The Assignment Mercutio is the antithesis to Romeo. “The brooding nature of Romeo,” says the Irish critic and poet Edward Dowden, “which cherishes emotion, and lives in it, is made salient by contrast with Mercutio, who is all wit, and intellect, and vivacity, an uncontrollable play of gleaming and glancing life.” Apart from clashing with […]
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