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One of the people most affected by Romeos actions is Mercutio. When Romeo becomes depressed that his beloved Rosaline will not sleep with him, Mercutio swoops right in to help Romeo out of his lust inspired stupor. Since Romeo made the conscious decision to fall into a depressed state of mind, Mercutio in turn decides to peer pressure Romeo into crashing the Capulet’s costume party, as a feeble attempt to help him. But, before this party, Romeo has a dream about “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars… Of a despised life closed in my breast, By some vile forfeit of untimely death” (1. 4. 107-110). Although, he makes the ultimate decision to ignore the dream, which Mercutio backs up by stating that, “I talk of dreams, which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy” (1. 4. 96-98). Mercutio, being one who is a strong believer in free will, whole heartedly supports in Romeo’s decision to ignore his gut feeling. On the other hand, Romeo, who is a strong believer in fate, knows that someone will die, yet he chooses to ignore it. Later on, just as Mercutio dies, he condemns the two families to “a plague o’ both your houses” (3. 1. 91). Although in reality Tybalt is the one who made the final strike, Romeo is the one who actually caused Mercutio’s death. Mercutio sees that it is Romeo’s actions which has caused his death, which is why he curses the houses. Romeo’s actions affect Mercutio almost as much as they affect Romeo himself.
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