In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the two main protagonist die due to the actions of their relatives and acquaintances; however the question still lingers of who has the most blood on their hands. The most responsible characters are Tybalt (a capulet servant), and Friar Lawrence. Throughout the play, two feuding houses interfere in the internal affairs of two first-time lovers: Romeo of House Montague and Juliet of House Capulet. Being set in the late 1500’s, a simple argument triggers a chain reaction of hostility. In a faction-based society this may cause a micro civil war, if not resolved quickly. Yet, it is the simple miscommunication which leads to four needless deaths throughout the play.
One of the first culprits is Tybalt of House Capulet, throughout the play he is a constant firestarter.
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The line reads “ What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? Turn thee, Benvolio. Look upon thy death.” Tybalt’s first line in the entire play is a call to spar. Continuing his quarrel with Benvolio of House Montague, Tybalt is still proving himself an aggressor, as he states his opinion on the word “peace” as a whole in Line 60 of Act One Scene One. The line reads, “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, coward!”. Here Tybalt specifically states his hatred of peace and still persists in his request for a duel with Benvolio. Later in the play, and early into Act Three, Tybalt accompanied by other Capulets, encounters Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio. Sensing a fight brewing, Benvolio orders all the participants to find a concealed spot to settle
The Tragic Story of the death of two teen star crossed lovers. Romeo and Juliet are two teens in love who are put death by nothing but their fate and their long lasting family feud. Even though Romeo and Juliet committed suicide, their untimely deaths are ultimately caused by Fate and the feud.
He acts as protector and "chief swash-buckler" for the Capulets and he appears to feel that the Montagues represent a great threat to the Capulets. The first time we meet Tybalt is in Act 1, Scene 1, line 66. He enters with his sword drawn and tells Benvolio, both friend and cousin of Romeo, to "turn thee... Look upon thy death." When Benvolio says he has no need to fight and wants to keep the peace, Tybalt responds with, "...talk of peace?
In the play of “Romeo and Juliet”, by William Shakespeare, Tybalt is to blame for their deaths, because he killed Mercutio, Romeo's friend, leading to his banishment and Juliet misery/desperation causing her to fall into a deep sleep. Mercutio's death from Tybalt, only resulted from Tybalt provoking and insulting Romeo. As a friend Mercutio defended Romeo but in the end payed the price with his life. Shakespeare suggests that, “My very friend, hath got his mortal hurt In my behalf. My reputation stain'd With Tybalt’s slander”(Act 3, Scene 1,line 105).
At the beginning of the story Tybalt says“ What, drawn and talk of peace! I hate the word, As i hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have thee coward!” (1.1.65-67) During this quote Tybalt says he hates the word peace as much as he hates the Montagues.
Do you hate the type of people who just start fighting? That's the type of person Tybalt is. Tybalt is to blame for his reckless hate for Montagues. Tybalt's hate for Montagues runs in his family, but his is on another level.
There are many people who had a hand in causing the unfortunate deaths of Romeo and Juliet, but perhaps it is not the fault of just one person, or even multiple people. The feud is primarily to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
For example he doesn’t listen to this advice “… let him alone… be patient, take no note of him.” Which was given to him by Mr. Capulet his uncle. In not listening to this advice Tybalt complicates is life because he causes a specific enmity towards Romeo that was not created before in the play. Exemplifying that when you have a short fuse it creates problem that could be avoided such as the many Tybalt
Tybalt being the person that stabbed and also killed Mercutio, being the one who pushed for a fight when one wasn't needed, and just having a natural temper is what make him responsible for his own death.
Tybalt could also be held accountable for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt's nasty, hot-headed persona caused a lot of strife as he always started brawls and quarrelled with the Montagues. When Tybalt gets in a fight with Mercutio, despite the Prince's orders to
In the story of Romeo and Juliet Tybalt is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he always wanted to fight the Montague, he killed Mercutio in a fight, lastly he got Romeo banished from Verona. Therefore you should believe it was tybalt, who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Because of this Tybalt is forced to take extreme actions such as proposing a duel with Romeo. During the night of the party, they get in a small quarrel for the reason that he let the Montagues to his party. He tells Tybalt to leave Romeo and Mercutio alone and warns him not to start anything between them. In this scene, the author’s use of characterization explains how Lord Capulet is assertive and aggressive, which contributes to the series of events that he starts. There is a moment in this scene where he demonstrates this personality by telling Tybalt, “Let him alone /
“‘What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?/ Turn thee, Benvolio. Look upon thy death’” (Romeo and Juliet.1.1.56-57). The person threatening Benvolio is Tybalt Capulet from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet was a play written in the mid-1590s, and it involved two “star crossed lovers” (Prologue.6), Romeo and Juliet, from feuding families that eventually took their lives to be together. One important character in the play was Tybalt, a teenager of the house of Capulet and Juliet’s cousin. He was very skilled with a sword and very prideful. Tybalt was killed by Romeo in 3.1. Even though Tybalt was directly killed by Romeo in Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet, there are many other factors that indirectly led to his downfall, including Romeo and Juliet’s secrets, the ancient grudge, and Tybalt’s pride.
Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare the theme of the story is the powerful nature of love and fate. Tybalt is the secondary character that affected the theme the most. Tybalt effected the theme of fate by Romeo killing him and getting Romeo banished from Verona where Juliet lived. Tybalt also affected the theme by making Juliet reconsider her love for Romeo. Tybalt affected the theme of Romeo and Juliet.
As opposed to Benvolio Montague who tries to defuse the conflict, Tybalt is quick to draw his sword and challenge Benvolio into a fight. His hostility is clear through his words and actions, as shown in the dialogues “What, art thou drawn upon these heartless hinds? Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death … What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues and thee.