Thematic Themes In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Since the fathers from both families dislike each other, they have caused death in the young lovers' lives because of many disputes. According to Document C, “The feud has caused deaths between Tybalt and Mercutio.” Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin and Mercutio is Romeo’s friend. Due to Mercutio's pun-filled language and tough personality, he starts the brawl between himself and Tybalt. While Mercutio is dying, he sends

When Tybalt comes to the square, Mercutio tells Tybalt to “pluck your sword out of your pilcher” (3.1.77). Mercutio, out of pity for Romeo, challenges Tybalt to a duel because when Romeo doesn't fight it taints his pride and his brand as a man. Mercutio is fighting Tybalt, but Romeo doesn't want his future cousin in law to get hurt so he and benvolio step in to stop the fight. While Mercutio is fighting Tybalt, Mercutio falls saying “I was hurt under your arm” (3.1.100-101). This makes Romeo furious, so mad that he says he is acting on his emotions not on common sense. Out of grief and out of revenge Romeo slays Tybalt, and when the Prince comes Romeo gets banished. As you can see Mercutio sacrificing his own life for Romeos pride adds to the tension in between these two families and leads to the deaths of Romeo, Juliet and

In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the character Mercutio is a foil for Romeo. They are both young men who enjoy each other's company and meet their death in this tragedy. Romeo is an impulsive, hopelessly dramatic romantic who overreacts to most life events. While Mercutio is more realistic, grounded, carefree and serious, although he can be impulsive. With Mercutio being a foil for Romeo, it is easy to see Romeo's dramatic and tragic life story as compared to the more calmer tragic ending for Mercitio.

This soliloquy depicts Juliet’s emotions in the way that reveals her flourishing love for Romeo even if it means her possible demise. The images that begin to grow in Juliet’s mind represents her overwhelm of fear. Shakespeare’s use of imagery and repetition regarding evil and terror emphasizes this concept of Juliet’s hysterical state of mind. The aspect of repetition also reveals the wandering emotions that Juliet has for Tybalt, her close cousin, in which Romeo did murder. Juliet’s distress begin to consume every ounce of her sanity as she worries of being buried alive and waking up before she is meant to. Her anxiety of so early waking and “pluck[ing] the mangled Tybalt from his shroud” indirectly expresses her emotions of guilt and sorrow for the death of her cousin (IV, iv, 39). The many references to Tybalt, such as when Juliet claims that

In the ‘timeless classic’ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the author brilliantly utilizes several literary devices to convey the motif that true love cannot be stopped. He does this by using many opposing ideas such as love vs. pain, day vs. night and

“My husband lives that Tybalt would have slain, and Tybalt’s dead that would have slain my husband.” However, this argument is different than that of the previous ones, for Juliet uses logic and reason to defend her husband and reach a conclusion. However, all good things must come to an end as Juliet realizes the hopelessness of the situation. Juliet speaks, “Tybalt is dead, and Romeo - banished, that banished that one word hath slain 10,000 Tybalts.” The love that Juliet feels for Romeo, husband of hours, is so strong that she can compare the death of Tybalt, cousin of years, 10,000 over to the banishment of her husband. And slowly but surely, as the passage moves on Juliet’s emotions take a plunge as the passage ends with Juliet speaking the words “And death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead.” Juliet expresses these words with pure desperation as she feels taking her own life is the only solution to Tybalt’s death and ultimately Romeo’s

Back in the Capulet house, Juliet is waiting for it to become night so that she and Romeo can be together. The Nurse enters the room with news. She starts talking about the fight between Romeo and Tybalt. The way Nurse is speaking makes Juliet think that Romeo was killed. Juliet starts to think that Romeo killed himself and that she would kill herself too. The Nurse finally speaks clearly and says that Tybalt was killed by Romeo. She also tells Juliet that Romeo has been banned from Verona. Juliet says that Romeo being banned is worse than ten thousand Tybalts being killed. The Nurse tells Juliet that she will get Romeo to visit before he has to leave. Before Nurse goes off to find Romeo, Juliet gives her a ring and tells her to give it to Romeo.

Mercutio’s role to Romeo and Juliet takes many shapes and forms. Mercutio is the opposite of Romeo when it comes to love, as he says “If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking and you beat love down. (1.4.27-28)” While Romeo believes in love both ways in a relationship, Mercutio believes that long-standing love isn’t real. Also, Mercutio isn’t technically a Montague or a Capulet, so he doesn’t really take the feud or love very seriously. Mercutio is also quick tempered, and even though he isn’t truly a Montague he is shown like a counterpart to Tybalt because he likes to side with the Montagues. Like Tybalt, Mercutio is quick to go to his sword, “O calm, dishonourable, vile submission. Alla staccato carries it away. Tybalt you rat catcher, will you walk?(3.1.74-76)” When Romeo rejects Tybalt’s offer to fight, Mercutio draws his sword to save Romeo’s name, but also because his love to fight. Mercutio offers as a contrast between houses, sort of like the man in the middle in Romeo and

