... and occupied for a while. As a good friend of Romeo, Mercutio would do what a good friend would do, and stick up for Romeo. Tybalt beats Romeo down before Mercutio intervenes. This shows the audience that this is a good reason for Mercutio to intervene, Back to the play, and we soon see that Romeo doesn't want to ... the rest of the characters think that Mercutio, being the joker that he is, is just pretending and faking his wound to try and teach the two families a lesson and we see that Mercutio may be playing when he tells us that his wound is nothing but a scratch. Romeo says that Mer...

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... Lord Capulet of his findings, but is even more frustrated because Lord Capulet doesn't seem to care because Romeo has a good history and has never before troubled the Capulets, Tybalt says he will fight Romeo for this act, but Lord Capulet becomes furious at his nephews disobedience. This doesn't interrupt Romeos interests ... Tybalt doesn't do much in the way of endangering Romeo's life, but Mercutio seems like he wants a fight. In the Luhrman version however, Tybalt beats Romeo down before Mercutio intervenes. This shows the audience that this is a good reason for Mercutio to interven...

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• Grade Level: High School