The play is about a young boy form the house of Montague named Romeo he falls in love with a lady from a rival house the couplets after act 3 scene 1 Romeo kills Juliet cousin from then on there is no going back for the love torn couple Romeo must leave Verona
From the beginning of the text we would expect Mercutio to be fiery tempered “thou act as a hot jack in thy mood” as said by Benvolio but fro later on in the book we find out Mercutio is quite the opposite and he is the peacemaker of the group “reason coldly of your grievances” he is telling them to reason with each other not fight. we also find out later in the book that Mercutio is the violent aggressive fiery tempered one and is always willing to fight” couple it with something make it a word an a blow” he is saying to Tybalt to hit me and we shall have a fight .Tybalt arrival adds tension to this scene as we know from previous scenes that Tybalt has a fiery temper and he is also from the rival gang to the Montague’s therefore the audience will expect a fight. Mercutio’s tension in the way he speaks and what he says adds to the tension as it looks as if Mercutio is looking for the fight and encouraging Tybalt to retaliate “here’s my fiddlesticks here’s that shall make you dance “When a sword fight happens the swordsman move as if dancing this is what Mercutio is referring to he is saying basically he wants the fight. Therefore the audience would be awaiting the fight.
