Mercutio Fight Quotes

In the play Tybalt Juliet’s cousin challenges Romeo to a duel but Romeo does not want to fight Tybalt, as he knows Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin, Romeo tells Tybalt that he does not want to fight, but have love for Tybalt and for him to put down his sword. Tybalt knowing that Romeo will not fight him, he insists that Mercutio fights instead, Mercutio gets angry and starts to fight Tybalt, but Romeo tries to stop the fight by putting himself between Mercutio and Tybalt. Tybalt ends up stabbing Mercutio under Romeo’s arm. As Mercutio falls Tybalt and his men hurry away, Mercutio curses both the Montague and Capulet houses, “A plague o’ both your houses”, “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man”, Romeo becomes angered, and declares that his love

Then lastly in 3.1 where he kills Mercutio and is then killed my Romeo. He is always seen fighting or trying to pick a fight in every act he plays in which shows his inept aggression. A fight is about to break out and Tybalt comes in talking about how he hates peace and he says to Benvolio, “As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee: Have at thee, coward!“ (1.1). Tybalt is last to walk into the fight before it starts. Knowing that there is tension already between the two families and all is needed is a spark to light the huge fire he doesn’t care. He also knows that if he throws the first hit the prince will probably most likely blame his family for this fight. But Tybalt let his inept aggression get the best of him and he throws the first hit and starts the greatest fight in the play. This makes him guilty because his idiotic aggression get to him which causes the prince to tell both families if they disrupted the peace again he will kill them. This causes Romeo and Juliet to go underground when they fall in love and which causes them both to die from the Friar's plan. Later in the play Romeo is in-between Mercutio and Tybalt trying to stop the

Romeo cherishes Mercutio’s lost friendship so deeply, he threatens that “either [Tybalt] or [Romeo], or both, must go with [Mercutio]” (III.i.125) to heaven. With a provoked mind, he kills Tybalt and is willing to die for revenge. Romeo does not remember that he is the reason Tybalt accidently stabbed Mercutio. He does not study the prospect of being murdered by Tybalt or being punished for riskily battling on the streets, despite the Prince’s warning. Rather than mourning for Mercutio, he lets rage possess his thoughts and makes an aberrant choice that he regrets later. To further develop this idea, Romeo feels familial love for Tybalt because of their family bond which contributes an irrational part to his suicide. Although enemies at first, Romeo “[loves Tybalt] better than [he] canst devise” (III.i.66) after being married to Juliet. Romeo believes he is doing a favour to Tybalt “with that hand that cut [his] youth in twain” (V.iii.99) by “sundering his” (V.iii.100) own. Romeo’s family relation to Tybalt forces him to experience shame for his murder, which provides him with another foolhardy motive to

Once Romeo arrives Tybalt tries to fight him, however Romeo will not. Mercutio challenges Tybalt and Tybalt slays him. As he is dying Mercutio says “No, ‘tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door/but ‘tis enough, ‘twill serve: ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man” (III. i. 96-98) Tybalt was a main cause of all the bloodshed. He got in his mind that Romeo was an enemy and had to challenge him to a duel. Since, Tybalt has done this that is a direct result to the deaths of Mercutio and himself. Mercutio would still be alive if he hadn’t of accepted the duel and if Romeo hadn’t of killed Tybalt then he would not be

Shakespeare has also presented Tybalt as conniving and calculated because of the way he deals with situations. Tybalt says, “To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.” This quote shows that Tybalt is not concerned if Romeo dies. This means that he will be a murderer purposefully and has powerful hatred towards the Montagues and especially Romeo. The word “strike” means that Tybalt is tempted to hit Romeo deliberately by himself or with a weapon that supports the idea of him being brutal and vindictive. Tybalt has no reason for peace and spends much of his time baiting the Montagues into battle that makes him a perfect match to fight Mercutio with a similar personality. He is continuously stubborn about the fact that his deep beliefs against the Montagues are very realistic. This links to later on in the play when he challenges Romeo to a duel in response to Romeo’s attending a Capulet party. His challenge to Romeo is taken up by

