Immediately after Romeo has fallen in love with Juliet at the party in Capulet's palace, Romeo feels he loves Juliet so much he cannot go home, so when he hears his friends calling for him he hides. Mercutio knows Romeo is somewhere in the vicinity and sends loudly mocks him for being a silly lover. Mercutio believes that Romeo is still in love with Rosaline, and so he calls out:
I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright eyes,
By her high forehead and her scarlet lip,
By her fine foot, straight leg and quivering thigh
And the demesnes that there adjacent lie,
That in thy likeness thou appear to us!
Act 2, Scene 1, lines 17-21
Mercutio. This is in Act II.
The Nurse becomes angry and asked to talk to Romeo privately. Romeo and Juliet.
Tybalt
They make fun of the nurse and when she says she needs to talk to Romeo mercutio wants to make fun of Romeo for it but benvoilo tries to prevent it.
Mostly Mercutio, Benvolio, and their friends, however Romeo played a slight part.
mercutio never had a nurse... it was Juliet who had one!
mercutio never had a nurse... it was Juliet who had one!
Mercutio. This is in Act II.
mercutio disrespects the nurse, always laughing at her and doing other humorous things to express contempt towards her.
Benvolio declares a truce in the talk between the two friends, Mercutio turns his verbal rapier on the Nurse, flustering her to distraction.
Mercutio meets up with Romeo and has a great time making fun of the Nurse.
Mercutio.
The Nurse becomes angry and asked to talk to Romeo privately. Romeo and Juliet.
Tybalt
Tybalt, who is roaming the town looking for Romeo. They later also encounter Romeo.
Mercutio makes fun of the nurse because she is trying to act like a higher class citizen and at those times the rich class were allowed to make fun of the lower classes, and it was socially acceptable.
They make fun of the nurse and when she says she needs to talk to Romeo mercutio wants to make fun of Romeo for it but benvoilo tries to prevent it.