Mercutio is my favorite character.

If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking and you beat love down.-Mercutio

Romeo and Juliet always has been the favorite tragic love for decades and all the attention goes to Romeo or Juliet but what happens with the others characters? In my opinion Mercutio is one of the most important character in all the play and movie and he's my favorite character because if he wouldn’t invite Romeo to the party Romero and Juliet would never felt in love or he wouldn’t fight with Tybalt and die the tragic love story would never exist.

The first reason I like Mercutio is because he was as a common person because even he was Romeo’s friend and relative of the Prince he didn’t hate the Capulet family or the Montegue family so he was “neutral” in the conflict obviously he didn’t like very much Tybald that’s why he fight against him and in my opinion the only fault he had was his passion because he didn’t controlled himself.

The second reason is because he was the only funny and nice character that’s why he took everything as a joke but when he arrived to the scene he took away the tension and in some boring scenes he captured the attention and made the play funny. In my opinion he was the only natural and a good friend character that’s why he captured my attention and he wasn’t bad or good he just was a human being.

The third reasion I like him is because he was the reason the story occurred. First because Mercutio invited and made Romeo go to the party and that’s why Romeo met Juliet and felt in love with each other and that’s made Romeo forget Rosaline.Second because he supported Romeo when he needed and he fight with Tybald for him and when he died Romeo had to kill Tybald and that’s why Romes has to run away and the tragic love story began. He was an important character and almost anyone notices.

Although In the movie the personality of Mercutio was exaggerated, unrealistic and he was turned into a “Gay Queen” but in the fight scene he was very brave and had Mercutio play’s spirit. The character of Mercutio should be more notice by the people who read the play because he is the reason of the play and not just Romeo and Juliet and that’s why Mercutio is my favorite character.