Mercutio seems to be the aggressor in act 3 scene 1. This is shown by his use of pun’s and quarrelsome language. An example of this is “but one word with one of us”. This comment comes from Tybalt asking to speak with one of them and he said to have a word, so then Mercutio knowing full well what he means takes it as Tybalt wanting to say one word to one of us. This is then a sign of how he is trying to wind Tybalt up. The language Shakespeare uses as Mercutio’s character is very twisted and has several different meaning, this makes it to be interpreted in several different ways. In this scene he is the aggressor and his death is a very dramatic death. Some people think that he bought this upon himself by winding Tybalt up, I believe it was meant to be as a joking way and he did no way deserve to die from that little petty argument. You see a different side of Mercutio when he is hurt, “a plague a’both your houses” is what he says. This shows his argumentative and nastier side, this also indicates that there will be a tragedy to follow, dramatic foreshadowing.
Tybalt’s death is a repercussion for what he did to Mercutio. This is because he killed Mercutio during there banter, maybe by accident, maybe on purpose but I believe it was an accident. Tybalt could be put to blame for all of this, this is because he was the one who got so angry about Romeo coming to the Party at the Capulets. This is therefore why he was looking for Romeo and therefore why Mercutio died as they had the fight over Romeo. Tybalt in some cases could be called the aggressor but he was not aggressive towards Mercutio and example of him wanting to hurt Romeo and not Mercutio is when he says “Mercutio, though consortes with Romeo”. This means that he does not have trouble with Mercutio it is Romeo he wants to fight. In line 60 act 3 scene 1 he is shown to be the aggressor as he says to Romeo “turn and draw”. This means he wants him to draw his sword to have a fight, this is shown as aggressive behaviour and Mercutio steps in. The language he uses is very belligerent, blunt and straight to the point. In line 36-37 he is in a calm manor but he is saying such harsh meaning words these being “ you shall find me apt enough to that, sir, and you will give me occasion”. He means that he will give him occasion to start a fight and therefore he acts as the aggressor in this peace as well. I believe that the death of Mercutio was an accident even though the mood was very hyped he surely did not want anyone to get hurt from this situation. His death may have been a tragedy as he was just protecting his family and he is quite a likeable character. But he did have a flaw and his flaw was that he was too aggressive and should have walked away from the fight or not chased Romeo in the first place.
Romeo acts the same as Benvolio does in this situation, he acts as the peacemaker and wants to avoid the fight as he knows it will end up partially being his fault. Mercutio thinks that Romeo is joking when he says “who’s name I tender as dearly ad my own”, even though he is deadly serious as he does love Juliet, even though everyone is blind to this fact. Romeo trys to stop the fight by trying to resolve this with words but it is Tybalt that want to fight with Romeo as he is so angry about how he gate crashed there party. This is dramatic because this is where you see two different sides to Romeo. We see the normal, peaceful romantic side of Romeo but then we see a much darker side. An example of him being peace full is “gentle Mercutio put thy rapier up”, this means sheaf your sword. “either thou or I, or both, must go with him” this shows how Romeo knows this will end very dramatically as he is hinting to the audience that he is going to kill Tybalt and he might die with the fight and Tybalt as well.
I believe this is the most dramatic part of the play because this is were you see a lot of different/darker sides to some of the character including Romeo the most gentle and romantic character in Romeo & Juliet. This is therefore the most dramatic part of the play.
