mercutio was the first person to die in romeo and juliet.
who was the first person to die in romeo and juliet?
mercutio
in the beginning of the play, romeo pines for an unrequited love, rosaline. to cheer him up, his cousin and friend benvolio and mercutio take him to the capulets' celebration in disguise, where he meets and falls in love with the capulets' only daughter, juliet. later that night, he and juliet meet secretly and pledge to marry, despite their families' long-standing feud. they marry the following day, but their union is soon thrown into chaos by their families; juliet's cousin tybalt duels and kills romeo's friend mercutio, throwing romeo into such a rage that he kills tybalt, and the prince of verona subsequently banishes him. meanwhile, juliet's father plans to marry her off to paris, a local aristocrat, within the next few days, threatening to turn her out on the streets if she doesn't follow through. desperate, juliet begs romeo's confidant, friar laurence, to help her to escape the forced marriage. laurence does so by giving her a potion that puts her in a deathlike coma. the plan works, but too soon for romeo to learn of it; he genuinely believes juliet to be dead, and so resolves to commit suicide, by drinking the bottle of poison (illegally bought from the apothecary upon hearing the news of juliet's "death"). romeo's final words were "thus with a kiss i die". he kills himself at juliet's grave, moments before she awakes; she kills herself in turn shortly thereafter.
characters in romeo and juliet
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