The Significance of Tybalt’s Role in the Play Romeo and Juliet
In this essay, I will be discussing the role of Tybalt in Shakespeare
play Romeo and Juliet
to see whether he is a catalyst for tragedy. I intend to look at the
significance of Tybalt's
involvement in the events leading up to the suicides of the star
crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet.
By looking at this, I will be able to answer the final part of my
question of whether Tybalt is a
catalyst for tragedy. A catalyst is a substance that speeds up a
chemical reaction, in the case the
substance is Tybalt and the reaction is the tragedy. On its own the
catalyst couldn’t cause all the
tragedy in the play but without it there would be no tragedy and no
story. A tragedy in a play or
film should include the progression to happiness to the downfall of
someone, where they express
all there sentiment and fears. This is relevant to the play of Romeo
and Juliet as when Romeo
kills Tybalt he realises his downfall and expresses his emotions and
fears.
Tybalt's entrance in the play gives the audience a clear and lasting
impression this is shown below
In his opening lines.
“ What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?
Turn thee Benvolio, look upon my death” Act 1 Scene 1 lines57,
58.
Tybalt after only moments of entering the scene he mocks Benvolio for
trying to stop the
fight referring to him as a female dear on the pun or ‘hart’.
Immediately we see that he is a
petulant character and is contemptuous toward Benvolio when he says:
“ What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word
As I hate he...
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He lack of respect lead to his death as his was unable to keep the
piece and resist temptation to
seek his revenge.
Although it nice to be proud of your family Tybalt took it too far and
in my opinion he is
a catalyst for tragedy but like earlier when I highlighted in Act3
Scene1 that it was not just Tybalt
who caused the death of Mercutio I believe the death for the two star
crossed lovers was helped
along by the following character Romeo as he killed Tybalt which lead
to him commenting
suicide., Juliet for not telling her farther of her marriage to Romeo
and also Mercutio who
provoked Tybalt but these three character should not take the main
fault as there parts were
minor compared to that of Tybalt the catalyst for tragedy in
Shakespeare play of Romeo and
Juliet.
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
Tybalt can be considered one of the most aggressive characters in the play. For example, in A1S1L66 Tybalt says "Turn thee... Look upon thy death." Benvolio then explains how there is no reason to fight and says them both should go to peace. Tybalt responds with: "Talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate the word
Tybalt is related to Juliet, and is naturally a character foil to a relative of Romeo named Benvolio. Tybalt contains a quick temper, and makes a multitude of rash decisions. Tybalt also responds to disrespect with violence, and without much consideration. Benvolio’s name rings true to word that sounds similar:
When asked by Benvolio to make peace in the streets, Tybalt bluntly responds,” talk of peace, I hate the word. As I hate hell all Montagues.” This is the attitude of Tybalt throughout the play. He believes he is doing all for the best and uses violence as his tool. He gets angry at the ball with Romeo being there, “villain as a guest,” and believes it best to defend his family’s honor by later taking revenge. When Tybalt finds Romeo, he thinks it best to fight him and when he ends up killing Mercutio he believes he has done his duty by causing Romeo the same hurt he has brought Tybalt, “the injuries that thou hast done me.”
Tybalt is like many other young men his age and is immature. This can be seen in almost every action he makes. One can see his immaturity when he makes impulsive decisions, like when he wrote a letter to Romeo challenging him to a duel. Another immature thing that he does is when he sees a Montague, he automatically sees him/her as a evil villain because of the ancient feud. Tybalt states, “Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe,/ A villain that is hither come in spite/ To scorn at our solemnity this night.” (1.5.69-71). He sees Romeo when at the party and instantly abandons any sense maturity or reason and assumes that that man is a villian, not knowing who he is or having any knowledge about him other than his name. His childish behavior can be seen through out
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.
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...d rising aggression leads him to fight his new, unknown cousin, Romeo. Consequently, Tybalt plants his own seed of fate with his aggression. Due to self-defense, Romeo kills Tybalt and then gets banished for his actions by the Prince. This marks the beginning of the end for Romeo and Juliet’s love. It presents the biggest challenge for the star-crossed lovers because it is their separation, and due to the strong love they are too young to handle, they self- destruct, both committing suicide. Romeo’s mother, Lady Montague, is also an innocent victim of this fight because she too dies due to the banishment of her son. Tybalt’s weakness and need to start a fight directly changes the outcome of the play.
Accidentally, incidentally, unintentionally, intentionally; no one ever really knows, but we are for certain one thing: “the heart isits own fate.” For Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, two star-crossed lovers in Shakespeare’s masterpiece play ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ this holds especially true. Romeo and Juliet’s “misadventure piteous overthrow” is fueled by their love for each other and their determination to be together, no matter what. Romeo and Juliet’s love with stands the hate surrounding them. Thus, fate is undoubtedly the most responsible influence for the two young lovers’ heartbreaking tragedy.
In Act One of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, we meet Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt. Right away, we get an idea of who these characters are and what kind of role they will play throughout the story. Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt share many distinctive characteristics and personalities in the story. We learn that Romeo is the romantic and handsome son of the Montagues. In the beginning of the story, he was depressed, but his mood quickly changed as the story went on. We also learn that Mercutio is Romeo’s closest and good friend who tries to make Romeo forget about his first love, Rosaline. He is a great entertainer and he’s very sarcastic too. Instantly, we learn that Tybalt is a Capulet and Juliet’s cousin. He is very hot-headed, aggressive, and violent. He loathes the Montagues very much. Finally, in Act One of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, we meet three characters, Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt and we directly get an idea of what the characters are like.
The Character Of Romeo Montague in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Romeo is one of the main characters in Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” and is portrayed as a tragic figure, who is guided by his destiny. Shakespeare initially introduces Romeo to be a romantic sentimentalist, who is over-obsessed with his own emotions. Romeo, however, loses these personality traits towards the end of the play, and becomes more mature after falling deeply in love with Juliet. His love for her is strong and over-whelming, and Shakespeare vividly represents this by dramatic visual moments throughout the play, culminating in the tragic climax of Romeo’s suicide, to join with his Juliet in death. Shakespeare introduces the audience to Romeo, a son of Lord Montague, whos House is involved in an ancient feud with the House of Capulet.
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
of his life; his life being the ship on which he talks about the sail.
says that if he were to, “strike him dead I hold it not a sin”. In