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- The scene where Romeo is wangst-ing to Benvolio about his breakup with Rosaline, and his overdramatic soliloquy gets interrupted by the entrance of a Capulet servant. Particularly funny because it seems like something that would happen in a parody of Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare wasn't above poking fun at his character's melodrama (although the real drama for Romeo hasn't set in yet at this point in the play).
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Not mad, but bound more than a madman is, |
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- The scene where the Nurse takes forever to get to the point, driving Juliet completely up the wall.
- Pretty much any of her filthy jokes count too.
- Before that, Mercutio gleefully mocking the Nurse (in some productions, in tandem with Benvolio) and her reaction.
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(Enter Nurse and PETER.) |
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- Mercutio has the distinction of being funny even when he's dying. "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."
- Peter threatening to kill the musicians if they don't play him a song.