Benvolio tells him to run away before the Prince captures him, and Romeo gets away just before all the citizens of Verona miraculously show up at the scene of the duel.(Click the summary infographic to download.) Romeo blames himself for Mercutio's death and laments that his love for "sweet Juliet" "hath made effeminate".He then gives us the famous line, "A plague on both your houses," and then turns to BFF Romeo and says, "Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm," he says.Romeo and Benvolio assume that Mercutio hasn't been badly hurt because he starts joking about his wound-but it's no joke.Romeo tries to intervene, but Tybalt stabs Mercutio. Mercutio finds this totally shocking-actually dishonorable-so he offers to fight Tybalt instead.Insults are exchanged, but Romeo remembers that Tybalt is his new wife's cousin, so he turns the other cheek.And then in stroll the just-married Romeo.Benvolio, who wants everyone to be friends, warns the guys not to fight in public.Mercutio responds that he's going to make Tybalt "dance" with his "fiddlestick" (his sword) and yes, there's a sexual innuendo at work here, swords being phallic symbols and all.Tybalt provokes Mercutio by saying "Mercutio, thou consortest with Romeo," which means "You're a known associate/friend of Romeo." It also kind of implies that Romeo and Mercutio are sleeping together.Trouble materializes in the form of Tybalt, who is trying to find Romeo so he can get back at him for crashing the Capulet party.Benvolio and Mercutio are hanging out as usual, trading insults and mocking the Capulets. Things are starting to heat up-as they usually do in Act 3 of Shakespeare's plays.
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