In William shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, many deaths occur. Numerous characters play a role in each death throughout the play.
Tybalt is most responsible for the deaths that happened in the play Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt is responsible for the death of mercutio in act three. After mercutio was stabbed by Tybalt, he said “Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.” (3.1.95). This quote is saying that the wound is going to kill him and he suspects he will die soon. He wanted to fight tybalt for telling Capulet on them at the party. Romeo tried to stop it but tybalt acted first and stabbed mercutio. Therefore, Tybalt is responsible for mercutio's death. But before mercutio dies, he states “A plague on both of your houses!” (3.1.87). Mercutio wants his dying words to tell both the capulets and the montagues that their feud has gone too far. He was not a capulet nor a montague but he was still killed even though he was just affiliated with the montagues. Tybalt is …show more content…
As romeo is being banished, he claims “there is no world without verona walls, but purgatory torture and hell itself.” (3.3.16-17) Romeo claims he could not live without verona and juliet. He has lived in verona all of his life and he will have a hard time adjusting, but what he would kill himself over a life without Juliet. As romeo is about to kill himself, he says “with that hand cut youth in twain to sunder his that was thine enemy” (5.3.108-107) Romeo is apologizing to tybalt for killing him. Romeo was just doing what the law would’ve done. If Romeo let the prince take care of tybalt, then he would not have been banished. And romeo and juliet could run away together. Tybalt is most responsible for the death of romeo because Romeo was just doing what anyone of that time would’ve done if a person killed someone they