“Help me into some house, Benvolio. Or I shall faint. A plague o' both your houses! They have made worms’ meat of me. I have it, and sound too. Your houses” (3.1.110,113 Shakespeare). Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is a play about two lovers, both from families who are feuding. The love between Romeo and Juliet ends up being so intense that they refuse to be separated, even going as far as killing themselves if the other is to die. This would soon be their fate at the end of the play. The most critical decision in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” was when Tybalt fought and killed Mercutio instead of Romeo. One particular reason for my claim is that if Mercutio survived the duel, then Tybalt would have never died. A quote that supports my …show more content…
This was even foreshadowed near the beginning of the play when the prince proclaimed “If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace!”(1.1.98 Shakespeare). Although Romeo killed Tybalt to avenge Mercutio, the prince still had the idea of killing him. A different effect of Mercutio’s death would be that his death caused Juliet to become depressed after she found out Tybalt had died. a quote from the play that had Juliet claiming her care for Tybalt “But, wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin? That villain cousin would have killed my husband.” (3.2.110/111 Shakespeare) “This quote is very important because it is just a taste of what Juliet’s mind has gone through ever since Tybalt's death. From Tybalt’s death, Juliet has become very conflicted at the fact that her lover would commit such a vile act. But because of the love that he bears for Romeo, she all so tries to justify his actions. And from all the grief she experienced during this time, it was only caused by the death of Tybalt. But the only reason that he died, of course, was because Mercutio took Romeo’s place in the duel between Tybalt and