Tybalt in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Essays

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

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

In the beginning of the story, the Montagues and Capulets break out fighting in the middle of the street and they are told to stop their fighting or else they will be banished. Juliet is a Capulet, and her father is hosting a party. Romeo longing for his love Rosaline decides to crash the party. When Romeo meets Juliet, he instantly falls in love. But almost instantaneously Tybalt recognizes Romeo’s voice. “This, by his voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy. What! Dares the slave. Come hither, covered with an antic face, To fleer and scorn our solemnity? Now, by the stock and honor of my kin. To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.” (1.5.53-58) From this moment on, Tybalt is out for Romeo.

He’s handy with a sword and always wants to pick a fight which is why he ends up getting stabbed by Romeo and dies. He’s aggressive. He is the nephew of Capulet and Lady Capulet and the cousin of Juliet.

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

Tybalt, did not know the full story about Romeo and Juliet. That led to him saying this, “Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford No better term than this: thou art a villain” (3.1.59-60). This means that, for what Romeo has supposedly done, has led to Tybalt hating him. After that, Romeo replies lovingly, “Tybalt, the reason I have to love thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage To such a greeting. Villain I am none. Therefore farewell; I see thou knowest me not” (3.1.61-64). Romeo is explaining that, Tybalt does not know the situation, and cannot say that he has insulted him, and is a villain. Tybalt could have responded in many different ways, rather than killing someone. For example, he could have asked Romeo why he had to love him, or simply just walked away from him. Tybalt shows his ignorance, by the decision he made, and without making an effort to understand the whole

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Tybalt’s death caused a bigger hate between the two families, because as the paragraph above state, the Capulets think that Romeo is to blame for Tybalt’s death. People do not know that Tybalt was the cause of Mercutio’s death. The Capulets want to punish Romeo, because there is no other better chance for the Capulets to get their enemies than their only son. They end up going to the prince and lady Capulet say, “Of my dear kinsman! Prince, as thou art true, for blood of ours shed blood of Montague” (ROM. 3.1. 111). Lady Capulet is being combative here she is so sad about her cousin’s death, and she tells the prince with a very respectful and begging sound to shed the blood of one of the Montagues, like what happened to the Capulets. The prince’s reaction was so kind because he only orders a banishment for Romeo. When Romeo know he reacts badly and says, “Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say “death”” (ROM. 3. 3. 12). Romeo wishes if the prince orders of killing him. He would rather death than leaving juliet alone in Verona. Leaving juliet will result of her sadness and

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

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.

Tybalt was known for his reputation, he would always go around looking for a fight. Tybalt had never liked the Montagues because of a hatred between his own family and Romeo’s family which gave him a “reason” to start a fight with Romeo. The two families have been taught to hate each other, and this hatred

relentlessly to get rid of Romeo and even goes as far to say, ‘tis he,