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Analysis of the story Romeo and Juliet
Analysis of the story Romeo and Juliet
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1 Joshua BaileyEnglishMarch 2, 2018Tybalt Character AnalysisRomeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare in 1597, is a highly influential play about the two characters falling into a forbidden love with one another, and how their strong desire to be together eventually led to their deaths. The character I will analyze is Tybalt, Juliet’squick-tempered first cousin, the main antagonist, Mercutio's killer, and Romeo’s rival. The way that Tybalt affected the outcome of the play, is by killing Mercutio in a sword fight, enraged by his death, Romeo fought Tybalt and killed him. That act eventually led to Romeo and Juliet’s demise. Romeo’s death was a suicide, after Juliet's supposed death, he went to Juliet’s tomb to see her one last time before committing …show more content…
suicide.
Juliet’s death was also a suicide, she was being forced to marry someone whom she did not love, so she drank a potion that would make her appear dead for a while. While she was in the tomb after her funeral, she woke up to find Romeo dead next to her, she drunk the poison he had and died from it.Tybalt was angry that Romeo came to the Capulet's ball uninvited, and he wanted to kill him right then, but his uncle, Lord Capulet, wouldn’t let him do so. So Tybalt sends Romeo a letter to his home challenging him to a dual, but Romeo rejects the offer, angering Tybalt further.At the beginning of Act 3, scene 1, Tybalt is looking for Romeo, but as he is doing so, Mercutio (Romeo’s friend) starts to taunt Tybalt, enraging him, the two start to dual. Romeo tries to break it up, but Tybalt impales Mercutio with his sword killing him, this leads to the dual in which Romeo kills Tybalt after this fight Romeo is exiled by Prince Escalus. If Tybalt didn’t kill Mercutio and provoke Romeo, Romeo wouldn’t have fought Tybalt, killing him, and becoming
exiled. As you can see Tybalt’s actions led to the cascade of events that eventually leads to first, Juliet’s death, and then Romeo’s.Juliet’s death might not have been at the hands of Tybalt but his actions had an adverse effect on her. After the death of Tybalt and Romeo’s exile, Juliet was being forced to marry someone else, and she loathed at the very thought of it, that led her to seek out a potion so she could fake her death. Later in Act 5, scene 3, Romeo enters the tomb and sees Juliet unconscious body lying in it, he kisses her one last time and then he drinks the poison he had with him. Juliet then wakes up to find Romeo dead beside her, heartbroken by the sight, she kisses Romeo’s lips hoping to die from the poison that he took, she fails. So instead she takes Romeo’s dagger and says “O happy dagger, this is thy sheath...” and stabs herself and dies. All of this happened because of Tybalt’s anger and lust for revenge upon Romeo, things would have turned out differently if Tybalt didn’t want to kill Romeo. Tybalt was the root cause of everything leading up to the end of the play. Tybalt was a necessary part of the overall theme of the play, without him, there would have probably been a happy ending. He killed Mercutio, and he fought Romeo, if not for those actions Romeo would not have been exiled, thus meaning Juliet wouldn’t have had a reason to fake her death, and that would’ve Juliet affected the whole outcome of the play.
Thought the play, these lovers go through many obstacles that range from arranging a wedding and finding a time to meet to Juliet trying to get out of marrying Paris. The entire time fate is tossing them around. Romeo realizes this after he kills Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, in a brawl. At first, Romeo does not want to fight because Romeo and Juliet are already married at this time and he knows that they are cousins. Tybalt asks for a brawl from Romeo but Mercutio fights instead. Mercutio gets killed by Tybalt and that is what makes Romeo mad and fight Tybalt.
