Nancy Orogun Miss Keeney English 9 Honors 9 May 2023 Tybalt’s Influence in Romeo and Juliet Seemingly small events can cause a chain of reactions that create meaningful impacts. People, things, and situations can all alter the course of one's life, even if they are only small interactions. This concept is known as the butterfly effect and can be seen in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet where small side characters like Tybalt have a significance that many overlook. Tybalt’s brief appearances in the play allow him to act as a plot catalyst, a symbol of the strife between the Capulets and the Montagues, and lastly, a foil to Benvolio. To begin it is important to realize that not only was Tybalt’s character used in multiple ways during his life, …show more content…
Tybalt’s burning need for what he thinks is justified revenge is needed for all the subsequent conflicts to occur. These conflicts, such as Romeo’s exile, then create such turmoil that Romeo would rather die than be without his lover, Juliet, which shows the passion and love the two of them share. This makes the unfortunate demise of the two main characters powerful thus creating the plot of the story. None of this would have happened without Tybalt’s death acting as the starting domino that set everything in motion. Another resulting conflict caused by Tybalt occurs when Juliet’s parents try to help her get over her sadness which they presume is about Tybalt’s death and plan a wedding to a friend of the Capulets, Paris. Juliet refuses to marry Paris igniting outrage in her father, who yells at Juliet saying, “I tell thee what-get thee to …show more content…
When Tybalt sees Romeo at a Capulet party he says, “Fetch me my rapier, boy… Now by the stock and honour of my kin, To strike him dead I hold it not a sin” (1.5.57-61). Romeo is at the Capulet’s party, but he hasn’t caused any trouble and has barely spoken a word since he entered, and yet Tybalt seems ready to fight him for just simply being. Tybalt claims that he must fight Romeo because he is duty-bound to do so to honor the Capulets which shows that this is a belief deeply imbedded into the minds of all Capulets. He then says that murdering a Montague in cold blood doesn’t make him guilty because all Montagues like Romeo deserve it. Tybalt’s quick temper and no remorse show just how deeply the hatred between the Montagues and Capulets truly stands. It shows that just the existence of the opposite family can cause fighting and further strife. Tybalt’s unprecedented hatred towards Romeo continues when he tells Romeo that “Thou art a villain” (3.1.60). Based on what is revealed in the play, Romeo and Tybalt have never talked or interacted face-to-face before this meeting with each other. However, despite this Tybalt has no problem calling Romeo a villain, even after Romeo claims he doesn’t want to fight him and instead loves him. Tybalt, like all Montagues and Capulets, automatically assumes that the opposite house is evil and instead of
Their ancient feuding was the result of Romeo’s banishment. The Capulet house had a resentment for the Montague house, which led Tybalt to act viciously towards Mercutio and Romeo. Romeo’s detestation for Tybalt after killing his best friend was immense. Since Romeo is a very round character and acts on his emotions without thinking, he killed Tybalt. If it had not been for the programmed hate for the Capulets since birth, Romeo would not have killed Tybalt and been banished.
Tybalt was the factor in Romeo and Juliet's death as he always had aggressive behavior toward the Montagues no matter what. Tybalt hated the Montagues and had no respect or remorse for them, such as he said, “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee” (1, 1, 56-57). This shows the animosity he had towards them. This then leads to the house party the Capulets host and Tybalt saw the Montagues gate-crashing the party.
Romeo and Juliet Tybalt's various traits and actions are responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet In the drama “Romeo and Juliet,“ by William Shakespeare. Tybalt is to blame for the lovers deaths due to his anger against Montagues and the death of Mercutio. If it were not for the malicious acts of Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet would not have not died. One reason why Tybalt is guilty for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is because he sends the letter to challenge Romeo to a duel and during the fight kills Mercutio and accident.
Tybalt is the one to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet deaths. Tybalt was the one responsible for their deaths. When he always find romeo he wants to fight him but romeo doesn't want to. Tybalt was the one who always wanted to fight with Romeo because Romeo went to the Capulet party to find his love, rosaline. Tybalt then says to his servant “This, boy, By his voice, is a montague.
