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Many characters in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet invite the catastrophes they experience. These characters are Mercutio, Romeo, and Friar Laurence. Mercutio because he never thinks before he acts. He has a very big mouth and will say anything to creat ....

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.... constantly. Mercutio should not have tried to tease Tybalt because of the rivalry between Tybalt's family and Romeo's family. While avenging Mercutio, Romeo should have thought about the consequences of slaying Tybalt. On one hand he filled the urge to kill the man who had killed his friend. On the other hand he killed his wife's cousin. How can one justify killing a member of their wife's family? Another consequence he should have taken into consideration was the punishment he was going to receive from Price Escalus. In act one scene one Prince Escalus already warned everyone in Verona that if anyone was caught fighting again the would pay ....