Romeo had told Tybalt he would not fight him yet Tybalt engages a fight with Romeos friend “[Romeo] art a villain…therefore turn and draw” Romeo tries to reason with him but there is no hope‚ and when Tybalt ends up killing Romeos closest friend‚ Benvolio Romeo loses it and kills Tybalt (Shakespeare 3.1.59-65). If Romeo had not killed Tybalt he would not be exiled for his irrational actions and would not have caused stress on both the Montague and Capulet family. Now Even though Tybalt lost his temper
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himself but still was able to cause offence to Abram. During the play‚ Benvolio and Tybalt are two very different characters. The two characters names tell us a lot about how they act. Benvolio’s name is derived from the word benevolent‚ which indicates that he is a kind and caring character. Whereas Tybalt’s name uses harsh sounding plosives at the beginning and end of it‚ which suggests he will be harsher than Benvolio. Tybalt uses words such as “hate”‚
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"volatile") is Romeo’s sword-fight loving BFF. He never backs down from a duel and‚ although he’s neither a Montague nor a Capulet... Benvolio Montague Benvolio‚ whose name literally means "good will‚" is a classic nice guy. Benvolio often gets stuck playing the straight man to Romeo and Mercutio‚ but he occasionally manages to stick in his own fu... Tybalt Capulet Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin‚ which makes him a Capulet. After he kills Romeo’s BFF‚ Mercutio‚ in a street brawl‚ Romeo mortally stabs him
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Accidents were one of the forces of fate responsible for the deaths of the two young lovers. In Act 3 scene 1‚ Benvolio reveals to the Prince that Tybalt had slain Mercutio and fled. Benvolio says‚ “An envious thrust from Tybalt hit the life of stout Mercutio”.(Act 3‚scene 1‚164-165) Furthermore Benvolio had to explain what had happen in this brawl‚ he then reveals that Tybalt had slain Mercutio‚ but Mercutio was the first to draw his sword. Also another reason why accidents was another cause
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Capulets and the Montagues endures. On July 15‚ 1594‚ in the streets of Verona‚ the feud resulted in the deaths of two gentlemen: Mercutio and Tybalt. Monday afternoon‚ under the blazing sun‚ Mercutio and Benvolio encounter a Tybalt and his group of Capulets and the tension heats up. Romeo enters and Tybalt verbally mocks him and challenges him to a duel. Tybalt is enraged because Romeo showed up at the Capulet’s Party and damaged the Capulet’s reputation. This incident‚ along with Tybalt’s hateful
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Capulet named Samson and Gregory‚ one of them bites his thumb at the servants from the Montague house called Abraham and Balthasar. This sparks a row ‘Do you bite your thumb at us sir?’ This soon escalates as Tybalt enters Verona square and attempts to bait Benvolio into an scrap‚ and when Benvolio calls for peace he claims to ‘hate the word‚ as I hate hell all Montague’s and thee.’ Quickly escalating out of control and the relatively small argument ends up being the third ‘civil brawl’. One of the
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status members of the rival families of Capulet and Montague. Even the servants are involved in their low‚ dehumanising insults where they call their enemies ‘a dog’‚ but this is common brawling in contrasts with the nobles who use swords. Tybalt mocks Benvolio for being ‘drawn among these heartless hinds’ - where the animal images refers to the low-status of the servants. Belligerence infects every level. Those who want ‘peace’ are rare: Church and State‚ represented by the Friar and Prince respectively
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Montague family. Romeo is heartbroken throughout the story. Although the sadness gets to him he is very impulsive and brave. In the play‚ Romeo starts off very heartbroken. He shows this trait in the morning talking to Benvolio and Peter. He is acting sad when him and Benvolio are talking about going to the Capulet’s feast. He only decides to go because he is hoping he will see the woman he loves. He doesn’t
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have been so hard on her. When Juliet refused to marry Paris‚ Capulet was furious.“ Hang thee … disobedient wretch” As head of his family Capulet had the authority to stop the feud and should have tried harder to do so. However‚ Capulet does stop Tybalt from fighting with Romeo at the masque and at the beginning of the play when Paris asks him if he can marry Juliet‚ Capulet acts like a good father and tells Paris that he does not want his daughter to marry too young and really does seem to care
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Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare is arguably the most famous love story of all time. It’s the story of a boy and a girl from belligerent families who meet and fall in love. However their lives were far from perfect‚ they encountered many obstacles along the way - a grudge between their families made it impossible for them to seek approval; the fight between Romeo and Juliet’s loved ones with an outcome that affects their destiny and the question for Juliet to follow her heart or her
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