Comparing Tybalt In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Tybalt could also be held accountable for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt's nasty, hot-headed persona caused a lot of strife as he always started brawls and quarrelled with the Montagues. When Tybalt gets in a fight with Mercutio, despite the Prince's orders to

In William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, Benvolio and Tybalt are portrayed as characters with distinctly opposing personalities that is apparent in many different instances throughout the play. Romeo's best friend, Benvolio is depicted as the classic nice guy, incorporating all the personalities necessary to be one. He is calm, patient, an advocate of peace between the two rival families, and always viewing the cup as half full instead of half empty. During the first quarrel between the Montagues and the Capulets in the play, Benvolio tries to bring peace by saying " I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword, / Or manage it to part these men with me " ( , , 62-63). It is apparent that Benvolio has good intentions and that he

“‘What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?/ Turn thee, Benvolio. Look upon thy death’” (Romeo and Juliet.1.1.56-57). The person threatening Benvolio is Tybalt Capulet from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet was a play written in the mid-1590s, and it involved two “star crossed lovers” (Prologue.6), Romeo and Juliet, from feuding families that eventually took their lives to be together. One important character in the play was Tybalt, a teenager of the house of Capulet and Juliet’s cousin. He was very skilled with a sword and very prideful. Tybalt was killed by Romeo in 3.1. Even though Tybalt was directly killed by Romeo in Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet, there are many other factors that indirectly led to his downfall, including Romeo and Juliet’s secrets, the ancient grudge, and Tybalt’s pride.

Mercutio and Tybalt are very different in some ways and in others, they are very alike. Socially they are extremely different, Mercutio is always trying to have fun and crack jokes and enjoy his life while Tybalt, is very straight laced and serious in his manner. From a modern standpoint, we would say that Mercutio is the life and soul of the party and all of his friends like to be around him but when it comes to Tybalt, we see him as the guy nobody likes because he is too serious and is always looking to start a quarrel. Whereas, from an old fashioned religious point of view, Mercutio would be seen as a hell raiser and a trouble maker and

In Act 3, Mercutio and Benvolio are out walking in Verona. Benvolio asks Mercutio to go inside before an incident like before happens again with the Capulet. Mercutio tells him to stop criticizing others and that not all Capulet are going to want to start a fight. Tybalt then enters the scene. Tybalt approaches the two Montague men and asks to speak with one of them. Mercutio, not very happy with Tybalt speaking to them, starts to mess with him. Romeo enters next. Tybalt starts talking to Romeo and calls him a villain. Romeo tries to keep peace with Tybalt as he asks Romeo to draw his sword. Mercutio decides to fight Tybalt since Romeo does not want to. The two men fight. Romeo interferes and tries to stop the fight. In doing so, Tybalt was able to get under Romeo’s arm and stab Mercutio, killing him. Before passing, Mercutio curses both families and Tybalt runs off. Romeo wants revenge on Tybalt. When Tybalt comes back, Romeo draws his sword and the two of them fight. Romeo ends up killing Tybalt and Benvolio tells him to leave the scene before many people start to notice. The prince enters the scene. Benvolio explains what happened. He also explains that Romeo was trying to keep peace, but Lady Capulet thinks he is lying. Prince decides to exile Romeo from Verona instead of giving death as a punishment.

After Benvolio tries to calm Tybalt in act 1 scene 1, he makes it clear that he hates "peace! [And] all Montagues". Furthermore, Tybalt quickly notices Romeo through his disguise at the party and is easily enraged by his presence. He immediately wanted his page to "fetch [his] rapier" and made it clear that "to strike him dead, [he] hold it not a sin". If not forbidden by his uncle, Tybalt would have killed Romeo.

Two characters Mercutio and Tybalt who both had similar and different personalities and both hates eachother following the fact that their families did not like eachother.They are both protective of their families and are loyal.The difference between the both is that Mercutio is a character with a light personality.He is passionate,he gets what he wants,loves to live his life and he is carefree.Tybalt on the other hand is a character with a much darker personality.He is troublesome,he is a hater,quick tempered and takes things too serious.The hatred fighting all started when Tybalt finds out something about Romeo and Juliet and tries to find a way to get rid of Juliet,Mercuito hears of this and is willing to Fight Tybalt for the protection

Benvolio is thoughtful and caring towards his friends and family. When Romeo was sad and heartbroken, Benvolio talked to Romeo and helped comfort him (Shakespeare 381-382). A different character could decide to ignore Romeo’s sadness, and let him be.

As Benvolio attempts to pacify situations, Tybalt becomes increasingly hostile. Likewise, as Tybalt attempts to instigate a fight, Benvolio tries to reconcile the problem. These contrasts help showcase the character’s traits. The opening scene of conflict displays their differences. Benvolio implores Tybalt for peace, “I do but keep the peace”, however Tybalt instigates a fight saying, “Have at thee coward!”, and attacking (Act I, Scene I). This confrontation displays the stark contrast between the two, with the hostility of Tybalt being matched with the attempt of Benvolio to placate the anger. One critical review elaborates on the benevolence of Benvolio saying, “Benvolio is a caring individual accentuated by Tybalt’s inhospitable and discourteous manner towards others.” (Long, 121). This can be proven with Benvolio’s compassion towards Romeo, saying “Soft! I will go along. And if you leave me so, you do me wrong.” (Act I Scene I). Likewise, Tybalt is shown to be consistently hostile even after Lord Capulet agrees Romeo could stay at the party, “It fits when such a villain is a guest. I’ll not endure him.” (Act I, Scene 5). Benvolio and Tybalt are foils due to their extremely different characteristics, accentuating each

In the play of “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare, there are many characters with various different personalities and traits, but there are two characters that really oppose each other. They are Benvolio and Tybalt. Benvolio is a cousin of the main character, Romeo, and is very caring and gives very useful advice anytime he can. Tybalt is a member of the Capulet family and he is painted as the menacing antagonist of the play. These two characters are foils being that they are quite opposite. They are opposites because Benvolio is kind and a Montague, while Tybalt is aggressive and a Capulet.

Benvolio was just standing there still nothing to say or do to stop Tybalt. Romeo denies what Tybalt is saying because for he has a reason to love Tybalt, that reason is Juliet. He now how feelings for Tybalt because of his love for Juliet. That talk just explodes into a bigger dispute between Mercutio and

Romeo is very passive, and doesn’t go looking for fights, unlike his hotheaded antipode. Romeo doesn’t seem to care much about his family’s feud with the Capulets. He is rather distant from most of his family, other than Benvolio. He would rather spend his time with his beloved than fighting for his family’s pride. Tybalt is very arrogant and prideful, but he has a sensitive pride.

In the book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare there is a love affair going on between a boy, Romeo Montague, and a girl, Juliet Capulet. The Montague and Capulet families have never gotten along, thus their extreme hatred towards each other. Throughout the book you are introduced to many diverse characters with very different personalities. One character in particular named Benvolio is especially unique and way ahead of his time. Benvolio’s sides with the Montague family but shows little bias when it comes to fighting.

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, two characters named Benvolio and Tybalt vary in many ways, and their personalities will add action to the play. Benvolio is the ultimate good guy in the play and doesn’t really do anything to harm anyone. Tybalt is the bad guy that causes conflict and tension all the way through the play. His anger and vengeance add suspense to play. As the play goes on, you will see for yourself these men’s true personalities and attitudes are very different.