Whose Fault??

Murcutio’s death in Act III is very controversial because it was no one is sure who to put the blame on. In my opinion, I would say that it is Mercutio’s fault. When Tybalt first came asking where Romeo was, Mercutio was mocking Tybalt and being uncooperative. Yet, once Romeo came, and refused to fight, Mercutio, deciding that it was dishonorable for his friend not to fight, tried to step in. Romeo holds him back, explaining that Tybalt was family and he couldn’t hurt “one of his own.” Yet Mercutio goes ahead and gets heated up, Romeo would have had a better chance of calming down two raging volcanoes. Even once Mercutio is stabbed, he refuses to admit that he is hurt, and jokes about it, refusing a surgeon. It is technically his fault, if he had taken his would seriously and just gotten over his stubborn pride, he might have lived, or at least not bled to death.