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Mercutio Is To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story between two teens that fall deeply in love with each other. Their love is so deep and true that they were willing to give up anything to be with each other, even their lives. Although the touching story has a lot of love it has even more death, but who is to blame for all the bloodshed in this beautiful story? Tybalt and Romeo were of different houses, thus it was understandable as to why they loathed each other so much. Mercutio was a loyal friend to Romeo, unfortunately unlike Romeo he was very short-tempered. When Tybalt started to insult Romeo Mercutio went straight to battle, he then lost his life. Mercutio’s death was the first of many more to come. But whose fault was it, Tybalt for picking a fight or Mercutio for being short tempered. I believe that Tybalt was the one to blame because Mercutio did what any friend would, he stood up for his …show more content…

When Tybalt spotted Romeo he began to verbally harass him for destroying the Capulets party, due to Tybalt’s actions and the hot day Mercutio did what any man would and stood up for his friend. This lead to a battle in the middle of the streets. Unfortunately Tybalt ended Mercutio’s life, this was the first of the many deaths in the story. Tybalt knew that the prince had declared that anybody found fighting would be sentenced to death, thus he ran off, to only come back minutes later. When Romeo saw his friends killer he could no longer contain himself, he drew his sword and began to fight. Romeo knew his fate, his punishment, thus he ran off before the prince could arrive. Benvolio stayed at the scene of the fight to explain to the prince what had happened. Both families wanted justice for their killed family, Mercutio and Tybalt. The prince decided that instead of killing Romeo he would banish him from

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Who is most at fault for Tybalt and Mercutio’s untimely demise? Now, reader, that will be the case I will be cracking today. Perhaps the quick-witted and sarcastic Mercutio was responsible for his own death? Although, who’s to say that the powerful Lord Capulet wasn’t at fault; maybe it was the highly respected Romeo who began the unravelling of the chaotic thread which we call Romeo and Juliet? Despite being a “highly respected youth,” Romeo has done many things to tarnish his reputation.

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“Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again that 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.” Romeo is angry that Tybalt killed Mercutio, so he makes the decision to fight Tybalt until one of them is dead. Romeo and Juliet are both very impulsive. Romeo doesn’t think of the consequences that will come for him after the fight, so it ends with Tybalt dead and Romeo banished.

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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

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Though Mercutio should be held accountable for the fight that led to Tybalt’s and his own death in William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s inability to make sensible decisions in potentially challenging or stressful moments makes him most responsible. Mercutio’s taunting of Tybalt is justified as Tybalt had just called Romeo, his best friend, a villain. Contrastingly, Romeo’s behavior during the fight was irrational at best. In the first scene of the third act, Mercutio and Tybalt are dueling, Mercutio develops a wound which will lead to his death.

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When Tybalt and Mercutio are fighting, Romeo jumps in front of Tybalt while he has his sword drawn, and gets Mercutio killed. After this, Romeo vowed to take revenge by killing Tybalt. Romeo was banished as a result of killing Tybalt, so he could not see Juliet anymore. Some people might say Tybalt is at fault for drawing his sword in the first place, but Tybalt was not trying to kill Mercutio and still got murdered by Romeo for it. Romeo acts out of emotion rather than thinking.

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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

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At first he was looking for Romeo and just laughing at Mercutio for being in the water fountain. But when Mercutio got out and walked up to Tybalt for wanting to fight Romeo, Tybalt just could’t resist engaging with Mercutio because he can’t control himself. Because of Tybalt’s anger issues Mercutio is killed. Tybalt:“Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done me. Therefore turn and draw”(III.I.62-63).

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Tybalt extends his sword towards Mercutio in an attempt to poke Mercutio. Mercutio struggles with Romeo and accidentally struggles into Tybalt’s sword as Tybalt extended it. Once Tybalt stabs Mercutio, the fight ends and Tybalt leaves. Mercutio then dies. Romeo becomes angry about this and kills Tybalt out of revenge, blaming Tybalt for Mercutio’s death.

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The decision of Tybalt killing Mercutio was a vicious decision that ultimately led to his own death. Tybalt was looking for a fight with Romeo, when Romeo did not want to fight, Mercutio stepped in to help fight Tybalt. After Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo wants revenge. Romeo is frustrated and desperate and tells Mercutio, “Now Tybalt, take the ‘villain’ back again, that late thou gavest me: for Mercutio’s soul.” (3.1.122-123) Tybalt’s cruel decision to kill Mercutio was the thing that led to Romeo to kill Tybalt.

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It was expected for Romeo to be a devoted husband, but instead he turned out to be an accomplice in his loves own death. A tragedy written over 400 hundred years ago by Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet is still widely discussed today. There are many characters in this phenomenal play, but who is to blame for the fated deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Many might prattle that all of the characters facilitated in this tragedy, but some are more to blame than others. Many different actions contribute to this somber ending of this play, such as Romeo and Juliet resolving to marry even though there families are involved in a feud and then deciding to commit suicide.

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At the feast when Tybalt sees Romeo he is determined to kill him, as Romeo sees Juliet and falls in love with her. The fight between Mercutio and Tybalt started when Tybalt abused Romeo which enraged Mercutio, as result Mercutio was killed by Tybalt during a sword fight Mercutio’s death angered Romeo which ended in Tybalt’s death by Romeo’s hand. “I deg for your justice which thou, Prince must give; Romeo slew Tybalt Romeo must not live” said lady Capulet. (Romeo and Juliet, act 3, scene 1, page 66). Mercutio’s death by Tybalt’s hand, led to his fight with Romeo which influence his own death.

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Placing the Blame The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet truly becomes a tragedy once Mercutio, Romeo’s close friend, is killed by the hand of Tybalt. Multiple claims could be made regarding who is responsible for Mercutio’s death, but he himself is ultimately to blame. Once Tybalt approaches him, Mercutio begins to instigate. The heat at the time of this scene was hardly bearable, making matters worse as Mercutio quickly becomes irritable. He made insulting comments and aggravating remarks, pushing Tybalt to the point of fighting.

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In their fight to the death of Tybalt Capulet, Mercutio Montague was killed, resulting in Romeo's efforts of keeping the peace, shattering. The fight is initially started by Tybalt, who is responsible for Mercutio's death. Shortly after, Tybalt was killed by Romeo. Romeo Montague should be charged with voluntary manslaughter. Despite the fact that Tybalt initiated the fight, Romeo did kill Tybalt with no need for self-defense.

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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.

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Because he loved fighting, he engaged Mercutio in swordplay. Romeo came between them during the fight to make peace, but while doing so, Mercution was stabbed under Romeo's arm. The death of his dear friend drove Romeo mad with rage causing him to kill Tybalt. This and other actions lead to the

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