Is The Relationship Between Tybalt's Death In Romeo And Juliet

Starting off with the deaths that turned this society into chaos, Tybalt and Mercutio. Tybalt and Mercutio's deaths were not affected by the Montagues or the Capulets for a number of reasons. Mercutio died because of Tybalt; Tybalt murdered him. Tybalt’s first initiative target was Romeo but at Capulet’s party, Capulet warns Tybalt to, “Content thee, gentle coz. Let him alone. He bears him like a portly gentleman…”(Shakespeare 1.5.74 - 1.5.75). Tybalt refused to listen to Capulet’s demands to be at peace with Romeo. This can not be influenced by the Montagues or the Capulets; Tybalt did it out of his own will. Mercutio was just trying to protect his best friend and Tybalt was making a scene in the streets; Mercutio had to step up. After Mercutio’s death, Romeo says

Thirdly, Lady Montague’s death was influenced by the grieving of her own child which the Montagues and Capulets had no affiliation with. The Prince had no other choice because he did not want to kill Romeo even though his rule was, “If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace!”(Shakespeare 1.1.99). Lady Montague did this to herself; as Friar even stated what the Prince did was, “...dear mercy…” so she should have been happy that Romeo was not dead (Shakespeare 3.3.30). Finally, the most important deaths in this tragedy are Romeo and Juliet. Starting off with Romeo, Romeo died out of his own will. Romeo exploits the Apothecary to give him the poison with his wealth saying the Apothecary is, “...so bare and full of wretchednes, and [has] fear’st to die..” which pressured the Apothecary (Shakespeare 5.1.73). Because of Romeo’s strong will to die, who knows what Romeo would have done to the Apothecary to get the poison? Romeo did not even know about Capulet’s harsh demands on Juliet therefore Capulet can not