Tropisms and Nastic Movements. Tropisms are growth responses of plants that result in curvatures of plant organs toward or away from certain stimuli. Tropisms can be positive, in which case the plant will bend toward a stimulus, or negative, in which case the plant will bend away from a stimulus.
Enraged, Romeo declares that his love for Juliet has made him effeminate, and that he should have fought Tybalt in Mercutioâs place. When Tybalt, still angry, storms back onto the scene, Romeo draws his sword. They fight, and Romeo kills Tybalt.
Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeoâs arm, and as Mercutio falls, Tybalt and his men hurry away. Mercutio dies, cursing both the Montagues and the Capulets: âA plague oâ both your housesâ (3.1.87), and still pouring forth his wild witticisms: âAsk for me tomorrow, and / you shall find me a grave manâ (3.1.93â94).