Yesterday evening, only one day after Mercutio and Tybalt were seen dancing on the same floor of the Capulets, Mercutio was supposedly slain by the sword of Tybalt Capulet. The brawl took place in the town square of Verona. Witnesses claim that Tybalt began the fight, questioning Romeo’s nobility and name (Sepulcri). Romeo then declined the challenge, which caused Tybalt to show more dishonor. That is when Mercutio voluntarily took Romeo’s place in the duel, not allowing for his friend to be insulted. After good while of battling, Mercutio had lost, costing his life.
Tybalt was seen fleeing the area, which did not help because Romeo followed shortly… in rage, for his best friend was just murdered in front of his own eyes. Benvolio Montague, a witness of the fight and the cousin of Romeo, claims that Romeo stated to Tybalt, “Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him [Mercutio].” It is clear Romeo was planning on ending Tybalt’s life, and he did succeed. Resulting in the banishment of Romeo from Verona, an unusual punishment for someone of such high-class (Alchin). Lady Capulet seems to be unsatisfied with the results. Claiming that Romeo deserves death for costing the life of her
…show more content…
Romeo was seen at the masque dancing with Juliet. Although, if this rumor is true, don’t suspect of Juliet to be too in love with Romeo after he murdered her cousin.
Also, however, Country Paris did just announce his engagement to Juliet Capulet. So, it is very hard to believe that Tybalt would want to challenge Romeo because of a rumored relationship. In result of Tybalt’s untimely death, Juliet and Paris may have to delay their wedding, to give Juliet some time to mourn. Or who knows? Maybe a wedding is exactly what the Capulet family
During Act 3, Scene 1, a brawl occurs between Mercutio and Tybalt. In this, Tybalt ends up killing Mercutio by stabbing him from under Romeo’s arm as Romeo tried to stop the fight. Out of revenge for Mercutio’s death, Romeo kills Tybalt. Prince Escalus arrives along with some of the Capulets and Montagues to enquire into the deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio. Benvolio explains what happened and The Prince decided to sentence Romeo to exile from Verona. Romeo deserved to be banished from Verona because he committed murder, which is a serious crime and putting Romeo to death would have escalated the feud between the families.
The next day, Benvolio and Romeo have an encounter with Tybalt, who is still out to get Romeo for crashing the Capulet’s party. When Romeo refuses to duel with Tybalt, Mercutio steps in and accepts the duel. This duel, however, ultimately led to the killing of Mercutio by Tybalt. Out of guilt for Mercutio, Romeo attacks Tybalt killing him.
Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that has many deaths. Two of the most tragic are Romeo and Juliet. Their death was influenced by many characters inside the play, but some had more effect than others. The people most responsible are Mercutio, Tybalt and the Friar.
. 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.
To start off, Romeo should not have even gone to the Capulet party in the first place, even if it was to spy on Rosaline. As soon as he saw Juliet, he completely forgot about Rosaline. This proves he knows as much about love as Juliet does. After the party he could have just left, but no. He decides to go spy on Juliet like a creep, then climbs her balcony so they can talk and kiss more. The next day he goes to Friar Lawrence and tells him that he is over Rosaline and now he is in love with Juliet. Romeo asks if he will help them. “ In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; ” said by Friar Lawrence ( DBQ : Project , 2013). Romeo then goes and duals Tybalt, and he dies. Romeo is then banished. When this happened, Romeo had already got married to Juliet. Later on, when Romeo finds Juliet, he thinks that she is dead. He could have just waited another minute and she would have woken up, but he went and killed himself. He was so quick he did not even think. After he did this, Juliet woke up and say he was dead so she killed herself because of Romeo’s death.
Not even one day after Romeo and Rosaline split apart, Romeo fell helplessly in love with Juliet. Romeo’s decision eventually developed into marriage. After Romeo had left the Capulet orchard, he went to Friar Laurence’s cell to ask him to perform the wedding ceremony. He asked the Friar because the family feud
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.
