In Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare employs Romeo’s unfaithfulness and the family feud to threaten Romeo and Juliet’s love and build suspense. When Friar Lawrence asks if Romeo was with Rosaline, Romeo responds, “With Rosaline my ghostly Father? No, I have forgot that name and that name’s woe” (2.3.48-49). Romeo’s unfaithfulness threatens Romeo and Juliet’s love because Romeo could easily leave Juliet for another girl as he did with Rosaline. Not only does Romeo’s unfaithfulness harm his relationship with Juliet but also the family feud. When Romeo gets spotted by Tybalt at the Capulet’s party, Tybalt says, “Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe, A villain that is hither come in spite” (1.5.69-70). The family
Tybalt is antagonist person in this book because he had to be selfish, hard headed and try to take Romeo's life. Romeo went to Capulet’s party and Tybalt recognize him and he’s going to expel Romeo to the party. He said to Lord Capulet, “Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe; A villain, that is hither come in spite to scorn at our solemnity this night” (1.5.60-61). “It fits when such a villain is a guest. I’ll not endure him” (1.5.74).
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.
Feud at Fault Shakespeare demonstrated to his audience that it’s unreasonable and pointless to carry a grudge on another family for so long. Romeo and Juliet were a pair of lovers who wouldn’t let their family 's feud stand in the way of true love. Romeo and Juliet met at Capulet’s party. They fell in love knowing their families would never approve of their love for each other. Although their families were constantly fighting, Friar Laurence marries them secretly.
One of the first instances of Tybalt's reckless and arguable behavior is when he gets into a heated argument with Romeo at the Capulet party because Romeo has come uninvited, and he declares, "What, dares the slave come hither, covered with an antic face, to fleer and scorn at our solemnity?" (Rom 1.5.60-62). Tybalt's aggressive behavior and insults towards Romeo only serve to escalate the tension between the Capulets and Montagues. Tybalt has
Loyalty, A Double-Edged Sword What is loyalty? Loyalty is often telling a person whatever they want to hear, and sometimes loyalty can kill. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence tries to stop the feud between Montagues and Capulets by using their only children. After he tries to help he continues his loyalty to Romeo and Juliet. He tries to help them run away together.
His hatred for the Montagues is shown in the quote, Jones 3 TYBALT: “It fits when such a villain is a guest. I’ll not endure him.” ( 1.5.73-74). Tybalt’s hatred for Romeo is eventually the death of him. Tybalt’s temper and rage is shown in the quote, TYBALT: “Patience perforce with willful choler meeting Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting.
Tybalt Capulet, Juliet’s cousin, cares very strongly for his family’s reputation and upholds the family's hatred through violence. Shakespeare displays Tybalt as a volatile person in several scenes throughout Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt’s actions reveal his volatile personality and hint at his character to the audience. In Act 1, Scene 1, a fight breaks out between servants of the Montague and Capulet families and ropes in Benvolio and Tybalt.
As an example of this, Tybalt becomes visibly and verbally upset that Romeo, a Montague, has arrived at the Capulet party. In response to this intrusion, Tybalt tells his uncle,“Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe,/ A villain that is hither come in spite,/ To scorn at our solemnity this night” (1.5.60-62). Likewise, after being told to leave Romeo alone by his uncle, Lord Capulet, Tybalt vows for revenge against the young Montague. The “Prince of Cats” truly lives up to his nickname when he states,“Patience perforce with willful choler meeting/ Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting./
Romeo and Juliet is a well-known play written by William Shakespeare. Even though it is famous for being a love story, Shakespeare demonstrates that rebellion is closely tied together either it through the characters: Juliet, Romeo and Tybalt. By defying their families, authority and society's expectations, they set in motion the events in this tragedy. Romeo’s rebellion against society's expectations and his own family, the Montagues, is because of his love. His love of Rosaline is his first demonstration of defiance.
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.” (2.2.140-142) Throughout the tale of Romeo and Juliet, loyalty is shown in different ways. The theme of remaining loyal when things get tough can be seen throughout Romeo and Juliet, through Romeo finds out that Juliet is a Capulet and remaining loyal to her , Juliet remains loyal to Romeo when she found out that he killed her cousin Tybalt, and Mercutio defending Romeo against the insults of Tybalt .
Romeo is a Montague, the rival family to the Capulets. The hatred that would lead to his own death started with this grudge. Romeo didn’t do anything to hurt the Capulets, but Tybalt didn’t like his presence. Tybalt got angry at a party over nothing. Tybalt sent a letter to Romeo’s home challenging him to quarrel.
The prologue explains that the Montague and Capulet families have had a long lasting disagreement and it has been taken to a whole new level, where blood is being spilt on the streets of “fair Verona”. The feud between the families’ acts as a pressure cooker throughout the play and reinforces the majority of the character’s actions and events which take place. The family feud causes civil unrest in Verona and the city is consumed by it. Had there not been a dispute between the families, Juliet and Romeo would have no reason to hide their love and marriage. Similarly, Friar Lawrence would not have to contribute and devise a plan for the couple to escape.
Preciado 1 Lizeth Preciado Deborah Sidler Pre AP English 9: 2A February 18th, 2018 From the moment children are born, their actions begin to have an exponential effect on the lives of those around them. No action is free of consequences, and the decisions made throughout an individuals life can make or break the following course of events.
In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, the tragic doom of the star-crossed lovers was a result of the society norms they had to uphold and by the bad supporting system around them. The cause of the deaths came as a result of pressure put on both Romeo and Juliet to please their culture ruled society and marry within there, families, society forced Romeo to and Juliet to believe that their love was an act of betrayal rather than the possibility of bonding two feuding families with the power of true love. Throughout the play the friar’s hasty plans where minor acts that lead towards the brutal end of Romeo and Juliet. Furthermore, the betrayal of trust by the nurse towards Juliet was a mistake that could have made Romeo and Juliet’s death avoidable. The death of Romeo and
Tybalt illustrates passionate hate which makes him very impatient with the Montagues and leads to his own death and causes emotional distress to the Capulet family. Accordingly this can be seen when Romeo goes to the fest at the Capulets and Tybalt wants to kill him solely because he was present at the fest. This, by his voice, should be a Montague. — (to his PAGE) Fetch me my rapier, boy.