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How Does Shakespeare Present Tybalt's Fight

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Shakespeare uses Tybalt’s interactions will the other characters as a way to show that he always has rage toward Montagues, and is prepared to fight at any time needed. In the text, Mercutio and Tybalt are about to fight when Romeo goes in between them, in efforts to break up the fight, it only resulted in Tybalt stabbing Mercutio from under Romeo’s arm, quickly turning into his death (3.1.59). In other words, Tybalt is trying to prove to Romeo that he wants nothing to do with peace and he came there to brawl. With Tybalt stabbing Mercutio, it ultimately gave Romeo a reason to get fired up and start a fight with him, which is what Tybalt went there to do. Tybalt is trying to enrage Romeo, giving him an almost guaranteed fight in doing so. Due

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