Interviewer: “How did this fight start?” Benvolio: “Mercutio and I were walking through town‚ when we saw Tybalt and some of the other Capulets coming. They walked up to us and they started to ask about Romeo and if he had decided about the challenge. Romeo was walking by when Tybalt confronted him about fighting. Romeo told him that he did not want to fight. In result‚ Mercutio agreed to battle Tybalt.” Interviewer: “What happened during the battle?” Benvolio: “Since Romeo didn’t want to battle‚ he
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exemplified through the timeless grudge between the Capulet and Montague‚ and the long-standing hatred between Tybalt and Romeo. Many characters in Williams Shakespeare’s play will act without thinking and will lead to fatal mistakes. When Romeo and Juliet see each other they fell in love. The two
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decision making skills of one of its characters‚ Tybalt. In scene 3 Tybalt‚ who is very angry because Romeo crashed the Capulet party‚ engages Romeo’s friends in a non sensible rage demanding Romeo. Tybalt’s clear ignorance to the fact that if he kills Romeo he will be executed is patent. Tybalt’s desire to kill Romeo is irrational‚ illogical‚ and impulsive regardless of the alleged loss of honor that Tybalt had experienced earlier in the story. If Tybalt had been thinking clearly then there would probably
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idea that violence is an unfair‚ powerful aspect of their world. When Romeo convinces Mercutio to not confront Tybalt‚ then Mercutio pays the price with his death--an ambush from his sly opponent. Therefore‚ what seemed as a positive outcome turns into a great loss for both sides of the feud‚ which comes across as unfair to whomever looks upon the situation. Then to take revenge upon Tybalt‚ Romeo runs him through and slays him--to only avenge his
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that the reason for the fighting was forgotten. This feud does not affect Romeo and Tybalt‚ the people at the centre of all this fighting‚ at the beginning of the play but does later on. For example‚ in Act 3 Scene 1 Romeo says ‘Tybalt‚ the reason that I have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting’. This suggests that Romeo will not fight Tybalt now that they are related. However‚ Tybalt does not know this and fights Romeo but Romeo does not react. The feud between the
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relationship‚ the Capulets and the Montagues always fighting in the streets of Verona the city of Italy. They are married by Friar Lawrence‚ the priest of Verona. Then there is a fight between Tybalt from the Capulets and Mercutio the cousins prince‚ then Romeo from the Montagues enters and interferes the fight and then Tybalt stabs Mercutio and dies. Then after this happens more and more deaths begin to follow including Romeo and Juliet . This terrible tragedy has only one person to blame and that is Friar
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key themes and elements of tragedy‚ and these features are illuminated by the strong use of foil characters. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo’s qualities are emphasized and distinguished through the foil representations of Mercutio‚ Tybalt‚ and both households. Mercutio is an important foil character for Romeo as his realistic mindset amplifies Romeo’s dreamy and romantic thinking. First‚ Mercutio heightens Romeo’s idealistic mentality‚ as Mercutio has no belief in true love. For
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to a sad burial feast‚ Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change‚ Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corpse‚ And all things change them to the contrary.” (IV‚v‚90-96) It is well known that Romeo and Juliet die at the end of the play. I feel that Tybalt is the best person to blame for their death in Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is a story about two lovers who come from families that hate each other. Romeo‚ a son to the Montague family and Juliet‚ a daughter to the
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are really essential to the plotline are Tybalt and Mercutio‚ two conflicting characters whose argument sets the play and its characters to another level of urgency. Though Mercutio and Tybalt share certain character traits‚ they are mostly opposites and can be juxtaposed to show the layers of contrast and complexity in each character. Though Mercutio and Benvolio are the classic "foils‚" I believe that this pair
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seems to be met fulfilled quickly as Tybalt enters with other members of the Capulet family and some servants and immediately a dramatic tension is established between the two factions. We are shown that Mercutio is in a difficult frame of mind. “ ‘By my head here comes the Capulets’ ‘By my heel‚ I care not.’ ” Clearly Mercutio is in an aggressive mood. Tybalt addresses Mercutio and Benvolio. “ ‘Gentlemen‚ good den‚ a word with one of you’ ” Up to this point‚ Tybalt is courteous – his quarrel is with
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