Tybalt’s ineptitude to understanding the boundaries of what degree he can express his anger result in his immediate downfall. Tybalt first demonstrates an excessive amount of violence when he encounters Mercutio. Out on a public street, Tybalt and Mercutio confront each other and spark an argument, in which Tybalt remarks, “Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries/ That thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw” (3.1.63-64). This quote clearly supports the fact that Tybalt’s tolerance towards others only last for a short period of time, before he feels the urge to challenge that person to a duel. Tybalt exclaims that injuries are no excuse, showing that he can’t differentiate between insulting, as Mercutio was doing, and posing violent
The line “What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, coward!” (Shakespeare, page 12) creates a mental picture of Tybalt as a very hateful person. He lets his hate and aggression overpower his common sense, as shown in this line from the Capulet’s Party scene:
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.”
Had Mercutio unintentionally set Tybalt off, it would be easier to place blame elsewhere. However, Mercutio made many attempts to start a fight. When Tybalt asked to have a word with someone, Mercutio’s response was “And but one word with one of us? Couple it with something. Make it a word and a blow,” (Shakespeare 117). Granted, Tybalt didn’t have good intentions, but he made no snide remarks that would call for a response such as the one Mercutio offered up. Without provocation, Mercutio made comments that he knew could start a fight. When Tybalt did not fight him after that, Mercutio continued to provoke him by saying, “Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the ears? Make haste, lest mine be about your ears ere it be out,” (Shakespeare 121). For no reason other than the fact that Tybalt is a Capulet, Mercutio threatens him. He told Tybalt that he must pull out his sword and fight if he doesn’t want to be an easy target. By continuously provoking it, Mercutio is responsible for the fight that caused his
Almost directly after Benvolio put a stop to the fighting, Tybalt replied with, “What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word, / As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. / Have at thee coward!” (1.1, 60-63). Tybalt distinctly states that he despises peace, something that Benvolio holds very dear. And directly after he mentions this, he continues with stating all of the other things he despises and then commands Benvolio to fight him. Tybalt is constantly out looking for an argument, and any excuse he can find to use his sword. Although Tybalt’s constant anger can be a bit unsettling, it is extremely crucial in this tragedy, as is Benvolio’s tranquil
Tybalt killed Mercutio; this also lead to his own death. In act III scene 1, Tybalt and Mercutio fight and Mercutio gets killed. Tybalt hates Romeo, saying “Romeo, the
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
So do we ever see actual, true hate? I'd say yes, once. It falls right after the aforementioned non-fearful anger. Where we are, Mercutio is dead, Tybalt ran away, and Romeo is afraid of being alone in the world without Mercutio. Wouldn't it be a shame if Tybalt showed up to turn that fear angry? But doesn't hate require love to be present? I would argue that Romeo loves Mercutio immensely. Just, filial love. So now Tybalt is here, guilty of Mercutio’s death, and we have an angry, scared Romeo, who happens to have just lost love. So Romeo turns hateful, so hateful, he is able to quickly best Tybalt, and kill
Over the last week alone, if this grudge had not existed: Tybalt wouldn’t have killed Mercutio,
Tybalt and Bernardo have different attitudes, Tybalt’s attitude is daring and always starts the fight first between the two families. For example in Act 3, Scene 1, when Tybalt saw the Mercutio and Benvolio, he began to laugh and call them names. Tybalt even decided to physically taunt Mercutio and went up and splashed water on him. On the other side, Bernardo did not look for ...
The classic revenge tragedy is thus quite a simple affair: there is an offence, and it is followed in a fairly mechanical manner by revenge, preferably bloody and protracted. However, as Delville and Michel (1998) point out, this structure is undermined by Shakespeare in the person of Hamlet. Unlike even Shakespeare’s own creations, Brutus, Macbeth, and Othello, Hamlet is unpredictable. In an earlier version of the play, referred to as the Ur-Hamlet, and attributed to Thomas Kyd, the only reason for...
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 led to the death of Mercutio.
Yet he lacks the rationality that others have, this is demonstrated in an incident when he finds pleasure in physically kicking Gramm to get a reaction from him. He would do anything to get any kind of response and attention from Gramm, because he interprets it as better than not talking to him at all. Even a form of violence allowed him to feel something, because he was so used to being in emotional pain he found comfort in physical pain. He says, “I sensed the amazement in him at what he was about to do, the sheer pleasure of an excuse for rage”(55). The fact that he finds pleasure in Gramm’s rage, describes his character as unstable because he cannot differentiate between what is right and what is
Seething with anger, before Tybalt decides to slay Romeo, Lord Capulet confronts Tybalt and tells him that there’s no need to ruin the festivities for a fight. Disgusted by his weakness, Tybalt angrily hissed back to the Lord, “It fits when such a villain is a guest. I’ll not endure him!” (1.2.75-76), and leaves the party in frustration. Tybalt only understands that if he slew any Montague that steps his path, he’ll be content with killing all them off instead of letting the Lord Capulet’s weakness get in the way about being hostile towards his enemies. With this intention in his mind, being a violent and headstrong man, Tybalt has to restrain himself and then loses the opportunity to slay Romeo. Therefore, he’s angry and will not rest until Romeo is slain. Thus, Tybalt’s motivation shown that, in order to quell the pain and suffering the Capulet’s has suffered, he’ll end the feud between the two families and would not stop until the deed has been
While the actual personality traits and each character’s motivations add more depth to Shakespeare’s overall belief, the language each character incorporates contributes more highly to the conviction – revenge causes one to act blindly in anger. By analyzing Hamlet’s use of language throughout the play, one can tell Hamlet is keen on avenging his father, but no heart or effort is put into the action. Speaking in disgust with himself, Hamlet says “That I, the son of a dear father murder'd, / Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, / Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words, “ (2.2.584-586). Hamlet uses simile to compare himself to a coward and state that he has no...
“And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?” (3, 1, 59). In The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Antonio, a Christian, and Shylock, a Jew, hate each other and both are given opportunities to use the law to exact revenge. While Shylock pursues revenge, Antonio demonstrates his capability of mercy. Through their contrasting actions in the court, Shakespeare shows that hatred and the pursuit of revenge lead to one’s defeat.