As Mercutio and Tybalt fight, Romeo intervenes and in doing so, Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm. After the death of Mercutio, Romeo is disheartened by his death and avenges his friend by murdering Tybalt.
Liam Callahan Mr. Lynch English 1 Honors 26 March 2024 Act III Scene I Fault Analysis Essay Although many others are at fault for the events of Act III Scene I in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the character that bears the most responsibility for the fight that occurs in this scene is Mercutio. This is because he raises the tension against Tybalt by insulting him, leading to the duel and the death of both himself and later Tybalt, but ultimately the exile of Romeo from Verona. Furthermore, Mercutio had the opportunity to stop the duel between himself and Tybalt after Tybalt had drawn the first blood, but instead, Mercutio continued the fight, throwing his glove in the face of Tybalt, and engaging in further combat until his untimely death.
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)”
I’m sure you’ve heard of Romeo and Juliet, but have you ever considered who’s really to blame for their deaths? The story of Romeo and Juliet is about two teens from rival families, the Capulets and the Montagues. They fall in love and their relationship is doomed from the start. They try to overcome many obstacles but they do not succeed in doing so, leading to the death of them both. The Capulets, Friar John/the plague, and fate all contributed to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
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
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.
Mercutio got upset with Tybalt for calling Romeo names and insulting him, so he stepped in wanting to fight him. During the fight Romeo steps in to try to get them to stop since
Romeo allows his thirst for revenge to cloud his logical reasoning when he kills Tybalt who has just murdered Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend. Mercutio defends Romeo against Tybalt’s insults with comebacks and later his sword. As Romeo attempts to intervene, Mercutio is stabbed by Tybalt and Romeo is enraged. Once he finds out from Benvolio that the wound had killed him, Romeo,”Who had but newly entertained revenge,” (III.i.173), kills Tybalt and flees the scene. Romeo declined to
After insulting each other for a while Mercutio and Tybalt began to casually fight each other with their swords, like they were playing. When Tybalt went in to poke Mercutio with his sword, Mercutio moved forward, and Tybalt’s blade went deeper than he was hoping. This causes Romeo to go and get revenge for Mercutio
Several moments leading to Mercutio’s death, Romeo approaches Tybalt stating he must love Tybalt as family, but Tybalt wants to fight. Confused, Tybalt starts to harass Romeo. Mercutio becomes so angered by Romeo's attempts to just walk away from Tybalt that he declares, “ O calm, dishonorable, vile submission! Alla stocatta carries it away: Tybalt you ratcatcher will you walk!” , (Act 3, Scene 3, line 68-70), and challenges Tybalt himself.
Final Essay (Prompt One) The character Romeo from the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet is the most rebellious character in the play. Throughout the play Romeo finds himself in many situations that almost seem impossible to get out of however, he finds loopholes and tricks to rebel against society and his enemies. These actions will work in the short term because he finds a way out of his problems but, later in the play, Romeo will be blindsided by the consequences of his actions.
The fight started between Tybalt and Romeo when Tybalt declared a battle between the two of them. When Romeo refuses, Mercutio answers Tybalt’s challenge. They duel and Mercutio is fatally wounded. Romeo then avenges Mercutio’s death by killing Tybalt in a duel. In the film, the incident was drawn out and more dramatic when Romeo rages after the death of Mercutio.
Once Tybalt comes back to the scene, Romeo is ready for the unexpected. He is dueling Tybalt to avenge poor Mercutio. Romeo threatens, Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again That late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.” (3.1.120-4)
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.
Tragedy is identified as a story with an unhappy ending and that is what had happen in Romeo and Juliet. The evidence can be found in both the movie and the article. The feuding families prevented Romeo and Juliet for being together. Romeo and Juliet hid their marriage relationship because of their families grudge and Friar Laurence thought it would be a great idea to end the ancient grudge between the families by getting Romeo and Juliet married. Relating to the article, there are many cultures that have issues with the status with the boys and some girls families when it comes to the marriage state.
