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1. • • Romeo has just said that he is sinking under the burden of love, so Mercutio replies that Romeo would "sink in it, should you burden love -- / Too great oppression for a tender thing" (1.4.24). This means that if Romeo is going to blame ("burden") love for his state of mind, he will only sink further into love.
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   Why does Mercutio mock Romeo for being in love twice?

   • Mercutio mocks Romeo for being in love twice: in Act I, Scene 4, and Act II, Scene 1. In Act I, Scene 4, Romeo, Mercutio, and their friends are about to crash the Capulets' party. At this point, Romeo has not yet seen Juliet; he is still lovesick over Rosaline. He says he does not intend to dance because love makes him too "heavy" to dance.

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   Why does Mercutio want Romeo to sigh?

   • He wants Romeo, for example, to appear to him in the form of a sigh (because he's saying that Romeo is so love struck that all he does is sigh.) However, Romeo is not on stage at the time. The other possibility is Act I, Scene 4. To me, though, Mercutio is really just saying that love in general is stupid in that scene. Schimmel, Isabell.

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   What does Mercutio say about love?

   • Mercutio's general point is that Romeo is taking himself way too seriously, but Romeo is not convinced. He says that love is not a "tender thing" at all, but rough and "pricks like thorn" (1.4.26), which gives Mercutio an opening for the best pun of the scene: "Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down" (1.4.28).

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   What does Mercutio say at the end of Romeo & Juliet?

   • When Romeo keeps insisting love is making him miserable, Mercutio says, "If love be rough with you, be rough with love" (line 27). By the end of the conversation, Mercutio is ready to "draw [Romeo] from the mire/Of—save your reverence—love, wherein thou stickest/Up to the ears" (lines 41-43).

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   How does Mercutio make fun of Romeo & Juliet?

   • Mercutio makes fun of Romeo in Act 2 scene 1 of Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo & Juliet. In Act 1 scene 5, Romeo meets Juliet and they profess their love for each other. Shortly thereafter, they share a kiss. After the kiss, the nurse calls Juliet away because her mother wants to speak with her.

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   What does Mercutio believe in in Romeo & Juliet?

   • Mercutio believes that love is grounded in sexual desire. When Romeo makes the romantic gesture of breaking into the Capulets’ garden to see Juliet, Mercutio calls after him that his real motive is not romantic but sexual. An “open-arse” is a slang name for a fruit often compared to the vagina, while “poperin” puns on “pop her in.”

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   Oct 3, 2024 · Where does Mercutio mock love in Romeo and Juliet? Mercutio mocks Romeo for being in love twice: in Act I, Scene 4, and Act II, Scene 1.

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   Mercutio tells Romeo that if love is rough with him, he should “be rough with love.” As Romeo’s friends try to get him to go into the party, Mercutio uses sexually charged wordplay to entice Romeo into looking at love less seriously.

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   An open-arse, thou a poperin pear! (II.i.) Mercutio believes that love is grounded in sexual desire. When Romeo makes the romantic gesture of breaking into the Capulets’ garden to see Juliet, Mercutio calls after him that his real motive is not romantic but sexual.

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   Romeo assures Mercutio that he had “business” to attend to and was forced to “strain courtesy” in pursuit of it. Mercutio makes a pun on Romeo’s response, suggesting that his business strained his “hams,” or legs—in other words, Mercutio suggests that Romeo went off to sleep with a woman.

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   Mercutio tries to persuade Romeo to dance at Capulet's feast, but Romeo insists that he is too sadly love-lorn to do anything but hold a torch. Then Romeo says it's not wise to go to the feast at all, because of a dream he had.

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   Quick answer: Mercutio and Romeo have contrasting views on love in Romeo and Juliet. Romeo takes love very seriously, considering it a deep-rooted emotion, as evidenced by his...

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    Aug 21, 2023 · Mercutio makes this remark when he is trying to convince Romeo to give up Rosaline, who does not return Romeo's love. Romeo has complained that love is painful and pricks like a thorn.