And due to the conflict between the families, he always had to choose between being loyal to his family and being loyal to his wife. For example, during a common unfriendly encounter between the Montagues and Capulets, Mercutio- Romeo's best friend- got into a physical altercation with Tybalt-Juliet's cousin. Tybalt had attempted to engage in a sword fight with Romeo, but loyalty to Juliet prevented Romeo from fighting Tybalt. In turn, Mercutio fought with Tybalt and was killed. . Romeo believed that his love for Juliet made him effeminate and that he should have fought Tybalt. This led an angered and grieving Romeo to chase and kill Tybalt. When the Capulets, found out, they wanted Romeo to be killed. however the Prince was loyal to the Montagues, so he banished Romeo instead of killing him. Now banished, Romeo could not be with Juliet. At this point, it would all go down

“ Tybalt's death was the consequences of his hatred towards Romeo and his inability to listen and make peace led to his death. Tybalt was blinded by his own hatred and that is what led him to his very death and what was the rising action that would lead to Romeo and Juliet’s death. After Romeo’s banishment, Juliet and the Friar made the decision to help both Romeo and Juliet, in their crisis and leading to Romeo arriving at Juliet’s families crypt . To the death of Juliet’s suitor Paris, in this scene the hate between families led to Romeo and Juliet killing themselves so they could finally be together

When Mercutio and Benvolio encountered Tybalt on the street, he tries to provoke them for no reason, besides the fact that they are Montagues. Mercutio unwisely accepts the challenge and Tybalt soon stabs him. In the moment, Romeo was so furious with Tybalt and he responds with “Alive in triumph—and Mercutio slain! / Away to heaven, respective lenity, / And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now” (3.1.127-129).

When Romeo approaches Friar Lawrence for help with the conduction of the marriage, the priest agrees, creating a chain of events that eventually results in the deaths. By marrying the lovers, a hefty burden is placed on them to keep the secret, which results in tension between the two characters. Furthermore, the plan of faking Juliet’s plan is conducted in order to assure them being together. It however, backfires and kills the protagonists of the play. According to the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare states, “Tybalt, that an hour hath been my kinsman! O sweet Juliet, thy beauty hath made me effeminate and in my temper softened valor’s steel”( III.I; Romeo). After Mercutio gets murdered by Tybalt, Romeo complains how Tybalt had been his cousin for only one hour and there was already chaos. Also, he curses Juliet’s beautiness and the decision to marry her, which implies that the marriage conducted by Friar Lawrence was causing Romeo to experience guilt. In addition, Juliet faces the same effects as Romeo when the Nurse tempts her to marry Paris. In the text, Romeo and Juliet by

In the heat of the moment, Romeo then ends up killing Tybalt because of this anger and is banished. For Juliet, Tybalt's death affects her family. With, and after what happened, Juliet reconsiders her love for Romeo because of what he has done. In this act, Tybalt is always urging on the fight

Furthermore, later on within the Shakespeare play there comes a moment where the family feud will get the best of strong emotion Romeo has for Capulets. Although this love will be shaken Juliet maintains full compassion for her Romeo, now husband within the storyline. Tybalt the cousin of Juliet will now pursue to let loose his grudge of two Montagues entering the party the night Romeo and his lover met. This cousin will go on to seek a fencing battle to the death. Romeo will reject this violence with pure love, but is seen to be a coward within the crowd. The friend of Romeo, Mercutio, will not take this lightly and stirs a battle with Tybalt in honor of his friend’s name. In result of this, Mercutio will experience death and Romeo will have “fire-eyed fury” as his conduct now. This lover of Capulets will go as far as facing Tybalt, killing him and causing himself to be banished from the town of Verona. When Juliet eventually hears of this news she will be torn apart, but not torn from her commitment to Romeo. In fact, she expresses if any of the two were to be dead, she’d rather live with her husband, which leads up to the question of ‘how will she?’ if he is exiled and she is expected to

Once love is found, any obstacle presented will neither diminish nor terminate that love, even when tragedy strikes with the loss of a loved one. Tybalt, the cousin of Juliet is one of the Capulet’s that despises the Montague’s and he will do anything in his power to kill them all, and once he confronted Romeo, he met his fate and died by Romeo’s sword. The Prince arrived to the scene and said “Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio” (III.i.181), him referring to Tybalt, and once realized, he banished Romeo out of the city. Once Juliet discovered the truth about Tybalt’s death and Romeo’s banishment she said in grief “Romeo is banished- to speak that word is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, all slain, all dead- Romeo is banished” (III.ii.122-124). Her heartache for Romeo’s banishment more than her cousin Tybalt’s death shows that he is her life, her world, and her breath, and without him she would be nothing and life as she knows is would end, even through tragedy and anguish.