What excuse does romeo give for mercutios behavior?

Answer 1

Romeo blames his behavior on Juliet making him effeminate. The related lines are:

Romeo, Act 3 Scene 1:

O sweet Juliet,

Thy beauty hath made me effeminate

And in my temper soften'd valour's steel!

Answer 2

Mercutio blames Romeo for restraining him in an attempt to stop the fight. Mercutio thinks that if Romeo had let him be, no blood would have been shed, or at least none of Mercutio's. And perhaps it is true that Romeo hampered Mercutio's ability to defend himself. On the other hand, Benvolio failed to restrain Tybalt from stabbing Mercutio, and Mercutio and Tybalt shouldn't have been fighting in the first place. Mercutio blames Romeo because down deep he realizes, but doesn't want to admit to himself, that he shouldn't have started the fight in the first place, and that he is for the most part the author of his own demise.

Answer 3

Romeo blames his behavior on Juliet making him effeminate. The related lines are:

Romeo, Act 3 Scene 1:

O sweet Juliet,

Thy beauty hath made me effeminate

And in my temper soften'd valour's steel!

Answer 4

"O, I am Fortune's Fool!" although he says this after only one terrible event--the killing of Tybalt. Worse is yet to come. When he hears of Juliet's death, he says, "Then I defy you, stars!" Both ways, he is blaming fate, destiny or what have you.

Answer 5

He says, basically, he's just that kind of guy--one of those guys that does a lot of talking and doesn't mean anything by it.