The Unknown Killer(s) of Romeo and Juliet
You’re in love with a person that loves you back ,but your parents want you to date someone that they like and you hate. That is what happened in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Juliet was madly in love with Romeo and he loved her too, but Capulet wanted Juliet to marry Paris. Another person to blame is Tybalt because of him always fighting with the Montagues for relatively no reason. In fact, Juliet was willing to do anything to prevent her from marrying Paris and not be able to see Romeo; in the book, Juliet says,
“... Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it
If thy wisdom thou canst give no help,
Do thou but call my resolution wise
And the knife I’ll help presently (IV,iv,51-54)”. This is when Juliet is threatening to kill herself, unless, the friar can help. That shows how much she did not want to marry Paris and wanted to stay
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Tybalt is a very high strung man he constantly wants to get in fights with the Montagues and other people like Mercutio. In the book, Benvolio says, “ Tybalt, here slain, whom Romeo’s hand did slay/.../Of Tybalt deaf to peace, but that that he tilts/ with piercing steel at bold Mercutio’s breast (III,i,150-157(shortened)).” He says this when he is explaining to the Prince that the only reason Romeo killed Tybalt was because he killed Mercutio. So, if Tybalt was not such an angry person and didn’t kill Mercutio he would not of died and romeo would not be banished. Romeo’s banishment made it nearly impossible to see Juliet and needed to risk his life every time he went back to Verona. Tybalt’s death also hurt Juliet because it caused her to have doubts about Romeo and if he was just good looking and a horrible person or if he was nice. That is why Tybalt is also to blame for the deaths of Romeo and
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
First of all, Tybalt was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because Tybalt killed Mercutio, that evoked Romeo to kill Tybalt. With the killing of Tybalt, Romeo was banished to Mantua. In scene II of the play, Tybalt and Mercutio fought. Tybalt was fighting because Romeo crashed the Capulet’s party along with Benvolio, and Mercutio was fighting for the sake of Romeo’s honor. Tybalt
Tybalt is a very vengeful character. When tybalt and Mercutio fight, Mercutio gets stabbed and dies which will cause Romeo go crazy. “Why the devil come you between us? I was hurt under your arm.”(3.1.70) with these words, Romeo feels guilty about his best friend's death, that was mainly caused because Romeo denied fighting Tybalt.
. Firstly, Tybalt is to blame for Mercutio’s death as he actually gave him the wound that killed him. Also, Tybalt provokes Mercutio by insulting Romeo, ‘Thou art a villain.’ This is one of the biggest insults that Tybalt can give and would usually be followed by a duel. However, Romeo calmly replies by saying ‘Villain I am none / Therefore farewell. I see thou know’st me not.’ Because Romeo is not defending his honour, Mercutio is provoked by Tybalt’s insults and starts insulting Tybalt himself. This is what leads to the two of them fighting and Mercutio getting his fatal wound. So, if Tybalt didn’t insult Romeo or fight Mercutio, Mercutio wouldn’t have been killed.
In the play, Tybalt has a large influence on the death of Romeo and Juliet. He helps contribute to their deaths because he kills Mercutio and Romeo in turn kills Tybalt which causes Romeo to be banished from Verona. Then Juliet tells “Romeo is banished!” “There is not end no limit, measure, bound. In that word’s death: no words can that woe sound.” (Act III Scene II 128-130) If Romeo had taken the time to think before killing Tybalt he would not have killed him and therefore he would not be
At the Capulet party that Benvolio took Romeo to, Tybalt wanted to kill Romeo when he heard his voice from behind the mask, he said, “I can tell by his voice that this man is a Montague. Get me my sword, boy. -What, does this peasant dare to come here with his face covered by a mask to sneer at and scorn our celebration? Now, by the honor of our family, I do not consider it a crime to kill him.” (Shakespeare 1.5.9). Capulet stopped Tybalt and told him, “You will tolerate him. What, little man? I saw you will. What the- Am I the boss here or you? What the- You won’t tolerate him! God help me! You’ll start a riot among my guests! There will be chaos!” (Shakespeare 1.5.41). So Tybalt took it somewhere else. Capulet was only worried about his guests, not Romeo’s life. This lead to Tybalt trying to kill Romeo but killing Mercutio instead. When Tybalt saw Romeo, his first thought was to kill him and honor his family. Capulet never
Tybalt is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he doesn't like Romeo and is always trying to start a fight with him. Tybalt states “ Romeo, the love i bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villian.... Boy this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done to me; therefore turn and draw “ ( 145 ). In act 3 when Tybalt is trying to pick a fight again Romeo responds with patience and love but when Mercutio steps in everything starts heading downhill. Romeo tries to stop the fight which consequently leads to Mercutio's death. Romeo, full of rage kills Tybalt in return and this is what leads to his banishment. As a result of Tybalt's foolishness he is dead and Romeo has to now suffer the banishment. The banishment is the final straw for Romeo so when he hears Juliet is dead he already isn't thinking straight and doesn't have Friar to turn to this
In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt was the enforcer of the story and always tried to stir up more chaos in the feud between the Montagues and Capulets. An example of this can be found in Act 1, when the Capulet’s party is going on, when Tybalt senses Romeo, he ends up getting very defensive and angry, “This, by his voice, should be a Montague, / Fetch me my rapier, boy. . . Now, by the stock and honor of my kin, / To strike him dead I hold it not a sin” (5.52-57). Tybalt’s quick and unthoughtful actions make him a hot-headed character who is very easy to dislike. With Tybalt’s previous actions, the story leaned toward the idea that he was going to cause a damaging and lethal event to happen, which he indeed did. After spotting Romeo at the Capulet party, Tybalt felt disrespected and was livid, due to this, he challenged Romeo to a duel. When they both meet up on the street, Romeo attempts to make peace with Tybalt and to end all disagreements between the two. However, Tybalt is there to cause drama and he declines, stating that Romeo’s request “shall not excuse the injuries / that thou hast done to me” (3.1.61-62). Tybalt’s rejection of Romeo’s request led to his own death as well as Mercutio’s. Another consequence of these actions was Romeo’s banishment from Verona, which ended up
Secondly Tybalt sends a decree for a fight and he kills Mercutio. This is shown by “I will not budge for no man’s pleasure, I”. This reveals that Mercutio wants to have a fight with Tybalt. Tybalt wants to have a fight with Romeo the most but Mercutio gets in the way. Mercutio feels that he must stand by the Montague’s. He feels he needs to be a true Montague and fight. Romeo retaliates and kills Tybalt in anger and revenge for his friend. This is apparent in the line “Either thou or I, or both, must go with him. This conveys that Romeo felt he had to get revenge for Mercutio but he really didn’t mean to kill Tybalt and couldn’t believe that he’d actually done it.
