1. "If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.-- Give me a case to put my visage in! A visor for a visor.—What care I What curious eye doth cote deformities? Here are the beetle brows shall blush for me," (1.4.27-32).
2. "Good king of cats, nothing but one of your nine lives; that I mean to make bold withal, and as you shall use me hereafter, drybeat the rest of the eight. Will you pluck your sword out of his pitcher by the ears? Make haste, lest mine be about your ears ere it be out," (3.1.65-68) 3. "No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but 'tis enough,'twill serve. Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o' both your houses! 'Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death! a braggart, a rogue, a villain, that fights by the book of arithmetic! Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm,"(3.1.96-103)
1. If love is harsh on you, be harsh on love. If you prick love when it pricks you, you will beat love down. Give me a mask to lay on my face. A mask over the one I already have. Why should I care if a person seeks out my flaws? This mask, with its black eyebrows, will blush for me.
2. Good agile fighter, I want to take one of your nine lives. I will take one of them and then your actions towards me afterwards will determine if I will take the other eight as well. Are you going to pull out your sword from its sheath? Hurry up, or I'll hit you on the side of your ears with my sword before you can draw yours.
3. No, it's not as deep as a well, or as wide as a church door, but it's enough. It will finish the job. Ask for me tomorrow, and you will find me in a grave. I am done living in this world I think. Let a plague hit both of your houses! God! I can't believe that dog, that rat, that mouse, that cat could scratch me to death! A braggart, insidious villain who fights like he learned how to fight from a manual! Why did you come between us? I was stabbed under your arm.
Explantion of Quotes
1. When Mercutio says this (directed towards Romeo), he is trying to teach him a moral lesson about love. He is trying to mock Romeo's affection for Rosaline, but at the same time he doesn't want him to feel bad about being rejected by her. Instead, he urges him to move on. This reveals that Mercutio is a very comical, mocking type of friend who doesn't seem to have limits on what he says. Also, without Mercutio saying this and encouraging Romeo to have fun at the Capulet's party, Romeo and Juliet could have possible never met in the first place (Along with his Queen Mab speech).
2. This quote is what engages Mercutio and Tybalt. Although they had both been battling in words previously, this passage spoken by Mercutio is kind of like the spark to release the tension. Mercutio's words here are what cause Tybalt and him to finally fight. If the fight were to be avoided, Mercutio's death may have happened later in the play, or not even have happened at all. This affects the plot greatly.
3. Through this quote, it is learned that Mercutio was stabbed and not joking. His reputation for joking around does not help Romeo or Benvolio believe he has been more than merely scratched. But after Mercutio finally falls and doesn't arise, his true status is learned of actually have been stabbed. This quote is significant because it creates reason for Romeo to kill Tybalt. If Mercutio had not been stabbed and had his words taken for granted as he started to die, Romeo would have never had vengeance to slay Tybalt.