Tybalt caused this death by getting mad and taking revenge on Romeo. When he took revenge on Romeo, it meant he also, displayed immaturity to his faithful cousin, Juliet. Tybalt and Juliet grew up together. They had a close relationship. Tybalt took that away from them. The fact of the matter is, you shouldn’t be messing with love and happiness. Both Romeo and Juliet had that, and it was not to be punctured. Tybalt punctured
Romeo senses tensions are high with Tybalt, so he states, “I do protest I never injured thee but love thee better than thou canst devise.” (Lines 65-66 Act Three, Scene One). Romeo is trying to diffuse the situation because he realizes that Tybalt is his love's cousin. Mercutio is surprised by Romeo’s behavior, so he decides to fight Tybalt himself. Mercutio’s decision to fight Tybalt leads to his own death. Romeo is angered by the death of Mercutio and states, “Now, Tybalt, take the “villain" back again/ That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio’s soul.” (Lines 123-124 of Act Three, Scene One). Romeo is indicating that Tybalt is the villain now, because he slayed Mercutio. Romeo forgets about his attempt to befriend the Capulets and slays Tybalt. Romeo, murderer of Tybalt, solely focuses on Juliet and states “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say “death"/For exile hath more terror in his look.” (Lines 12-13 of Act Three, Scene Three). Romeo does not care about Tybalt’s life, but only cares for the way it affects his relationship with Juliet. Romeo’s mother dies out of grief because of his banishment. Romeo’s recklessness in loving Juliet has led to the death of three
Mercutio can be blamed for Romeo and Juliet’s peril because he initiated the fight with Tybalt and forced Romeo to go to the Capulet’s party. At the beginning of the play, Romeo gets invited to the Capulet’s party by a servant, unless he was a Montague. At first, Romeo did not want to go, but Mercutio eventually convinced him under the pretext that Rosaline, Romeo’s love, was going to be there. The next day, Tybalt, a Capulet, went looking for Romeo because he knew that Romeo was at the Capulet party. Instead, he stumbled upon Mercutio and Benvolio and asked them where he could find Romeo. However, Mercutio did not want to tell him and insisted on having a duel. Tybalt killed Mercutio during the fight, and Romeo kills Tybalt because he has the need to avenge his friend. Unfortunately, Prince Escalus punished Romeo by banishing him from Verona. This made Romeo and Juliet’s love
When the play begins, Romeo is heartbroken over Rosaline, but then he meets Juliet and after only hours he proposes marriage to her. The way that Romeo so quickly and full-heartedly falls in love shows how emotional he is, but also portrays his impulsivity which in this case is driven by his love of love, not necessarily his love of Juliet. After witnessing, his best friend, Mercutio’s death he is furious and his emotions take over. He proposes a duel to his best friend’s killer, Tybalt. Without regard for consequences, Romeo kills Tybalt in an emotional
Romeo fights and kills Tybalt just because Tybalt slays Mercutio, despite knowing the consequence of fighting -death- he still takes it upon himself as a way to seek repentance for Mercutio’s death. He is able to restrain himself before the death of Mercutio but after his death Romeo falls to his impulsiveness and fights Tybalt. After killing Tybalt and getting banishment instead of a death sentence, Romeo refuses to look on the bright side and goes to Friar Lawrence where he says “Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say ‘death’.” (Act 3, Scene 3 line 12), this shows that he deems life without Juliet life not worth living. He then continues weep then decides to take his own life, the Friar stopped him but had Romeo stopped being so quick to make decisions he would have realised banishment is much better than death and would be rejoicing instead of weeping. Romeo hears about Juliet's “death” from his servant Balthasar he instantly decides to kill himself, he doesn't mourn his loss or even cry, he simply buys poison, rides to Verona and kills himself. Had he spoken to anyone and taken any advice he would realize that suicide is not the answer but he had his mind made in a minute, he wanted to be dead with his wife. Romeo impulsiveness to make decisions is a very important characteristic for him to have and for the rest of the
Tybalt is a Capulet and very passionate about hating the Montagues. In Act 1 Scene 5 when Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio sneak into Capulet’s party, Tybalt recognizes Romeo and begs Lord Capulet to kick him out. “Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe, / A villain that is hither come in spite / To scorn at our solemnity this night” (1. v. 69-71). Later, Tybalt sees Romeo on the street and tries to fight him, convinced that Romeo has done something to him. Romeo doesn’t want to fight, and Mercutio steps in. Benvolio and Romeo try to stop them, but Mercutio gets fatally wounded. Tybalt’s devotion to his family ended up killing Mercutio, and Tybalt himself later ends up dead because of
As already shown, both Romeo and Juliet are horrified to discover that they were family enemies. Despite of this, they both choose to devote their love for eachother. Given this point, it is unrequited love that brings Romeo and Juliet together. But this also means that they would have to get over the fact that their families hate each other. This eventually leads them to forgiving the rival family for all the hateful acts that have occurred against one another. This is not the only forgiveness that is experienced in this play. Tybalt is a Montague with a fiery attitude. After catching Romeo at a party he was not supposed to be at, Tybalt had it out for Romeo. Just after Romeo and Juliet’s wedding, Tybalt comes looking for him wanting to fight. Romeo does not want to fight because he now loves Tybalt since he is family to him, but neither Tybalt or anyone else knows this reason. Quickly Mercutio steps in and tells Tybalt that he will fight him in honour of Romeo. Sadly this leads to the death of Mercutio. Romeo is angry and in need of revenge, which creates an intense fight between Tybalt and Romeo. Romeo wins this battle, killing Tybalt. He leaves in a hurry, only to discover that he would be banished from Verona. The death of Tybalt is absolutely devastating to Juliet. Her cousin was murdered by her husband. But she did not hesitate to forgive Romeo, she did so right away. She knew that Romeo had a reason for this incident and decides to
“What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, coward!” This is a very telling line from Tybalt, a character from Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s highly acclaimed Romantic Tragedy. Tybalt Capulet, ‘Prince of Cats’ (the cousin of Juliet) is violent young man, and acts as the foil, or opposite, of Benvolio. Tybalt has many negative attributes, like arrogance and aggressiveness, but perhaps the cause for this is the fact that loyalty and bravery are two of his strongest traits, and combined with the harsh environment of war, bloodshed and inter-family feud that he was brought up in, it was perhaps inevitable for Tybalt to turn into the most hateful and despised antagonist of this iconic
In Act 3, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is upset at Mercutio's death and predicts that the “days black fate on more days doth depend.” Tybalt then re-enters and Romeo becomes more upset that Tybalt is proud with Mercutio being dead. Tybalt responds as expected and threatens Romeo. Romeo takes the threat, then fights Tybalt until Tybalt is finally killed. while many people may say that Romeo's sadness caused him to kill Tybalt, there is no evidence that fate had anything to do with it. Leaving was a choice that Romeo had, and would most likely have spared Tybalt's life and the penalty of his own death.