In the beautiful streets of Verona, after Tybalt had killed Mercutio, Tybalt appears again, but furious. Romeo wants to kill Tybalt to avenge Mercutio’s death. Again in the streets, another fight happens, but is between Romeo and Tybalt. While fighting vigorously, Romeo stabs Tybalt and Tybalt falls. Benvolio shouts, “Romeo, run! Tybalt is dead and if you get caught by the prince, he will kill you! Run away!” As Tybalt dies, Romeo shouted, “Oh, how unlucky I am!” A few minutes later, the prince entered with Juliet and her parents and Romeo’s parents. When Benvolio explained to the prince what had happened, the prince decided to exile Romeo from Verona instead of killing him.

On a hot Monday afternoon two young men were killed in a sword fight in Verona. Benvolio and Mercutio where in the town square talking when Tybalt came up to them. He came to the town square looking for Romeo. Mercutio provokes Tybalt so that Romeo doesn’t have to fight him. Tybalt and Mercutio draw their swords and start fighting. In the beginning it was not intended to be a fight to the death but it was. Tybalt in the end killed Mercutio. Tybalt and all the other Capulets at the town square left immediately. Romeo was infuriated and that lead him to running after Tybalt with intensions of killing him, and he does. Benvolio told Romeo to leave before the prince came because he could be killed for what he did. The prince comes out to see what

The only reason that fight ever happens is because Romeo goes to the party, that Benvolio takes him to, and Tybalt sees Romeo there and challenges him to a duel. In Anne Hatcht’s “Romeo and Juliet” she states, “Tybalt discovers Romeo's presence but is prevented from attacking Romeo by Lord Capulet who does not want such a disturbance at his party” (Hatcht). Tybalt would have fought Romeo at the party and probably would have killed him but is forbidden by Lord Capulet. So Tybalt then decides he will send a challenge to Romeo. Romeo denis Tybalt's request to fight at the courtyard because by that time he is married to Juliet and therefore is Tybalt’s cousin. Nobody knows about their marriage; therefore, Mercutio tries to save Romeo's reputation by fighting Tybalt, but is killed. After Romeo finds out what happens, in anger, he kills Tybalt. The play states, “Romeo, away, be gone! The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain. Stand not amazed” (Shakespeare 207). This is Benvolio telling Romeo to run and leave so he doesn’t get caught and have to face the death penalty. This event would have never taken place if Romeo had not gone to the party he never wanted to go

When he sees Mercutio and Tybalt in a heated discussion with each other, he rushes in to try to placate Tybalt even though Tybalt still perceives Romeo as the rude Montague who crashed Capulet’s masquerade party. Unfortunately, because Romeo rashly steps in the way of Mercutio, preventing his sword from defending himself, Mercutio is stabbed by Tybalt which in the end is ironic because of the other families’ feud which Romeo is involved in. Before Romeo besieges Tybalt, he cries out, “... In my behalf-my reputation stained by Tybalt’s slander-Tybalt, that an hour Hath been my cousin. O sweet Juliet, Thy beauty hath made me effeminate And in my temper soft’ned valor’s steel!”

When Tybalt declares, “Romeo…thou art a villain”, he expresses this in response to his degrading pride, ergo of Romeo’s attendance at the Capulet ball. Tybalt’s defensive and cowardly nature contrasts with Romeo’s courage in attending the ball, however, ironically, Romeo is considered a coward by Mercutio, due to his reluctance to fight, Tybalt. Furthermore, this question of “hero” or “villain” is not defined as conflict is instigated despite whether one is recognised as a “hero” or “villain”. Consequential of Mercutio’s remark that Romeo is cowardly, physical conflict follows, Mercutio’s death. He then declares, “A plague both your houses!”, as he comes to realise that his death was a result of this hatred. Foreshadowing of later devastating events occur and it is only after his death that Romeo realises the consequences of his love

