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Romeo and Mercutio are presented in many different ways thought out shakespears play.Furthermore the way in which they are represented through act 2 scene 4 is also significant because of a number of other reasons.

Second attement at first pararagrah !

In act   2 scene 4 this show the relationship between Romeo and Mercutio and   similarity of them is shown in act 2 scene 4 In particular, this is shown by the use of word play   in their conversation for example there punning. This shows that Mercutio bringing out the fun side of Romeo ,this shows that Romeo has come away from the petrachen lover and is becoming more his “old” self, for example when Mercutio is mocking Romeo for being a petrachan lover but the irony of this phrase “Pale hard-hearted wench”, that Rosaline ‘This shows he is back to his old self because he playing back to mercutious comments with his innuendoes and sexual innuendoes. Another quote is when romoe leave the oh romm Romeo describes his pump as   a “well flowered” using the alliterion of ‘single soled jest solely singular”. This shows he has come form being a patrachen lover to becoming   more his own age.In the lurhmans film he deciceds to show romome as more masulin because he missed a lot of the langue and gestures out , which shows he is more of a man than in his patrachan lovers state.This also is important because it gives the audience a break form the tragic ending that romoe and juleit are going to face.
Also throught the book there   are contrasting views of worman shown between romoe and Juliet becscause romoe elurvates the stauts of worman and mercutio denigrates the stautus of worman.in act 1 scene 4 The quote ‘Butt-shaft” this shows the word play used throguht out the scene.Mercutio denigrates the stauts of worman this is show when he says:
Romoe elevates the stauts of worman this is shown when :
Mercuito has no emotion for worman and this stays thought the whole of the play he refers to worman in unpleasant ways...

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