Mercutio

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Mercutio's Quotes

"He was my friend, faithful and just to me. "

Antony, Julius Caesar, 3.2.82

Mercutio's Friends

Mercutio's Info

"A plague o' both your houses." 3.1.92

  • Hometown

    "fair Verona" Prologue, 2

  • Also Called

    "Saucy merchant" 2.4.142
    "the Prince's near ally" 3.1.111
    "My very friend" 3.1.112

  • Personal Philosophy

    "I talk of dreams,
    Which are the children of an idle brain" 1.4.96-97

  • Views on Love

    "If love be rough with you, be rough with love." 1.4.27

Interviews with Mercutio

O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall

"Good morrow, cousin." 1.1.158

.. brave Mercutio is dead,
That gallant spirit hath apsir’d the clouds
Which too untimely here did scorn the earth. 3.1.118-20

"O dear account. My life is my foe's debt." 1.5.117

I thought all for the best. 3.1.106

"O dear account. My life is my foe's debt." 1.5.117

Courage man, the hurt cannot be much. 3.1.96

"O dear account. My life is my foe's debt." 1.5.117

Gentlemen, for shame, forbear this outrage.
Tybalt, Mercutio! The Prince expressly hath
Forbid this bandying in Verona streets. 3.1.86-8

"To strike him dead I hold it not a sin." 1.5.58

Mercutio, thou consortest with Romeo. 3.1.44

"Good morrow, cousin." 1.1.158

And I were so apt to quarrel as thou art, any man
should buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and
a quarter. 3.1.31-3

"Good morrow, cousin." 1.1.158

I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire;
The day is hot, the Capels are abroad,
And if we meet we shall not ‘scape a brawl,
For now these hot days is the mad blood stirring. 3.1.1-4

"O dear account. My life is my foe's debt." 1.5.117

Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace.
Thou talk’st of nothing. 1.4.95-6

"O dear account. My life is my foe's debt." 1.5.117

You have dancing shoes
With nimble soles, I have a soul of lead
So stakes me to the ground I cannot move. 1.4.14-6