By a close examination of his use of language comment in detail on the character of Mercutio. Mercutio in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, is one of Romeo Montague's best friends. He is a relation of Captain Prince who is the captain of the police force in Verona. Mercutio is a lively character with both a jovial side and a gloomy, more secretive and hidden away side. He has a duality in his personality. One …showed first 75 words of 1608 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1608 total…He is a difficult person to understand because at the party in the Lord Capulet's household he knows that Romeo could be killed if he caught in there but he is somewhat irresponsible but takes the risk anyway. Later on he is then really protective of Romeo and fights against Tybalt. This is the last part of the play with Mercutio in and after this everything that is to come in the play involves disaster.