Tybalt In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

“This by his voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy. What dares the slave” ( I.v.line 52-54). “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare is a tragedy that occurs to innocent characters who have not done anything wrong. In the play, the character that strongly opposes Romeo and the Montagues is Tybalt. Tybalt is Mr. Capulet’s nephew and Juliet’s older cousin. Tybalt plays an important role in Romeo and Juliet because of his aggressive, cocky, and self-centered personality leads to many catastrophes in the play. As a matter of fact, Tybalt is considered an aggressive character due to his words and actions. Specifically speaking, Tybalt’s aggressiveness towards Romeo and his family is solely due to the fact that they are Montagues, no more or no less. For example, this is shown when Tybalt says “To fleer and corn at our solemnity? Now, by the stock and honor of my kin, to strike him dead I hold it not a sin”. This occurred when Romeo showed up at the Capulet’s party dressed as a torchbearer. Tybalt wanted to interrupt the feast and turn the jocund mood to resentment just so he can kill Romeo for crashing the party. In addition to this, Tybalt is also considered as aggressive because he doesn’t want peace between the two noble families. For instance, “What, drawn and talk of peace? I

Finally, Tybalt is a self-centered character because he is willing to jeopardize the merry mood at the party so that he can battle Romeo for crashing the Capulet’s feast. This is conveyed when Tybalt calls his page to fetch him his rapier (a type of sword). “To strike him dead I hold it not a sin”. Moreover, Tybalt is considered self-centered because he decides whether it is a sin or not to take someone’s life for an unnecessary event such as crashing a party. The quote written above proves the point that Tybalt is a self-centered character that doesn’t care about the shame he could bring to his family by being extremely selfish and