Tybalt As A Foil For Benvolio In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Tybalt, the cousin of Juliet, has a quick temper and frequently acts on impulse. When he first appears, he arrives at the brink of a street fight, and when Benvolio tries to calm him down he gets riled up and says, “What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word/ As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee./ Have at thee, coward!” (1:1, 71-73) When Prince Escalus arrives to see this fight, he raises the consequences on the warring families. He will no longer stand by without doing something and threatens, “If ever you disturb our streets again,/ Your lives shall pay the the forfeit of the peace” (1:1, 98-99). The stakes of the family feud have been taken to a new level, whereas before the Prince was just mad but didn’t act on that anger, now the families are threatened with death if they act out again, all because Tybalt and some Capulet servants jumped into a fight. Even after the Prince’s threats, of which Tybalt knows the stakes, Tybalt comes to fight Romeo the next day but instead finds Benvolio and

Benvolio is the peacekeeper in Romeo and Juliet. He wants no trouble, but gets pulled into it anyways. So naturally, he will try to maintain the peace instead of creating more issues. In Scene One, the Capulets and Montauges start quarreling on the streets over virtually nothing. Benvolio comes in and explains what had been going on, and tried to stop the arguing. “I drew part to them. In the instant came the fiery Tybalt, with his sword prepared...” (1.1.101-105) He tells the Prince everything in aims of keeping the peace. Though it already happened, he still wants the fighting to be kept silent between the two feuding families. He does this by being truthful to the higher power. Benvolio also attempts to keep the peace in another situation by again telling the Prince about what had happened. When Mercutio killed by Tybalt, and Tybalt slain by Romeo, Benvolio couldn't help but say what had happened. “O Noble Prince, I can

They both are loyal to their families. Benvolio is attending the party at the Capulets and when Tybalt sees them, he says, “This, by his voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy. What, dares the slave comes hither, covered with an antic face, to fleer and scorn at our solemnity? Now, by the stock and honor of my kin, To strike him dead I hold it not a sin” (1.5.52-57). The quote will support my claim to how Tybalt is very loyal to his family. Since the Capulets and Montagues are rivals, Tybalt will protect his family. His loyalty is also shown by his hatred for the Montagues. Benvolio is similar to Tybalt because he is also loyal and caring for his family. In the beginning of the story at Verona, Italy Benvolio shows his care for Romeo by saying, "Tut! You saw her fair, none else being by, herself poised with herself in either eye; but in that crystal scales let there be weighed your lady's love against some other maid that I will show you shining at this feast, and she shall scant show well that now shows best" (1.2.94-99). When Benvolio told Romeo to go attend the Capulets party since Rosaline was going to be there it showed that Benvolio cared for Romeo. He listened to how Romeo felt and gave him an answer telling Romeo to go see Rosaline even if it's at the Capulets house. They are also different because Tybalt wants to fight when he sees the Montagues, but Benvolio only goes to the Capulets because the Romeo longs for Rosaline. However, they both show care and loyalty for their

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

First, Romeo’s kind and calm personalities act as an advantage for many of the possible problems he could have had, such as Capulet hatred towards him and his increase in violence. After Romeo was depressed because he liked Rosaline and she didn’t like him back, his cousin Benvolio helped Romeo sneak into a Capulet party so he could get over Rosaline and pick another woman that he might want. As Romeo was describing how Juliet looked to his cousin, Tybalt, Capulet’s nephew, figured out that Romeo was at the party by his voice. He then confronted Capulet and asked him if he could kill him, but surprisingly Capulet lets him stay at the party and calls Romeo a gentleman and a good man (Shakespeare Act 1 Scene 1 Line 64). Capulet could have captured him or even killed him, but he did not. Capulet stated that Romeo is a well-governed youth and that Romeo is a good man, which shows that Romeo isn’t a person who would cause a commotion and that he causes no threat to the Capulet family. Later on, as Mercutio, the prince's kinsman, is arguing and fighting with Tybalt about him being one of his villain Romeo’s friends, Romeo comes in and says, “Tybalt, the reason I have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such greeting. Villain am I none.Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not” (Shakespeare Act 3 Scene 1 Line 58). As Tybalt wants to fight Romeo and bring in violence,

In addition to Juliet’s parents, Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, instigated a fight between himself and Romeo. This is what caused Romeo to be banished from Verona to Mantua. This is what started Juliet wanting to leave Verona to be with Romeo in Mantua. This started Romeo not finding out about Juliet faking her death and then awakening to go be with Romeo. Tybalt is an instigator, troublemaker, and fighter, and a reader may label him as unforgiving. If he would have found out about Romeo and Juliet he might have disagreed with both of them. If one were to wondered when Romeo and Tybalt fought, one would find it in Act three Scene one. In lines sixty-nine through seventy-three, Romeo confesses to Tybalt that they are in fact related and Romeo is married to Juliet. Tybalt did not even catch on to what Romeo was talking about. Tybalt comes off as arrogant. In some ways Romeo and Tybalt are very

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 a Round, Static and Minor character. He is Juliet's cousin and the niece of Lady Capulet. Throughout Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt is very aggressive and violent. At the beginning of the play Tybalt threatens to bash Romeo’s skull when he sees him at the Capulet’s masked ball but decides to wait for the reason that his Uncle, Lord Capulet, doesn't want to cause a scene, “ I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall now seeming sweet, convert to

“‘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.

Throughout Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet characters who show importance adapt their own traits, such as Tybalt who is seen as pugnacious and violent and Benvolio who appears to be a peacekeeper and an all around righteous person. These characteristics are seen in the scene where Benvolio is trying to break up the fight, “I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword, / or manage it to part these men with me.” (Shakespeare 1.1.61-62) In this case Benvolio was trying to help keep the peace by giving them a choice of helping him stop the fight, which could have stopped plenty of complications and tragedies from arising. Tybalt portrays his characteristics in the same scene as Benvolio, “ What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, coward!” (Shakespeare 1.1.63-65) In the previous action Tybalt displayed

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

He acts as protector and "chief swash-buckler" for the Capulets and he appears to feel that the Montagues represent a great threat to the Capulets. The first time we meet Tybalt is in Act 1, Scene 1, line 66. He enters with his sword drawn and tells Benvolio, both friend and cousin of Romeo, to "turn thee... Look upon thy death." When Benvolio says he has no need to fight and wants to keep the peace, Tybalt responds with, "...talk of peace?

In the beginning of the play Romeo gets his heart broken by a girl named Rosaline. Benvolio finds out about Romeo's loss and quickly tries to think of ways to help him. He finds out that there is going to be a ball taking place at the Capulets and Rosaline is going to be there. He pressures Romeo to go to the ball last minute when he says "Your lady's love against some other maid that I will show you shining at this feast". This quote proves that Benvolio was peer pressuring Romeo into going to the ball so he would get over Rosaline. In addition, Benvolio is the one who brought the fact that Rosaline was going to Romeo's attention when he says "At this same ancient feast of Capulets'. sups the fair Rosaline whom thous so loves". Venvolio knew

In life bad thing are always bound to happen. In Shakespeare play he shows that Benvolio is one of those people who wants to prevent bad things from happening. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare shows through the use of language and action it shows that Benvolio is caring and is a peacekeeper.