Mercutio Is To Blame For Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

This proves that Tybalt is to blame because he killed Mercutio, that started from joking and then leading to Romeo defending Mercutio's death. If Tybalt would have never killed Mercutio, Romeo wouldn't have killed his new relative, Tybalt.

Many people can be put to blame for these two young people, including their parents, by keeping the feud between the two families going. Mercutio can be blamed, to some degree. He was the one who got Romeo to go to the ball. When Mercutio was killed, Romeo avenged his death, and ended up having to leave Verona instead of staying with Juliet.

Mercutio neglects this suggestion and they both are encountered by Tybalt and his group of men. Mercutio is annoyed by Tybalt and starts to taunt him. Romeo enters, Tybalt's attention

As he steps in between the two fighters, Tybalt seizes the opportunity, and with one swift move, stabs Mercutio. So, while Tybalt takes the physical action of stabbing Mercutio, leading to his off-stage death, Romeo is the catalyst. Without Romeo’s involvement, by his actions, Mercutio’s death at the hands of Tybalt would not have occurred.

Although Mercutio started the fight, people might say that Romeo is responsible for his banishment. But if Mercutio never wanted to fight Tybalt, Romeo wouldn’t have killed Tybalt. Shakespeare states, “Couple it with something; make it a word and a blow. ”(Shakespeare.3.1.40). In this quote, Mercutio is trying to get Tybalt to fight him.

In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Mercutio is the most responsible for the brawl between him and Tybalt. He is the most responsible because of his instigation of the fight, and for making Tybalt angry knowing he will draw his sword. Mercutio is the most responsible because of his insistence on fighting. “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission”! Alla Stochastica carries it away.

This is not a good decision for Mercutio and the rest of Verona, because of the events that followed this decision. After this, Mercutio is killed by Tybalt, and out of pure rage and revenge, Romeo can eliminate Tybalt. This is extremely problematic for the rest of the play because Romeo gets banished from Verona, away from Juliet. This leads to a series of events that eventually lead to Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. First, Juliet must fake her death to get back to Romeo, and then Romeo ends up killing himself in grief for her fake death, and Juliet ultimately does the same.

The rage that this quote later gave Tybalt eventually led to the death of Mercutio which also led to the two deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

Even though Tybalt, who came from the Capulets, was the one who killed Mercutio, both families were responsible for the death. Mercutio’s last words portray that his death was Romeo’s fault, as much as Tybalt’s fault, for closing the gap between the two rival families. In Act 3 Scene 1, Tybalt called Romeo a villain, “No better term than this: thou art a villain” (3.1.57.) During that time, being called a villain was a terrible insult which could have started a fight. Romeo decided to ignore this comment, from Tybalt because of his relationship with Juliet. Mercutio on the other hand

. 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.

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

Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare that tells a tragic tale of “star crossed lovers” doomed to die. The tragic end of the play is the result of the irresponsible actions and selfishness ok key characters in the play, the Nurse and the Friar. Another person in the play but isn’t responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet was Mercutio, but his actions were rash and premature.

Additionally, after Romeo’s marriage with Juliet he gets in the middle of a fight. If Romeo did not engage in the brawl between Mercutio his best friend and Tybalt his opposing rival, they would still have a fair chance at survival. Mercutio engages in a fight with Tybalt on Romeo’s behalf because Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt, since Tybalt is now Romeo’s cousin-in-law. In addition, Romeo attempts to break up the progressive fight, but his actions are futile. Furthermore, Romeo getting among Mercutio and Tybalt does more harm than good because Mercutio dies. The only explanation of how Mercutio dies is that Tybalt is able to pierce Mercutio’s chest under Romeo’s arm. Romeo blocks Mercutio’s view, leaving him defenseless and feeble.

The entire story of Romeo and Juliet has many choices and things unknown to the characters that you may stop and think who really is responsible for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. There is more than just one person messing up in this story though there are many factors which had domino impacts on what happens afterwards in the story. From the death of a character to one simple decision that went wrong to inconsiderate parents the blame is spread around to everyone. One character that really started the entire domino effect was Mercutio. If he had not been egging on Tybalt to a sort of gentlemen's duel he would not have died and caused Romeo to want to avenge him.

In contrast, Mercutio attempts to stop Tybalt’s thirst for vengeance when he tries to duel Romeo but ultimately gets killed in the process of trying to save his good friend from being killed by Tybalt which causes Romeo to take vengeance upon Tybalt by killing him.