Mercutio quotes

• If love be rough with you be rough with love
• Her chariot is an empty hazlenut
• She driveth over soldiers neck
• Which are children of an idle brain
• Madman! Passion! Lover!
• Speak to my gossip venus
• 'I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright eyes' 'Straight leg'
• By my heel I care not
• O calm, dishonourable, vile submission
• A plague on both your houses
• He is pessimistic and cynical about love, warning the audience against fate, mocking Romeo and becoming a foil to him
• His comedy has severe undertones, he is used as vessel to show logic
• Mercutio is punished for his impulsive nature and SP warns against the folly of the youth and how passion causes unpredictability and vulnerability
• Mercutio's death causes sympathy for Romeo's enraged, emotional reaction in avenging his friends death. His death marks a distinct turning point in the play as tragedy begins to overwhelm comedy causing the fateful ending of the protagonists