I think that it is important to look at the scene as a
whole in order to identify the moment with the highest emotional tendency. Clearly, the
three events you have quoted are related to each other. I would argue that Mercutio's
dying speech and his curse on both houses and then Romeo's reference to the "black day"
are just part of the rising action of this scene that finds its climax in Romeo's
shouted lament of "I am fortune's fool!" Note what Romeo has just done before uttering
this ejaculation. Mercutio having killed by Tybalt, Romeo was honour-bound to fight
Tybalt in turn. Now that Romeo has killed Tybalt, which was something he did everything
he could to avoid because of his marriage to Juliet and the fact that this makes them
kinsmen, he recognises that he must run away from his wife. This explains why he feels
like he is a plaything of fortune and that destiny seems to be acting against
him.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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