Mercutio is said to be witty, it’s just another word for clever and amusing. Let me tell you he is quite the joker. He often shoots a pun or joke after something one of the characters says. In the play Mercutio replies to his friend Romeo “if love be rough with you, be rough with love,” (I.IV.27) his friends comment was “Is love a tender thing? It’s too rough.” (I.IV.25) Mercutio