Which character is a clown in Romeo and Juliet? What is his function in the play? How does he provide comic relief to the audience?

If any
character is a clown, it is . Throughout the play, Mercutio functions as a source of . Usually,
Mercutio adds humor by lampooning . In contrast to Romeos serious and idealistic romanticism,
Mercutio is practical and irreverent. Mercutio frequently reduces love to physical and sexual
attraction, and this is funny because it contrasts with Romeo. While Romeo pursues his hopeless
relationship with , Mercutio points out the ridiculousness of the situation by trivializing
Romeos feelings. In addition, Mercutio makes clever use of puns and general wordplay in order to
get these points across. There is rarely an instance in the play in which Mercutio is not
speaking in euphuisms, and it makes for very witty dialogue.