The troubles that we witness in Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is something that can not be blamed on one family. It has to be blamed on a single person. That person is Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet and cousin of Juliet. Tybalt did many things in order to “stir the pot” and cause unrest. For instance, Tybalt wants to kill Romeo at the ball held by the Capulets. He also kills Mercutio, which leads Romeo to become explicitly upset, and Romeo kills Tybalt, eventually being banished. At the dance, Romeo was recognized by Tybalt, and Tybalt was immediately livid. He was willing to kill him without regret. It says in the book, “To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.” (Shakespeare 393). Tybalt was talking to Capulet at the time, but Capulet said to him, “Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone.” (Shakespeare 393). Capulet did not want to get in trouble and he did not want the party to be ruined. This gives Tybalt a certain itch, and he has to use severe self control in order for him not to attack Romeo, so when he does, it is much more explosive. …show more content…
Romeo was trying to protect both of them, but ended up not being able to save Mercutio. He was trying to save Tybalt because they were family now, as a result of Romeo marrying Juliet. Because Romeo is furious, he kills Tybalt. Benvolio, who is standing by, becomes distraught, and he tells Romeo to run. “Romeo, away, be gone! The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain. Stand not amazed. The Prince will doom thee death If thou art take. Hence, be gone, away!” (Shakespeare 429). Prince Escalus, who was the Prince of Verona, said before that he would execute anyone who killed another man, so Romeo had to leave Verona in order to survive. If Tybalt had just left Mercutio alone, then Romeo wouldn’t have been
If he wasn’t such a bad person he wouldn’t get so upset about Romeo going to the party when Romeo didn’t do anything but find his true love. If Tybalt wouldn’t have been so hard-headed everything could be fine. Tybalt is to blame for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he could have ended the situation without having a
Shakespeare’s famous play, Romeo and Juliet, has characters that range from the care-free Mercutio, the love-stricken Romeo, and several other personalities that fall in between. Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, is a vicious fighter who will duel anyone to release some of the unexplained rage that he keeps inside. The Montagues are the family that pushes his hatred over the top and when they cross his path, he is always quick to challenge them to a fight. Other than where the Montagues are concerned, the source of his hot-headed temper remains a mystery to those that know him. If closely examined, however, Tybalt’s character could be explained through a few key observations.
According Matt Ferner from the Huffington Post, 149 people were cleared of crimes that they didn’t commit in 2015. It can be challenging to find the person at fault in crimes if multiple people are found at the crime scene or witnesses have some different or biased stories. A penalty has to be placed on someone, and sometimes it could easily be put on multiple people. There’s a case like this in a famous piece of classical literature. In William Shakespeare’s
The reason Tybalt is to blame is because he started a chain reaction that lead to the deaths of many characters, including Romeo and Juliet. This chain reaction includes three main events. The first event is Tybalt having a hot-head and over reacting at a party.
While Romeo does not want to fight Tybalt, that does not stop him because “...this shall not excuse the injuries/ That thou hast done me; therefore, turn and draw!” (3.1, 156/157) This of course leads to the death of
Romeo and Juliet In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, Tybalt is responsible for most of the violence and death. This is mainly because of his rage about the family fued between the Montagues and the Capulets. He is a Capulet and he wants to fight or kill Montagues anytime he sees or hears one of them.
Hence, be gone, away”(Shakespeare 429)!
Later in the story, Tybalt approaches Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio in the park and wants revenge because he knew the three of them snuck into the Capulet party. Romeo is now secretly married to Juliet, so he offers peace. Romeo foils to Mercutio because he doesn’t want to fight, but Mercutio
Trish Murphy claims that, “The trouble with trouble is, it starts out as fun. " Everyone has had an experience with this once in their life. This was the case for Tybalt… Until he got in too deep to the point where he couldn’t get himself out. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet’s beloved cousin, Tybalt, is responsible for his own death due to holding a grudge against Romeo, murdering Mercutio, and starting the fight that ultimately leads to his death.
In Act 3, Tybalt seeks to kill Romeo, but Romeo won’t fight. Instead, Mercutio and Tybalt fight which ends in the death of Mercutio. This event upsets Romeo. He says, “Alive in triumph—and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, and fire-eyed fury be my conduct now.
Lastly, Tybalt is the most to blame for the events that occur in Romeo and Juliet because of the the first events he caused leading to the suicides of Romeo and Juliet. The confirmation that Tybalt is the cause of the terrible events in Romeo and Juliet is shown in the play “Romeo and Juliet” when Romeo says, “Is it even so? then I defy you, stars! Thou know ' st my lodging: get me ink and paper, and hire post-horses; I will hence tonight.”
Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel and he declines the challenge and insists that he won’t fight Tybalt. Mercutio is angered by Romeo’s “cowardice” and takes on Tybalt himself. Romeo wants Mercutio to stop fighting Tybalt so he decides that it’d be a good idea to block his arm in mid combat and Tybalt stabs Mercutio from under Romeo’s arm and Mercutio falls dead after rambling about plagues and a pun or two. Romeo doesn’t realize that it is his own fault that Mercutio died after Mercutio even blamed his wound on him. Romeo lets his emotions decide his actions and becomes enraged and ignores that Tybalt is now his family and fails to see that he was the reason Mercutio was killed.
Romeo allows his thirst for revenge to cloud his logical reasoning when he kills Tybalt who has just murdered Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend. Mercutio defends Romeo against Tybalt’s insults with comebacks and later his sword. As Romeo attempts to intervene, Mercutio is stabbed by Tybalt and Romeo is enraged. Once he finds out from Benvolio that the wound had killed him, Romeo,”Who had but newly entertained revenge,” (III.i.173), kills Tybalt and flees the scene. Romeo declined to
Tybalt is responsible for the Romeo and Juliet's tragedy. Tybalt likes to fight. Tybalt is an angry person. He misunderstands Romeo and his friends throughout the play. Tybalt caused Romeo to become exiled which lead to miscommunication.