Tybalt The Fool In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet
Tybalt the Fool
Bruce Lee, a famous martial artist, said, “A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.” (goodreads.com). Anger has caused many people resort to violence. Being quick to anger proves lack of logic and thinking. Tybalt was quickly made a fool after challenging both Mercutio and Romeo due to a bad temper. He died soon after due to his own horrible decisions. Tybalt practically was his own killer with his actions throughout the story. Tybalt was responsible for his own death because he tried to start the fight, he lost his temper multiple times, and he disobeyed the Prince's order of no fighting.
The first reason Tybalt is to blame for his death is that Tybalt started fights with Montagues a lot during the story and even …show more content…
At the very beginning of the story, the prince says “if ever you disturb our streets again,your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.”(I.i.87-88) to the heads of the Montague and Capulet families. Meaning that both heads of the families will be executed if another fight breaks out. Therefore, he chose to start more fights rather than try to keep his Lord/uncle safe. Also, when Romeo sneaks into the party and Tybalt spots him the head Capulet says “Take no note of him.It is my will, the which if thou respect…”(I.iiiii.70-71) However, Tybalt sends the challenge letter anyway completely ignoring Father Capulet’s orders. In the end, Tybalt ignores the orders from his superiors and constantly fights for little to no reason.
Just like anyone who decided to fight Bruce Lee, the challenger quickly made a fool of themselves. Which is exactly like Tybalt fighting Romeo. In which, he promptly lost then died. He ignored the orders of his superiors while starting fights. Then, he continued to march into his own death. Tybalt never had the ability to stand back and assess the situation and instead went in headfirst playing the fool. In conclusion, Tybalt was indeed was responsible for his own
Bruce Lee, a famous martial artist, said, “A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.” (goodreads.com). Anger has caused many people resort to violence. Being quick to anger proves lack of logic and thinking. Tybalt was quickly made a fool after challenging both Mercutio and Romeo due to a bad temper. He died soon after due to his own horrible decisions. Tybalt practically was his own killer with his actions throughout the story. Tybalt was responsible for his own death because he tried to start the fight, he lost his temper multiple times, and he disobeyed the Prince's order of no fighting.
The first reason Tybalt is to blame for his death is that Tybalt started fights with Montagues a lot during the story and even …show more content…
At the very beginning of the story, the prince says “if ever you disturb our streets again,your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.”(I.i.87-88) to the heads of the Montague and Capulet families. Meaning that both heads of the families will be executed if another fight breaks out. Therefore, he chose to start more fights rather than try to keep his Lord/uncle safe. Also, when Romeo sneaks into the party and Tybalt spots him the head Capulet says “Take no note of him.It is my will, the which if thou respect…”(I.iiiii.70-71) However, Tybalt sends the challenge letter anyway completely ignoring Father Capulet’s orders. In the end, Tybalt ignores the orders from his superiors and constantly fights for little to no reason.
Just like anyone who decided to fight Bruce Lee, the challenger quickly made a fool of themselves. Which is exactly like Tybalt fighting Romeo. In which, he promptly lost then died. He ignored the orders of his superiors while starting fights. Then, he continued to march into his own death. Tybalt never had the ability to stand back and assess the situation and instead went in headfirst playing the fool. In conclusion, Tybalt was indeed was responsible for his own