Tybalt instigates Romeo when he said, “Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villain” (3.1.31-32). Tybalt is insulting Romeo by calling him a villain, thus adding more tension to the situation. By doing so, this made Romeo more willing to fight. Romeo tried to avoid the fight more than once. Tybalt was determined to fight someone, which is supported by the fact that he went through with fighting Mercutio even after Romeo rejected the initial altercation.
In the first place, Tybalt never liked Romeo because he was a Montague. The family rivalry had already caused problems between Romeo and Tybalt. Tybalt says to Romeo, “Romeo, such is my regard for you that I can say no more than this: you are a villain” (Shakespeare 3.1. 135). Tybalt ultimately says this to Romeo to start a fight with him. At that moment, Romeo did not want to fight, which caused Mercutio to get involved.
In the tragic play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Mercutio and Tybalt have an argument which leads up to a fight to the death but they both end up dying. Even though some may believe it’s Mercutio’s fault for the deaths, I believe that it’s Tybalt’s fault for both of the deaths. I believe that Tybalt is responsible for both his own and Mercutio’s death because he is hot-headed and opinionated when it comes to listening to other people One of the Reasons Tybalt is to blame for both of the deaths is because of his careless action choice. After talking to Mercutio, Tybalt was furious and wanted to fight him “(Draws his sword)”
Heshv Prajapati Mrs.Hedrick English I 9 February 2023 The Role of Tybalt in the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet's Mercutio's Death In “The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet”, by William Shakespear in Act 3, Scene 1, it was Tybalt who was responsible for Mercutio’s death. Tybalt is to blame for Mercutio’s death because Tybalt is the one who stabs Mercutio with his rapier.
He can tell that Tybalt is in a bad mood, but provokes him anyway by hinting that there is something going on that Tybalt does not know about. Tybalt gets mad and a fight starts during which Romeo’s friend Mercutio dies. Romeo wants to avenge his friend and decides that “[Tybalt] or [himself], or both, must go with [Mercutio],” (III, i, 127). He begins a fight and kills Tybalt. This angers the Prince who punishes Romeo by banishing him.
Second, Romeo would be considered as a tragic hero because he has suffered a reversal of fortune of high level. Referred to pg.265. “ Put this in any liquid thing you will, and drink it off; and, if you had the strength of twenty men, it would dispatch you straight”. Here we see Romeo purchasing a toxic substance from an Apothecary for himself at the “misfortune” of his beloved Juliet. The quote is an example of a reversal of fortune because in the start of his relationship with Juliet he is happy, irrational, and a love drunk teenager with everything to lose.
In Act 3, Tybalt seeks to kill Romeo, but Romeo won’t fight. Instead, Mercutio and Tybalt fight which ends in the death of Mercutio. This event upsets Romeo. He says, “Alive in triumph—and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, and fire-eyed fury be my conduct now.
He wants to fight, but Romeo is not budging, for he does not want to harm Juliet’s cousin. So instead of Romeo fighting Tybalt, Mercutio fights Tybalt because Romeo will not fight for himself. Romeo steps between them and tries to stop the duel, but Tybalt manages to stab Mercutio underneath Romeo’s
If you were challenged to a duel by you cousin what would you do? Well Romeo felt this when Tybalt Romeo’s new hateful, bold, and demanding cousin challenged him to a duel. Tybalt Juliet's cousin from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is all and more of these words used to describe him. And Tybalt is a hateful, bold, and demanding character that love nothing more than to see Romeo killed. Tybalt is an insanely hateful character especially towards Romeo and his household.
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt is responsible for his own death because he has a history of killing, he has an attitude that instigates on problems, and he has grudges against Romeo. Tybalt is at fault for his own death because he has killed other people before. Romeo exclaims to Tybalt, after Tybalt killed Mercutio, “He’s alive and victorious, and Mercutio’s dead?” (3.1.84). In this quote, Romeo is wailing that a great person was just killed by Tybalt.
In act three, Tybalt challenges Romeo. Romeo simply brushed it off, seeing as they were now considered in-laws. However, Tybalt didn’t know of Romeo and Juliet’s marriage. Mercutio gets angry at Tybalt for degrading Romeo. He’s also mad at Romeo for rejecting the opportunity to fight and ends up taking his place.
The decision of Tybalt killing Mercutio was a vicious decision that ultimately led to his own death. Tybalt was looking for a fight with Romeo, when Romeo did not want to fight, Mercutio stepped in to help fight Tybalt. After Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo wants revenge. Romeo is frustrated and desperate and tells Mercutio, “Now Tybalt, take the ‘villain’ back again, that late thou gavest me: for Mercutio’s soul.” (3.1.122-123) Tybalt’s cruel decision to kill Mercutio was the thing that led to Romeo to kill Tybalt.
Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel and he declines the challenge and insists that he won’t fight Tybalt. Mercutio is angered by Romeo’s “cowardice” and takes on Tybalt himself. Romeo wants Mercutio to stop fighting Tybalt so he decides that it’d be a good idea to block his arm in mid combat and Tybalt stabs Mercutio from under Romeo’s arm and Mercutio falls dead after rambling about plagues and a pun or two. Romeo doesn’t realize that it is his own fault that Mercutio died after Mercutio even blamed his wound on him. Romeo lets his emotions decide his actions and becomes enraged and ignores that Tybalt is now his family and fails to see that he was the reason Mercutio was killed.
When Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio were in town, Tybalt showed up. Tybalt still wanted to duel Romeo as revenge for showing up to the Capulets’ party. Tybalt makes it very clear he wants to fight Romeo, but Romeo refuses. He says “Tybalt, the reason I have to love thee/ Doth much excuse the appertaining rage”(3.1.49-50).
Tybalt tells Romeo to fight him, but since Romeo is now married to Juliet, he says that he can’t. To this, Mercutio responds with,“O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!”(3.1.74), and then proceeds to fight Tybalt on Romeo’s behalf in defense of the Montague name. It’s clear through Mercutio’s rage felt diction towards Romeo such as “dishonorable” and “vile” that he believes Romeo’s efforts to make peace are acts of betrayal to his own family. Because of Mercutio’s brash actions in the act of defending his family’s honor, he ends up being injured and killed by Tybalt, all because he felt so much hate that he couldn’t stand down like Romeo had. Mercutio’s death made Romeo blindly angry to the point where he killed Tybalt, who was technically a part of his family.
