Why does mercutio engage in a duel with tybalt instead of letting romeo take care of the challenge?

From his studies of coptic, champollion knew that the egyptian word for "sun" was pronounced rah. he wrote down the first two letters of that sound, ra. next he put a question mark for the unknown middle hieroglyph. then, at the end, he wrote ss, the sound of the last two hieroglyphs. he studied the combination: ra ? ss. suddenly he remembered a famous pharaoh whose name appeared in ancient greek chronicles and also in the biblical book of exodus: rameses, or ramesses. could this be a hieroglyphic representation of ramesses' name? based on the excerpt, what detail did champollion need to conclude that the hieroglyphics might represent ramesses’s name?

Which is it? the desert is than the mountains? 1. drier 2. more dry

How does bill safire depict mankind in his proposed speech? 1.adventurous and greedy 2.adventurous and determined 3.daring and invasive 4.timid and wary of loss