The Pernicious Feud in Romeo and Juliet In Act I, scene i, lines 85-87 of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the prince says “Will they not hear?—What ho! You men, you beasts, That quench the fire of your pernicious rage With purple fountains issuing from your veins”. In other words, the Prince enters after the fight and yells at the Montagues and the Capulets and calls them fools for they keep fighting and fighting which just leads to more and more blood in the street. The word “pernicious” means very destructive or harmful, this word reminds me of a weed that grows slowly but ultimately after a while destroys an entire garden. Pernicious in the story is what's called The Feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. The feud is based …show more content…
But then of course the Capulets have to enter the bar with all the Montagues. It starts with Tybalt coming to Romeo and telling him to draw his sword. Romeo, just being married to Juliet privately trying not to fight with his now family, says that the Prince says no fighting. Then Mercutio overhears Tybalt and Romeo's conversation and says he's not scared to fight the “Prince of Cats”. Mercutio draws his sword, and so does Tybalt. Out of nowhere Romeo steps in the middle and yells “Gentlemen, for shame forbear this outrage! Tybalt. Mercutio. The Prince expressly hath forbidden this bandying in Verona streets. Hold on, Tybalt!. Good Mercutio!”(Act 3, Scene 1 88-91) Tybalt, not caring what Romeo says, slides his blade under Romeo's arm and draws blood to Mercutio's stomach. Not enough to kill him in a second, but just enough to kill him after a few minutes of suffering. But the scariest part of this is that right before he died he said 3 times, “A plague o’ both your houses!” (I.i.111). In this quote he is putting a plague on both houses because the only reason that he is dying is because of the pernicious
Then Tybalt walks up to Romeo and Mercutio and starts talking trash to Romeo, so Mercutio stands up for Romeo basically saying your not gonna treat Romeo like that. Then they start fighting, and Romeo is urging Mercutio and Tybalt to stop fighting and in the process Mercutio
Grievance, irritant, malignity, enmity, and rancor, all of these words have something very in common with The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and it is they all deal with hatred. There are an innumerable number of the reasons for hate in Romeo and Juliet it is contemplated to be a theme of the tragedy. Why, so ? In the tragedy, hate was a strong procrastinator and also an antagonist by playing a big role in the way the city of Verona functioned in their daily life. First, it started way before Romeo and Juliet’s parents were born. The family soon became arch rivals and the
Tybalt then does not listen to Romeo and still wants to fight. Mercutio steps in, in order to help out the matter of Romeo not wanting to fight. The whole chain of events of Mercutio and Tybalt go fighting in the streets. ‘Romeo-
An argument occurs between Mercutio and Tybalt which leads to flaring tempers and aggressive actions. Romeo arrives and sees what is happening between Mercutio and Tybalt. The heated exchange led to Tybalt killing Mercutio, which made Romeo so furious that he killed Tybalt in retaliation for him killing Mercutio.
Hate is one very important idea examined in Romeo and Juliet and is explored by Juliet when she states ‘Here's much to do with hate, but more with love’ (1.1.166). William Shakespeare conveys the consequences of hate in his play through the ancient feud between the Capulet’s and the Montague’s, the irrational decisions made and the deaths that resulted. It is the ancient feud between the two families that lead to the irrational decisions made by Romeo and Juliet as well as their demise. It is questionable as to whether Romeo and Juliet’s lives would be spared if their families were not feuding.
After Romeo & Juliet have gotten married, Romeo walks down Verona streets with his friend, Mercutio and Romeo’s cousin, Benvolio with a few other people who know the three, and then they run into Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt with some other people who know him. Tybalt then demands to fight Romeo, which Romeo declines, but Mercutio takes out his sword and starts to fight Tybalt. Romeo tells Benvolio to take out his sword and stop Mecutio and Tybalt, while Romeo also tries to stop them. Romeo says, “Gentlemen, for shame, forbear this outrage! Tybalt.
