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Mercutio

Mercutio (/mɜːrˈkjuːʃioʊ/ mur-KEW-shee-oh; Italian: Mercuzio ) is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's 1597 tragedy Romeo and Juliet. He is a close friend to Romeo and a blood relative to Prince Escalus and Count Paris. As such, Mercutio is one of the few characters in the play who can mingle with people from both of the feuding Montague and…

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Affiliation
Romeo · Benvolio · Juliet
Created by
William Shakespeare
Family
Valentine (brother) · Prince Escalus (uncle) · Count Paris

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Mercutio

Nodes85
Edges84
Triples138
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023529
Components1

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related to Stage · 39
Mercutio → Alec McCowen, American, Amour, Antoni Cimolino, Benjamin Walker, Benvolio, Broadway, Canada's Stratford Festival, Colm Feore, Emmy Rossum, Francesca Annis, Gielgud, Greg Hildreth, Gérard Presgurvic's, Haine, Hungarian, Ian McKellen, In, John Gielgud, Juliet
related to Film · 37
Mercutio → Alan Brown's Private Romeo, Alleyn, Ann Hasson, Anthony Andrews, Baz Luhrmann's, BBC Television Shakespeare, Ben Affleck, Carlo Carlei, Christian Cooke, Christopher Bevins, Christopher Neame, Douglas Booth, Edward Alleyn, Franco Zeffirelli's, George Cukor's, Hailee Steinfeld, Hale Appleman, Harold Perrineau, In, Joan Kemp-Welch
related to Role in the play · 23
Mercutio → Act III, After Romeo, Ask, Before, By, Capulet's, Capulets, He, However, Juliet, Juliet's, Juliet's Nurse, Lord Capulet's, Montagues, One, Romeo, Romeo's, Rosaline, Sc, There
related to Mercutio's death · 16
Mercutio → Act, Arthur Brooke's The Tragical, Earlier, English, He, History, In, John Dryden, Juliet, Romeo, Romeus, Shakespeare, The, Tybalt, Tybalt's, William Painter's
related to Name origins · 12
Mercutio → Da Porto, Giulietta, Giulietta Cappelletti, January, Juliet, July, Luigi Da Porto's, Marcuccio Guertio, Romeo, Romeo Montecchi, Shakespeare's, The
related to External links · 4
Mercutio → Character Analysis, Complete, Mercutio's, Shakespeare Online
Affiliation · 3
Mercutio → Benvolio, Juliet, Romeo
Family · 3
Mercutio → Count Paris, Prince Escalus (uncle), Valentine (brother)
Created by · 1
Mercutio → William Shakespeare

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romeo juliet tybalt played character death production mercutio's shakespeare act directed portrayed first one role film play william shakespeare's friend

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MercutioAffiliationRomeo1.00infobox
MercutioAffiliationBenvolio1.00infobox
MercutioAffiliationJuliet1.00infobox
MercutioCreated byWilliam Shakespeare1.00infobox
MercutioFamilyValentine (brother)1.00infobox
MercutioFamilyPrince Escalus (uncle)1.00infobox
MercutioFamilyCount Paris1.00infobox
Mercutiorelated to External linksComplete0.60section
Mercutiorelated to External linksMercutio's0.60section
Mercutiorelated to External linksCharacter Analysis0.60section
Mercutiorelated to External linksShakespeare Online0.60section
Mercutiorelated to FilmIn0.60section

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