Read the excerpt from Act III, scene iol Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio: Thoul why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast. Thou will quarre with a man thr cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes. What eye, but such an eye, would spy out such a quarrel? Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat, and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as an egg for quarrelling. Thou hast quarrelled with a man for coughing in the street,because he hath wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sun.Didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing his new double!before Easter? with another, for tying his new shoes with old riband? and yet thou wilt tutor me from quarrelling! Benvolio: An I were so apt to quarrel as thou art, any man should buv the fee-simple of mv life for an hour and Mark this and return Why does Shakespeare include this comic speech by Mercutio? to explain Benvolio's strange behavior to question the established laws of Verona to mock the reasons for quarrels and feuds to illustrate the close friendship between the men

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Read the excerpt from Act III, scene iol Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio: Thoul why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast. Thou will quarre with a man thr cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes. What eye, but such an eye, would spy out such a quarrel? Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat, and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as an egg for quarrelling. Thou hast quarrelled with a man for coughing in the street,because he hath wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sun.Didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing his new double!before Easter? with another, for tying his new shoes with old riband? and yet thou wilt tutor me from quarrelling! Benvolio: An I were so apt to quarrel as thou art, any man should buv the fee-simple of mv life for an hour and Mark this and return Why does Shakespeare include this comic speech by Mercutio? to explain Benvolio's strange behavior to question the established laws of Verona to mock the reasons for quarrels and feuds to illustrate the close friendship between the men

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Shakespeare includes this comic speech by Mercutio to **mock the reasons for quarrels and feuds.** Mercutio satirizes the trivial and absurd justifications people use to start fights, highlighting the foolishness of such conflicts. He lists a series of ridiculous examples, like quarreling over a hair in a beard or the cracking of nuts, to emphasize the pettiness of these disputes. This comedic approach underscores the tragic consequences of the feud between the Montagues and Capulets, which is based on similarly flimsy grounds.

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