Tybalt continues the scene by saying: “The love I bear thee can afford”. This is an inversion, as Tybalt uses the irony of ‘loving’ Romeo too much that he needed to kill him. Tybalt is looking for a fight with Romeo, and he believes angering him will help him do so. Shakespeare uses this feature very smartly, as Romeo continues to say: “The reason I love thee doth much excuse”. Shakespeare uses Tybalt’s lines to lead Romeo into a secretive language that implies that Romeo is now secretly wed to Juliet. The audience feels shocked, as Romeo has just turned down a fight with Tybalt. The scene is now at a momentary stop, as the pacing of the scene is slow now. Already, Romeo has had the chance to break up the fight; however, Mercutio cuts in to begin a fight with Tybalt. Mercutio is portrayed throughout the play as a person who enjoys doing dangerous things. He calls Tybalt the “King of Cats”. Shakespeare uses this to suggest the idea that Mercutio believed Tybalt to be a worthy swordsman; therefore in those times, they were called ‘cats’. His next lines are prolonged when he carries on using imagery to plant an image of Tybalt fighting. The scene is now near the climax and the tension is once again built as Mercutio continues taunting Tybalt. Shakespeare uses this sudden change in pace to quicken up the fight scene once again. It affects the audience, as we can feel more foreshadowing. The

The scene which I will discuss is Act three Scene one the Romeo and Tybalt fight scene. In this scene Romeo is angry at Tybalt due to him having murdered Mercutio. Romeo and Tybalt then proceed to fight for a decent amount of time. Then

Act three of Romeo and Juliet begin out in the streets. Benvolio and Mercutio wait around for Romeo to show up. Then, Tybalt and other servants appear and make it plain that he is searching for Romeo. Tybalt wants to pay Romeo back for sneaking into the Capulet’s masked party. When Romeo arrives, Benvolio and Mercutio teased Tybalt. Tybalt then challenges Romeo to a fight. Romeo denies the challenge, because of the recent marriage, they are now related. Mercutio calls Romeo a coward for denying the fight. So, Mercutio and Tybalt start fighting. Romeo then tries and separate, and in the middle of that, Tybalt stabs Mercutio. Mercutio then runs away. Romeo seeks to persuade Mercutio that it will be okay, but they both know he will likely die.

In this scene it is found that Benvolio is not as much a peace keeper as he is seen as a peace keeper (Mercutio explains that he does in fact keep peace but he also causes conflict for irrelevant reason just for the sake of having conflict). Romeo is seen as less of a rebel and trouble maker and more of a loyal man (he had previously fought because of his name as a Montague and had hatred for the Capulets, however in the scene he refuses to fight Tybalt, as he knows that Tybalt is now his family due to his marriage with Juliet, Tybalt doesn’t know this and thus attempts to kill him). Tybalt in this scene is seen as an aggressive man (he was previously suspected to be aggressive, due to his Fights with Montagues which refer back to him being a Capulet. He is confirmed to be a fighter when he unknowingly attempts to kill romeo). the first fight in this scene can be seen as either Tybalts or Mercutios fault, Mercutio encouraged him to fight and drew his sword first (starting the fight) but he was defending Romeo, however Tybalt went there because he was looking for a fight, if this wasn’t the case then Mercutio most likely wouldn’t have encouraged

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that has captivated audiences since 1594 when the play made its debut performance. Written by William Shakespeare this play has touched people to this day, as the themes Shakespeare’s partakes in the play are timeless. Themes such as Rivalry, violence, impulsivities and death are constantly expressed throughout the play. In act 3, scene 1, Mercutio and Benvolio are loitering around town in the heat of the day, Benvolio feels trouble will come upon them and soon enough, Tybalt appears looking for Romeo. Mercutio and Tybalt banter, before deciding to fight. Romeo enters, Tybalt than asks Romeo to draw, Romeo refuses. Mercutio, disgusted by Romeos lack of masculinity, then thrust a sword at Tybalt and they stated to duel. Romeo tries to stop the two, Tybalt stabs Mercutio causing his death, Romeo in retaliation to his friends’ death strikes Tybalt casing his death. This seen had a phenomenal impact on the outcome of the overall play. this is one of the most well know scenes throughout the play to this day as there was an effective use of themes and compelling foreshadowing to really captivate the audience.