MERCUTIO


Meaning of MERCUTIO in English

a kinsman of the prince of Verona and a friend to the Montague Romeo in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio's baiting of and eventual stabbing by the Capulet Tybalt brings about Romeo's banishment and the misunderstanding that leads Romeo and Juliet to double suicide.

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