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Catastrophe In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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A catastrophe happened in fair Verona today, after the house party hosted by Lord Capulet, Tybalt Capulet was unfortunately killed by Lord Montague’s son, Romeo Montague. Upon hearing this unfortunate news, the Prince of Verona has decided to banish Romeo from Verona and to be never return back to Verona again, if he is seen walking on the land of Verona he will be immediately be slaughtered to death. It is said that the cause of this incident was because Tybalt Capulet had a previous fight involving Mercutio Romeo’s closest friend, which ended with Tybalt murdering Mercutio, hence Romeo and Tybalt’s fight, which concluded Tybalt’s death. We hope both rival families are doing well despite the death of a family member and the banishment of
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Mercutio’s death takes place in the middle of the street in Verona, for the foolish reason that him and Tybalt are descendents of different families. The disheartening end to Mercutio’s life does not come without consequences, however, because not soon after, Tybalt is murdered by Romeo as vengeance. These deaths do not go unnoticed, especially by the prince, who is entirely fed up with the Capulets and the Montagues childlike behavior. Which becomes obvious when the prince exclaims his fury by saying, “Where be these enemies?

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He, assisted by Mercutio, was the spark that set the Montagues and Capulets completely against each other. During the party, Tybalt’s uncle was aware that a Montague was at his party, but he didn’t mind; only Tybalt was bothered. Later, when Tybalt kills Mercutio, it sets Romeo into a fit of rage, resulting in Tybalt’s death. Romeo takes all the blame for both deaths since Tybalt is slain, causing a chain reaction that forced the Montagues and the Capulets into a seething battle. Tybalt’s own death was the beginning of serious conflict between the two families which subsequently caused more deaths to follow.

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In this story it is found that Tybalt was the cause of Romeo being banished. Tybalt’s intense anger issues caused him to hold an unnecessary grudge towards Romeo. Although Romeo did nothing wrong Tybalt felt that he shouldn’t have attended a Capulet party. If Romeo had not have attended the party Tybalt would not have killed Mercutio. The terrible chain reaction he caused would have never happened.

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Turn thee Benvolio, look upon your death” (Act 1, Scene 1). Evidently, the heinous attitudes of Tybalt conveys the hatred between both Montague and Capulet families as he despises the Montague’s. Furthermore, due to this hatred Tybalt had for Rome, he killed Romeo’s dear friend, Mercutio in Act 3 scene 1 which consequently lead to Romoes outrage of killing Tybalt. If it weren’t for Tybalts pure vexation towards Romeo, he would not be consequential for banishment. Due to his fiery nature, he becomes the catalyst for the insurance of tragic events.

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The death of both Mercutio and Tybalt resulted in the two clans reigniting their anger, eradicating any opportunity for peace. Tybalt’s fury leads to his avoidable death and Romeo’s banishment. Tybalt’s actions evoke the following events that cause the bitter end of Romeo and

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It is not known what started the feuding fights, but both Montague and Capulets have been threatened their life if they disrupt the society yet again. The hatred between families was obvious and known of throughout Verona, “My only love, sprang from my only hate” yet another extract of what Juliet said. Now, Lord Capulet had put Juliet under ultimate stress for her to marry Paris, as I said before.

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Lady Capulet was outraged that Romeo killed Tybalt and wanted to put him to death. “He is a kindman to the Montegue; Affection makes him false, he speaks not true. Some twenty of them fought in this black strife, And all those twenty could but kill one life. I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give. Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo must not live.”

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If Tybalt had not been pugnacious and killed Mercutio, then the duel between Romeo and him would not have happened. His ferocious attitude caused Romeo’s banishment from Verona. The location of Romeo was the key factor in the misunderstanding of Juliet’s death. Thus, Tybalt’s quarrelsome and disputatious behavior or violence is proven to persist in the play, and is evidently his tragic

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Tybalt fights Romeo for being a Montague but Romeo does not want to fight so Mercutio fights for him and gets killed declaring “A plague a both houses! I am sped. ”(Romeo and Juliet, III, i, 87). Mercutio dying results in Romeo killing Tybalt and getting banished from Verona, having to leave to Mantua and away from Juliet.

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The feud between the two families sent many events into motion such as when Mercutio challenges Tybalt by saying, “O calm dishonourable, vile submission!/ Alla stoccata carries it away. (draws his sword)/ Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?” (3.1. 70-71). Mercutio perectly demonstrates the feud between the two families as he challenges Tybalt to a fight which leads to the death of Mercutio. The death of Mercutio had angered Romeo enough for him to kill his cousin Tybalt, thus leading to a series of events such as Romeo being exiled, Juliet drinking the potion, and ultimately the death of the couple.

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Do humans have free will? Or, is our every action decided on by other people? In reality, almost every decision we make with our own individual conscious. The play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, is about two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, from rival families whose love caused unfortunate consequences for everyone around them. Romeo and Juliet were tragic heroes whose deaths are caused by their own faults and inability to make decisions without minor characters telling them what to do.

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Romeo soons kills Tybalt, getting revenge but not thinking about the consequences. Soon the Prince of Verona comes in and Benvolio tells him everything that has happened. The punish for murder is death and sense Tybalt murdered Mercutio he is dead, but Romeo

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Is he gone and hath nothing?”(lll,i,93-95). The aftermath of the fight was Romeo slaying Tybalt in revenge for Mercutio, but then

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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

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