Romeo vs Mercutio
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play with many paradoxes. William Shakespeare gave Romeo and Juliet many different facets with his great use of writing techniques. One of the paradoxes is two young friends, Romeo and Mercutio. Romeo is dark and depressed, but Mercutio is light, happy and easygoing. ... Romeo is a great believer in fate. ... For example, Romeo has a dream about the Capulet’s party and it causing his untimely death, but he goes because he knows that if he is meant to die he will. Mercutio does not believe in fate.