A plague a both houses! I am sped. (P. 867)This shows that though Mercutiowas Romeo's friend he still sent acurse to his home as well as Tybalt's which shows their differences don't define them. It shows that Romeo isn't seperated from the fault of Mercutio dying because he is a Montague. Tybalt#1
Romeo is trying to break up the fight and Mercutio accidentally gets stabbed by Tybalt and then after a little Romeo and his friends find out that Mercutio is dead because he got stabbed, then Romeo goes to find and start to fight Tybalt. Then Romeo stabbing Tybalt and then Tybalt falls to the ground and is then dead on the ground in the middle of Verona streets, As the families are fighting and arguing the prince shows up and sees what has happened and then banes Romeo from Verona to Mantua and he is never to
The fiery Tybalt, enraged with the presence of Romeo at his family’s party, demands for Romeo to fight him. Calmly, Romeo responds, “Tybalt... I have to love thee/Therefore, farewell” (3.1.33, 36). Romeo “[has] to love” Tybalt because he has just married the lovely Juliet, who is a Capulet. This holy marriage makes Romeo cousins with Tybalt, since Romeo is now a Capulet. The quote demonstrates that the “love” compels Romeo to not fight, since Romeo denies the challenge by exclaiming “farewell” to his new cousin. However, Romeo’s attempt at peace backfires when Mercutio, defending Romeo’s honor, is stabbed by Tybalt. The dying Mercutio stutters to Romeo, “I was hurt under your arm,” (3.1.71). Mercutio exclaims that since Romeo tried to break up the brawl between Tybalt and himself, Romeo’s sword created a vulnerable spot on Mercutio to be exposed. Thus Tybalt killed Mercutio “under [Romeo’s] arm”. Romeo’s love for Juliet, and his new family, clouds his better judgement, leading him to refuse Tybalt’s challenge. Since Romeo doesn't want harm to come to his new cousin, Mercutio spontaneously defends his honor, unfortunately leading to his early death. Thus, Romeo’s passive decision to stay peaceful, out of love, drives an end to Mercutio’s life. Shocked and disgusted by his best friend’s untimely death, Romeo confronts Tybalt once
I’ll smack you on the ears with my sword before you have yours drawn. "(3, 1, 46-52) There is no rhyme or reason for him wanting to fight Tybalt, but the fight takes his life. A rash, grieve struck, Romeo then takes out his unlawful revenge on Tybalt. Mercutio's death completely changes the story since he yells out, "A plague o' both your houses!
Now, Tybalt has come to fight Romeo for revenge. Mercutio stood up to Tybalt and said that he will fight in the place of Romeo. Tybalt announces with pride, “I am for you”(III.i.78) At this moment Tybalt has decided to show his power in the act of fighting, he does. Tybalt kills Mercutio, and by doing this it provokes Romeo.
On a hot Monday afternoon two young men were killed in a sword fight in Verona. Benvolio and Mercutio where in the town square talking when Tybalt came up to them. He came to the town square looking for Romeo. Mercutio provokes Tybalt so that Romeo doesn’t have to fight him. Tybalt and Mercutio draw their swords and start fighting. In the beginning it was not intended to be a fight to the death but it was. Tybalt in the end killed Mercutio. Tybalt and all the other Capulets at the town square left immediately. Romeo was infuriated and that lead him to running after Tybalt with intensions of killing him, and he does. Benvolio told Romeo to leave before the prince came because he could be killed for what he did. The prince comes out to see what
Love has already overcome him and controls all of his thoughts and actions. This love prevents Mercutio from saving Romeo and keeping peace between the families. In Act 3, scene 1, Mercutio fights Tybalt on behalf of Romeo and his relationship with Romeo. Romeo attempts to break up the fight, but Tybalt stabs Mercutio. As he is dying, Mercutio says, "A plague o' both your houses!
This causes tension as Tybalt and Mercutio become even more frustrated with Romeo. Mercutio draws his sword in order to defend Romeos reputation. He says “Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?” challenging him to a duel. A feeling of foreboding hangs in the air.
Both are happy to use the slightest excuse for an argument that quickly goes into battle with swords. Romeo and Benvolio in vain trying to separate opponents. From under the hands of Romeo Tybalt mortally wounds Mercutio. Before his death Mercutio cries terrible words: "A plague on both your houses because I have to go eat worms plague on both houses ...!" Romeo Tybalt rushes over to avenge the death of a friend, and kills him after a long brutal fight . Friends captivate Romeo behind him, to save him from the wrath of the Duke.