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!
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."
Romeo's comical friend was called mercutio
When Tybalt and Mercutio fight, romeo trys to defend Mercutio but ends up having him killed. Mercutio dies from Tybalt bringing the sword from under Romeo and stabbing Mercutio.
Mercutio. According to Mercutio, Tybalt is "the very butcher of a silk button."
"Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?" is what Mercutio says. It's a kind of insult, and tied up with the nicknames Mercutio has been giving Tybalt: "King of Cats" and "Prince of Cats". But generally ratcatchers (exterminators specializing in rats) were not the most highly regarded people.
The duration of Ratcatcher - film - is 1.57 hours.
Ratcatcher - film - was created on 1999-11-12.
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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!
Tybalt 's nickname is 'Prince of Cats', so he is firstly referring to this. However, Mercutio also insults Tybalt's name, because it sounds like 'Tibbles'. Tibbles is a popular name for a cat (a rat-catcher.) He also calls him a cat in a derogatory term. Cat sounds remarkably like Cazzo in Italian. Romeo and Juliet is set in Italy. Cazzo means the male genitalia. its pronounced "CAT-so". <-(by adrienne) At the time Romeo And Juliet was written there was a popular story named ' reynard the fox' in which the cat was called 'Tibalt'. Mercutio uses this story to tease Tybalt with and continues to refer to Tybalt as a cat, therefore 'ratcatcher' <-(thesilenceRHIAN)
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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."
Romeo's comical friend was called mercutio
Mercutio was created in 1597.
When Tybalt and Mercutio fight, romeo trys to defend Mercutio but ends up having him killed. Mercutio dies from Tybalt bringing the sword from under Romeo and stabbing Mercutio.
mercutio never had a nurse... it was Juliet who had one!