Romeo and Tybalt fight each other and they exchange a conversation in which they say,” Now, Tybalt, take the ‘villain’ back again that late thou gavest me; for Mercutio’s soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him company: either thou, or I, or both, must go with him. Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, shalt with him hence. This shall determine that. [They fight; Tybalt falls]” (Shakespeare, III.i.46). When Mercutio was slain by Tybalt, Romeo chose to stay and try to get revenge for Mercutio’s death. At the time, Romeo was already Tybalt’s kinsman because he and Juliet were already married, and Romeo could have left the scene and let the law do it’s job with Tybalt. However, Romeo was only infatuated with Juliet, and as a result, only realized the impact of his actions after he had killed Tybalt. In addition, Juliet decides to follow Friar Laurence’s plan, in which he tells her to “for no pulse shall keep his native progress, but surcease: no warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest; … Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift; and hither shall he come” and he and I will watch thy waking, and that very night shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua” (Shakespeare, IV.ii.70). Friar Laurence instructs Juliet to take this vial that will fake her death, while he sends a letter to Romeo telling him of this,
When she first meets Romeo she falls for him instantly. Juliet falls in love with Romeo and asks him to marry her. Juliet's parents, Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet want her to marry Paris, a young Capulet. Juliet does not like the idea of this, and when Romeo and Juliet are together she is very worried her parents will find out. Juliet blames herself for things that go wrong in their relationship, "Prodigious birth of love is to me," unlike Romeo who blames fate.
All throughout the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt’s the main cause that the two star-crossed lovers committed suicide. For example, “This gentlemen…in my temper softened valor’s steel”(Act 3, Scene 1, lines 102-108). Tybalt tries every way to get Romeo angered by his insults. Of course, Mercutio gets angered by this and begins to fight Tybalt over this. Romeo does try to stop them from fighting. But of course, he fails as Tybalt kills Mercutio. That action started the rising action of Romeo’s and Juliet’s suicide. Romeo was infuriated at Tybalt killing his friend, Mercutio. Romeo begins to fight Tybalt for revenge of the death of his friend, but ends up killing Tybalt, causing him to be exiled from Verona and forced to move to Mantua.
The next quote tells about the fight he engages in with Romeo right after killing Mercutio which was completely pride driven and could’ve and should’ve been avoided. Tybalt yells, “Thou, wretched boy, that didn’t consort him here shalt with him hence.” As Romeo was clearly beyond consoling after Tybalt had just killed Mercutio, it would be considered highly indolent to engage in a brawl. However, because of his unwavering pride, he participated in the fight leading to his demise. If he had just taken a step back and used his common sense he might not have died so quickly and ruined everything. However he didn’t ruin everything right then and there, he was the reason Romeo got so mad and was able to defeat
In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare two young lovers take their lives due to several people causing them grievances, although all of the characters are guilty in one way or another the most guilty of all of the people involved is Juliet's cousin Tybalt. Tybalt is a tyrant who when Romeo comes to the party states. “To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.” (1,5,59) Tybalt is saying that he wants to kill Romeo, and later on in the play attempts to kill him too. This shows us that Tybalt hates Romeo and will do anything to get him out of the picture. This is important because since Tybalt is Juliet's cousin Romeo should not be able to do anything about him and if this wasn't stopped at its source then it could lead to dire consequences
Even though Tybalt, who came from the Capulets, was the one who killed Mercutio, both families were responsible for the death. Mercutio’s last words portray that his death was Romeo’s fault, as much as Tybalt’s fault, for closing the gap between the two rival families. In Act 3 Scene 1, Tybalt called Romeo a villain, “No better term than this: thou art a villain” (3.1.57.) During that time, being called a villain was a terrible insult which could have started a fight. Romeo decided to ignore this comment, from Tybalt because of his relationship with Juliet. Mercutio on the other hand