“And but one word with one of us? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow.” [III, i, 37-38] Tybalt was not willing to fight mercutio if mercutio had not escalated tybalt's anger. Moreover, Mercutio could have avoided this situation if he had showed respect in return.This comes to show how mercutio had made impulsive decisions instead of making rational decisions. As a result, we can see Mercutio's death occurs due to his rash and impulsive decisions. Mercutio’s impulsive acts result in his own passing. When Romeo refuses to participate in a duel with Tybalt, Mercutio challenges Tybalt himself. Using words which are highly intimidating and threatening, Mercutio gives Tybalt no choice but to engage in a duel. The following violent words are exchanged between the two characters.
In Act 3, Mercutio and Benvolio are out walking in Verona. Benvolio asks Mercutio to go inside before an incident like before happens again with the Capulet. Mercutio tells him to stop criticizing others and that not all Capulet are going to want to start a fight. Tybalt then enters the scene. Tybalt approaches the two Montague men and asks to speak with one of them. Mercutio, not very happy with Tybalt speaking to them, starts to mess with him. Romeo enters next. Tybalt starts talking to Romeo and calls him a villain. Romeo tries to keep peace with Tybalt as he asks Romeo to draw his sword. Mercutio decides to fight Tybalt since Romeo does not want to. The two men fight. Romeo interferes and tries to stop the fight. In doing so, Tybalt was able to get under Romeo’s arm and stab Mercutio, killing him. Before passing, Mercutio curses both families and Tybalt runs off. Romeo wants revenge on Tybalt. When Tybalt comes back, Romeo draws his sword and the two of them fight. Romeo ends up killing Tybalt and Benvolio tells him to leave the scene before many people start to notice. The prince enters the scene. Benvolio explains what happened. He also explains that Romeo was trying to keep peace, but Lady Capulet thinks he is lying. Prince decides to exile Romeo from Verona instead of giving death as a punishment.
Who Is Responsible for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Why do people who mean well end up doing the opposite? William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet demonstrates how good intentions can lead to calamity. The impulsive behaviour of Mercutio, the selfishness of Lord Capulet, the lack of communication and the spontaneous action of Friar Lawrence are causes of Romeo and Juliet’s death. Though these characters all strived to do what they thought was best for the two lovers, their good intentions misguided Romeo and Juliet leading them to a death that could have been avoided.
Romeo’s misinterpretation of what love is shows a lot in this play. He attends the Capulet’s party just so that he could see Rosaline not to see Juliet. Romeo, being so young, automatically falls in love with Juliet. In act 1, scene 5, and page 394, Romeo states, “Then move not while my prayer’s effect I take. Thus from my lips, by thine my sin is purged. Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again.’’Romeo doesn't even know a detail about Juliet and is already kissing her and saying that he loves Juliet. Also in act 2, scene 2, page
While the fight is mainly between the Montagues and Capulets, Mercutio also has his part. While Tybalt is looking for Romeo, Mercutio continues to mock him and even draws his sword on Tybalt. “Come on, sir, perform your forward
Secondly, Romeo still decides it’s ok to love Juliet, and marry her even after he knows that she is a Capulet. When Romeo is leaving the Capulet’s party and he finds out Juliet’s real identity he has to see her again, so he goes to her backyard and speaks to her making plans to get married the next day. He does all of this knowing that the Capulets are the Montague’s nemesis. He is married to her the next day and that leads to him killing Tybalt and getting exiled.
Mercutio, who was a strong believer that no man should back down from a fight and shouldn’t tolerate insults, fought with Tybalt instead of Romeo, getting killed in the end. Another reason why the Capulets were at fault, is that Tybalt entered the scene of the argument full of pride, anger and arrogance. He approached the other men, saying to his followers, “Follow me close, for I will speak to them” (3.1.34.) This quote displays how he told his entourage to look up to him and listen closely as he speaks, as if he were the president, and they were the news reporters. Tybalt then proceeded to mock Romeo and made it seem that he is above and better than all of the Montagues. Tybalt tried to start a fight with a Romeo, but ended up fighting Mercutio and killing him instead.
Romeo faced the repercussions of sneaking into a Capulet party, as he was later mourning the death of his beloved friend, Mercutio. He had no valid reason to kill Tybalt other than for revenge, but it only proved that he was as bad of a person as Tybalt was. The consequences of his actions are seen when he is informed by Friar Lawrence that the Prince has given him a “gentler” judgement: “Not body’s death, but body’s