In the Tragedy Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare, the party scene in Act One, Scene 5, describes Tybalt to be wearing a devil costume; symbolising that Tybalt is an antagonist, committing sin, alike the devil. In the scene, Tybalt spots Romeo at the Capulet party. Fumed by anger, Tybalt searches for Capulet to have Romeo removed. However, when Tybalt raises awareness of Romeo's presence to Capulet, it backfires and gets himself in trouble. Capulet then slaps Tybalt for his exhibitionistic act, and embarrassing himself in front of the guests. When Tybalt gets slapped, the fire inside of him is further fueled and his anger progresses to a new stage. The Devil’s horns worn on Tybalt’s head express the fire and anger inside of him. The anger
The flaws of Romeo and Juliet resulted in a setup for not only their own death, but the death of others. & nbsp; One of the deaths caused by the relationship between Romeo and Juliet is the death of Mercutio. Mercutio is kinsman to the prince and good friends with Romeo. As Romeo enters onto the stage, Tybalt starts to speak about his love for Romeo. Tybalt says to Romeo as he enters, "Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford/No better term than this: thou art a villain. "(III.i.59-60).
In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Tybalt is shown to be aggressive, sophisticated, and hazardous. Tybalt is aggressive because he immediately wants to kill Romeo when he sees him at the party. :This by voice should be a Montague, Fetch me my rapier boy” (I.5.54-55). This shows how aggressive Tybalt is to kill Romeo when he barely sees gimm, Tybalt urges the servant to get his rapier to kill Romeo for showing up uninvited at the Capulet party. Tybalt is shown to be sophisticated as he doesn’t listen to Lord Capulet. “You will set cock-a-hoop. You’ll be the man! Why uncle, tis a shame” (I.5.81-82). It shows that Tybalt is hard to convince to obey something. He seems to have a provincial mind and a gadfly for Lord Capulet who wants
Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, rallies up a fight with Romeo’s good friend, Mercutio. Romeo, not wanting to fight considering his love affair with Juliet, tries to break up the fight. His attempt to break up the fight is unsuccessful. The fight between Tybalt and Mercutio ends up in the death of Mercutio. As Mercutio lies dying, he shouts "A plague o ' both your houses!" (Act 3, Scene 1) This quote also foreshadows the upcoming deaths of Romeo and Juliet and the pain it will inflict on their families. After Mercutio’s fateful death, Romeo is blindsided with anger and attacks and kills Tybalt. Once, Romeo has realized what he has done, he claims “Oh, I am fortune 's fool!” (Act 3, Scene 1). This fight between Mercutio and Tybalt led to the death of them both, which led to Romeo being banished from Verona, leaving Juliet heartbroken. “O God! Did Romeo 's hand shed Tybalt 's blood?” (Act 3, Scene 2) is a quote said by Juliet, showing how distraught is over this situation. This leaves Juliet visibility upset and her parents notice this sadness of hers. Her parents end up promoting up the idea that to cheer Juliet up, they arrange a marriage to her suitor, Paris, to come earlier than expected. To her parent’s disappointment, Juliet dislikes this idea. To avoid this marriage from happening, Juliet goes to her local Friar, Friar Lawrence and the two develop a plan to stop this
Tybalt was a adversary of Romeo and had the drift to kill him. His spleen of the situation is Romeo trying to love his coz Juliet. He approached Romeo and Mercutio looking for a fight. Tybalt and Mercutio ended up fighting and Tybalt killed Mercutio, because Tybalt did this, he deserved the death penalty for his transgression. Romeo then took revenge and killed him (3.1.70). This is a legal issue because Tybalt was going to be treated to the death penalty anyway so Romeo killing him was just like giving him the death penalty. This death is a lot different than the others because his was a legal issue and he deserved to die, the other deaths in the play like Romeo, Juliet and Mercutio decided to die for a family member that they love.