"More than Prince of Cats. O, he's the courageous capitan of complements. He fights as you sing pricksong- keeps time, distance, and proportion; he rests his minim rests, one, two, and in your bosom....." (II, iv, 18-25)
Mercutio laughs at his would be killer and jokes about his fencing skills as if they mean nothing and even when he knows he's dying he jokes about it by saying that its was just a scratch. His joking nature was partially what got him killed and spurred Tybalt on to encourage the rage Tybalt already felt toward the Montagues. Without Mercutio there is a very good chance that this play would have turned out very differently, because Mercutio was the cause that set the tragic ending of this play in action. If Mercutio took things a bit more seriously maybe he would not have died, which inevitably caused the death of Tybalt and the banishment of Romeo.
Mercutio laughs at his would be killer and jokes about his fencing skills as if they mean nothing and even when he knows he's dying he jokes about it by saying that its was just a scratch. His joking nature was partially what got him killed and spurred Tybalt on to encourage the rage Tybalt already felt toward the Montagues. Without Mercutio there is a very good chance that this play would have turned out very differently, because Mercutio was the cause that set the tragic ending of this play in action. If Mercutio took things a bit more seriously maybe he would not have died, which inevitably caused the death of Tybalt and the banishment of Romeo.
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