The play is Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, and the theme of the play is the power of love. I have chosen the secondary character and Juliet's cousin Tybalt, and he influences the outcome of the story with his harsh and violent nature, ego, and hatred of Romeo's family. Tybalt is introduced as an angry, brash person and his persona helps greatly with the escalation to the eventual tragedy. His ego and loyalty to his family lead him to challenge Romeo to a swordfight, wherein Mercutio stepped in and ultimately sacrificed himself for Romeo to have the upper hand in the battle. It is argued that the tragedy happened consequently because of Tybalt's anger towards Romeo and his insult "thou art a villain" which in their time; was very
This plan goes horribly wrong and results in the death of both Romeo and his love, Juliet. If Tybalt had not insisted on fighting with Mercutio and Romeo, it would have saved Mercutio’s and his own life and ultimately everyone
Even early in the story, Tybalt seems to have inherited a knack
Their opposite behaviors add to the plot and development of both of their personalities, while also making it obvious that Romeo's lack of filial piety will contribute to his downfall. Additionally, the day following the party, Tybalt seeks out Romeo to duel him for crashing the Capulet party as a Montague. Tybalt has immense pride in his family name, and will not tolerate any disrespect, so he tells Romeo that "thou art a villain" (3.1.62). In response to this, Romeo tells Tybalt
Tybalt is one of the characters who should be held responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. As a Capulet, Tybalt has a burning hatred for Montagues. Tybalt’s hatred leads to multiple rash decisions which ultimately resulted in Romeo’s banishment. One of these decisions is Tybalt’s insistence on fighting Romeo. Tybalt “sent a letter to [Lord Montague]’s house,” (Shakespeare 104).
If Tybalt doesn’t instigate tensions, the families would feuding as much and Romeo would likely not have been banished and in turn Romeo and Juliet would not have killed themselves. A couple of days later, Tybalt caught Romeo at the Capulet party. Tybalt says,” It fits when such a villain is a guest./I’ll not endure him”(1.5.78-79). Tybalt is furious that Romeo is allowed to stay at the party and will want to kill him. Tybalt and his hate for Romeo and the Monatgues continued to boil over and put everyone at harm.
Romeo and Juliet is a well-known tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is about two star-crossed lovers who can not be in love because of their family’s hatred towards each other. Throughout the play, there were problems that the characters caused that lead up to Romeo and Juliet’s death. The main one to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death is Tybalt and this is why. Tybalt is the one to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death because of him being hot-headed, he got Romeo banished.
Tybalt, from the House of Capulet, was a primary cause leading towards the death of Romeo and Juliet. This is because
Though the Montagues try to make peace to cause no harm to the people around them and cause trouble Tybalt decides to say he hates peace and starts a fight. This shows how emotional Tybalt is and how he gets angry very easily, because the Montagues were not even trying to start any problems and Tybalt made the fight. Another example how angry and emotional Tybalt can get is when he tries to fight Romeo at the ball and quotes “ It Fits when such a villain is a guest, i’ll not endure him.” This shows that Tybalt’s anger overwhelms him very easily and automatically when he sees something he doesn’t like, because in the situation he was in Romeo was trying to have fun and not doing anything wrong Tybalt still tries to fight him because he’s a montague, even after Lord Capulet says himself to “leave Romeo alone and worry not of
Joseph Thomas Mrs.Ritter English 9 AA/ Hour 2 26 March 2017 In the tragedy story Romeo and Juliet, there are many characters who plays important roles in many bases of the story. One of this main character is Tybalt, a kinsman of the Capulet family and the cousin of the main protagonist, Juliet. He plays a prominent role in the play by being a fiery and red-blooded man who always looks for a fight to
Tybalt believes that Romeo attended the fest to mock and show disgrace to the Capulet and therefore wanted to kill Romeo. however, which in fact is not true as Romeo came to meet Rosaline and is known in the city to be a very nice man. Tybalt’s feeling about Romeo is not due to his actions but because of his passionate hate for Romeo as he is a Montague a family enemy. In addition, Tybalt Mercutio has great hate towards the Capulets and along with his short temper has caused his death and gotten Romeo banished from