Multiple Personalities

Currently, I am reading the book, "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare and have so far come up with the conclusion of the most interesting and thought provoking character, which is Mercutio (The prince's kinsman and Romeo's BFF). I'm pretty sure he suffers from dissociative identity disorder (DID) or multiple personality disorder (MPD). I mean come on, at one moment he gets in between Tybalt (Kinsman to the Capulet's) and Romeo saying something along the lines of calm down and all of a sudden it is Rome whom has to hold him back from clawing Tybalt's eyes out. That doesn't mean that there aren't any good personalities projected from him, he just seems a little loony. However, even though he may act as a lunatic at some points, that's what defines him a an interesting character.

Mercutio is unpredictable, you''l never be able to infer what his next move is. So far, we have seen Mercutio as crazy, wise, mean, caring and as  peace-maker. That's why I think Mercutio is interesting, because he seems to be a mix of different people inside of one body. Its like Mercutio is an oxymoron himself, he is wise when giving advice to Romeo on love, but is foolish for blindly attacking Tybalt for he had started a fight (Tybalt had, not Mercutio or Romeo). He gets crazy when making fun of Romeo and getting lost in his words, but is sane for caring about Romeo's state in the beginning. Additionally, what makes him more interesting is that when Mercutio was on the verge of death, he shouted, "I am hurt. A plague o' both your houses! I am sped. Is he gone, and hath nothing?" It was as if he was curing them, saying, "YOU WILL PAY!" or its like he's saying someone will suffer in the end like he did. It's as if he knew that Romeo and Juliet were going to die, for he had cursed both the Montague's and the Capulet's families to share his fate, to lose something that they care for deeply. 

In conclusion, Mercutio is just a puzzle himself waiting to be solved. When I say that I think that Mercutio has multiple personality disorder, I don't mean it in an offensive way, but rather in a way that shows that hes different than others. No, being different isn't a bad thing, for it shows your uniqueness. For Mercutio, he is unique because he is basically a character that's more than meets the eye.