio’s carelessness and joking was the cause of his death. He took his jokes too far and his life experiences took over him like the speech about dreams. He didn’t offer peace because of his arrogance got into him. He didn’t stop it with his jokes even when it was troubling times and died because he thought he was great. He showed Romeo this too and even nurse pointed it out by saying he was handsome but his characteristic needed improvement.

            If Mercutio didn’t fight Tybalt, then he wouldn’t have died and Romeo and Juliet would have been together happily. Or if Mercutio weren’t close to Romeo then Romeo would have done the right thing and let everything alone.

            Mercutio, friend of Romeo did bad things but made it up with his good deeds. He and Romeo can never be split up because they were brothers. Maybe Romeo being banished was Mercutio’s fault. Maybe the reason Romeo met Juliet was because of Mercutio.