Mercutio says to Tybalt: "Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?", which is the equivalent of saying "How would you like to step outside and discuss this?". It's a challenge. Challenges often result in fights.Tybalt says "I am for you" which means "You're on." It may seem odd that he says "I am for you" when he is really against him, but that's just the way the language goes. It's like saying, "If you want to fight, I'm your man." If you are your opponent's man, what are you fighting for? Tybalt means "I am the man for you."
Mercutio is woried because Tybalt is an excellent fighter
It is foreshadowing that Mercutio is going to tomorrow. Grave is being used as a pun.
Mercutio has no quarrel with Mercutio. He's looking for Romeo. He starts by greeting Mercutio and Benvolio very politely "Gentlemen, good-den. A word with one of you." What he wants is to find out where Romeo is so he can fight him. He starts by saying "Mercutio, thou consortest with Romeo". A "consort" is a companion, a friend, one who goes along with you; to consort with someone is to be their friend and companion, to go along with them. Tybalt's next line would be "Can you tell me where he is?" Because Mercutio is in an obnoxious mood, he manages to turn this perfectly polite statement into an insult, then to make a punning threat based on it. By the time he's done, Romeo has shown up, so Tybalt does not have to deal any further with Mercutio. He says, with great relief no doubt, "Well, peace be with you sir. Here comes my man." But Mercutio is not done with Tybalt. Not liking Romeo's placating responses to Tybalt's attempts to get him into a fight, Mercutio bursts in and calls Tybalt a "ratcatcher". Tybalt again replies politely: "What would you have with me." He only draws in response to Mercutio pulling out his own sword. What all this shows is that Mercutio goes way out of his way to provoke Tybalt into a fight he didn't want. Then when it turns out badly for him, he blames Romeo. A plague on Mercutio's house!
Fiery,bull-headed & very prejudiced. As you probably know,Juliet's cousin & his uncompromising nature led to HIS death,and indirectly to the deaths of the lovers,taking Mercutio along the way. Guess he would be a knife-carrier today.
Mercutio describes Tybalt as a skilled duelist, hot-tempered, and proud. He sees Tybalt as someone who is quick to anger and not afraid to fight.
Mercutio says to Tybalt: "Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?", which is the equivalent of saying "How would you like to step outside and discuss this?". It's a challenge. Challenges often result in fights.Tybalt says "I am for you" which means "You're on." It may seem odd that he says "I am for you" when he is really against him, but that's just the way the language goes. It's like saying, "If you want to fight, I'm your man." If you are your opponent's man, what are you fighting for? Tybalt means "I am the man for you."
Mercutio is woried because Tybalt is an excellent fighter
It is foreshadowing that Mercutio is going to tomorrow. Grave is being used as a pun.
Mercutio has no quarrel with Mercutio. He's looking for Romeo. He starts by greeting Mercutio and Benvolio very politely "Gentlemen, good-den. A word with one of you." What he wants is to find out where Romeo is so he can fight him. He starts by saying "Mercutio, thou consortest with Romeo". A "consort" is a companion, a friend, one who goes along with you; to consort with someone is to be their friend and companion, to go along with them. Tybalt's next line would be "Can you tell me where he is?" Because Mercutio is in an obnoxious mood, he manages to turn this perfectly polite statement into an insult, then to make a punning threat based on it. By the time he's done, Romeo has shown up, so Tybalt does not have to deal any further with Mercutio. He says, with great relief no doubt, "Well, peace be with you sir. Here comes my man." But Mercutio is not done with Tybalt. Not liking Romeo's placating responses to Tybalt's attempts to get him into a fight, Mercutio bursts in and calls Tybalt a "ratcatcher". Tybalt again replies politely: "What would you have with me." He only draws in response to Mercutio pulling out his own sword. What all this shows is that Mercutio goes way out of his way to provoke Tybalt into a fight he didn't want. Then when it turns out badly for him, he blames Romeo. A plague on Mercutio's house!
Basically they were spoiling for a fight. Tybalt was looking for Romeo in order to fight him, but Romeo didn't want to fight Tybalt. Mercutio didn't like Tybalt at all and was looking for a chance to fight him. He used the situation as a pretext to challenge Tybalt, who was not a man to turn down anyone's challenge.
Fiery,bull-headed & very prejudiced. As you probably know,Juliet's cousin & his uncompromising nature led to HIS death,and indirectly to the deaths of the lovers,taking Mercutio along the way. Guess he would be a knife-carrier today.
Romeo had to kill someone, in order for the sequence of events to happen properly. Tybalt has been set up as a quarrelsome man who imagines that he has a grudge against Romeo for crashing Capulet's party (Capulet didn't seem to mind) and so will inevitably create a fight, which creates the occasion for Romeo to kill him.
Fiery,bull-headed & very prejudiced. As you probably know,Juliet's cousin & his uncompromising nature led to HIS death,and indirectly to the deaths of the lovers,taking Mercutio along the way. Guess he would be a knife-carrier today.
His name was Mercutio, the man who fought Tybalt because he finds Romeo's excuse not to fight Tybalt cowardly. During the fight Romeo got between the two trying to stop the fight, and in doing so got Mercutio stabbed.
The word is grave. After having been stab by Tybalt, Mercutio dies. His last words are..."Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man...."
Tybalt, the prince of cats. Juliets father does not allow retaliation in his home because Romeo is considered to be a man in good standing and it would disgrace the host also. Tybalt says that he will not "endure" Romeos pressence only to be told he will because the man of the house says so and Tybalt is not that man