Tybalt: Hero Or Villain?

Romeo and Juliet Tybalt is an important part of Romeo and Juliet because he helps develop the plot and change the story. Tybalt has made many choices that affect the story, like taking offense to Romeo being at the party, killing Mercutio, and fighting Romeo. These all end up creating the story, and the story would have ended differently if he hadn't made these choices. If he didn't feel disrespected by Romeo being at the party, it wouldn't have led to his death and wouldn't have caused a greater feud between the two families. Romeo was sad and his friends and family wanted to cheer him up.

Do you hate the type of people who just start fighting? That's the type of person Tybalt is. Tybalt is to blame for his reckless hate for Montagues. Tybalt's hate for Montagues runs in his family, but his is on another level.

Admittedly, Tybalt may have been a victim of the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, as all he wanted to do was do what he knew best, which was against any and every Montague there was. Tybalt was just trying to get back at Romeo for sneaking into the Capulet party, even if it did sound idiotic. However, when Tybalt sees Romeo, a Montague, at the party, he is angered and says, “Patience perforce with willful choler meeting/Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting/ I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall/Now seeming sweet convert to bitter gall.” (Rom.1.5.88-91)

From the beginning, Tybalt is portrayed as hot-headed and quick to anger. In Act 1, Scene 1, he asserts his dominance by saying, "What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee" (Shakespeare,

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 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

Tybalt in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet In the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Tybalt, the nephew of Capulet's wife (hence Juliet's cousin) is very close to the Capulet family and will therefore do anything to protect the family pride. Tybalt thinks that the Montagues are the canker of Verona ; he deems their mere presence in Capulet company to be a personal insult on the latter's family 'honour and stock' (he paranoically assumes that Romeo's attendance of the Capulet's masked ball is solely 'to fleer and scorn at our solemnity'). Tybalt is the only young Capulet male that is fully

One reason Tybalt is liable for his own death is because of his anger issues. One way that he shows this is when he says “Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villain.” (3.1. 59-60). Essentially Romeo explains to Tybalt that he has no reason for them to fight because he loves and cherishes the Capulet name more than he knew, and has never done anything to harm or injure him. Tybalt has no idea that his cousin, Juliet, and Romeo are now married which would make them related as well, he thinks that hating Romeo is a good enough reason for them to dual. As a result of Tybalt getting angry and offended at everything, he is the reason for his

To generalize, Tybalt is a typical bad person with a violent mentality. During the first clash of the two families, Tybalt tries to provoke Benvolio into a fight indicating that he wants violence and bloodshed. After Benvolio tries to talk Tybalt into peace, Tybalt states "What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word, / As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. / Have at thee, coward" ( , , 64-66). In these few lines it is clear that Tybalt has a very negative mindset and that he would do anything to partake in a fight. Also, he is a very illogical thinker and he doesn't assess any situation such as asking himself what violence would do to help the family feud. He completely refuses to accept the idea of peace that Benvolio, a Montague, is offering. Unlike Tybalt, Benvolio is a logical thinker and he is able to assess any situation before any problem arises. Benvolio offered peace knowing the feud had been going on for way to long but Tybalt's response was to arrogantly pass of on it because he believes the Capulet family is better. To add on that thought, Tybalt is also a very cruel person to decline on peace and risk his own Capulet members to sacrifice their lives in a bloody fight. Just because he enjoys the mutiny, Tybalt is the type of person that would sacrifice his own

Many people say Tybalt is the one most to blame for all of the deaths that happened in the play. They think he should be blamed because, when he heard Romeo’s voice at the ball, he told Lord Capulet. Then Lord Capulet told Tybalt to leave Romeo alone and not desrupt the party (Act:1 Scene:5). However, after Lord Capulet said this, Tybalt wanted to go and hurt Romeo. When Lord Capulet saw that Tybalt wanted to do this, he slapped him and called him a servant. A few hours later, Tybalt wanted to fight Romeo. So, Tybalt sent a message to Romeo saying that he wanted to fight him. Romeo, not knowing about this message, did not know that Tybalt wanted to fight.

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

First off, Tybalt was responsible for his own death because he never thought about the negative effects of his immature actions. The recklessness of these actions led him to give in to his urge to fight with Romeo at Capulet's party is a prime example of how he was so careless knowing the possible consequences. After Tybalt found out Montagues were at this party he wanted to start a massive brawl even though the king of Verona strictly told them he didn’t desire any more pointless fighting. The king had said, “Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel Will they not hear? What, ho!

In Act I scene V William Shakespeare’s tragic play Romeo and Juliet Tybalt is enraged at the idea that Romeo is at the part in the Capulet home. Tybalt gets angry the point where his “flesh trembles” ( I. V. 88) Tybalt reaction to such a simple problem shows how temperamental and irritable he really is. Even after Lord Capulet says he is a well behaved young man, trying not to cause any disturbances to his party, Tybalt still wants to remove him and most likely forcefully, from the Capulet

In Shakespeare’s most famous play, Romeo and Juliet, the character Tybalt Capulet comes across as a belligerent and cocky however loyal young man. Tybalt is the nephew of Lady Capulet and is Juliet’s cousin. Although he only appears for a few times throughout the play, Tybalt is a critical characters that propels the plot forward with his unlikable, extreme actions. Tybalt first emerges in Act 1 Scene 1, at a bickering between his fellow kinsman and their enemy the Montagues.

Tybalt’s purpose in the play is to cause conflict by dragging on the long time, since dormant feud between the two households. This is shown at the Capulet’s party when he goes to start a quarrel with the Montagues and Lord Capulet’s family stops Tybalt from starting trouble and says this is a time for love not war. Tybalt sees Romeo and straight away thinks of him as a threat and thinks that Romeo is challenging him by just being at the party. He brings Romeo’s presence to the attention of Lord Capulet in order to cause conflict. This is an example of how Tybalt is a character that does not have the ability to just forget about the whole feud and find a way to settle it; he just seeks revenge on any member of the Montague family.