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Obstacles In Romeo And Juliet

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Crazy, Stupid Love Many people have obstacles in a relationship, some overcome them and some don't. Books and movies often uses this idea and William Shakespeare is no different. In the play Romeo and Juliet, the two main characters Romeo and Juliet have many obstacles during their relationship and many people interfere with their destinies throughout the play. Tfhe love between the two children of the Montague and Capulet families was not only forbidden, but was also “star-crossed” or in other words, destined to fail. These three characters interfere the most with Romeo and Juliet's love : Tybalt, Old Capulet and Friar Lawrence.
Many people had affected the destiny of Romeo and Juliet, including Tybalt from the Capulet side of Verona. Tybalt shows the characteristics of an antagonist character. He is a lot different than Romeo because of his selfishness and hatred towards others. Tybalt does not like Romeo or the Montagues because of him being a Capulet. He started to hate Romeo after Romeo showed up at a Capulet party. “ This, by his voice should be a Montague / Fetch me my rapier boy” (Rom. 1.5. 54-55) . This quote shows that Tybalt foreshadows that he is not finished with Romeo and is challenging Romeo to a duel which causes Romeo to be banished from Verona instead of being killed. This makes …show more content…

After Tybalt threatens Romeo he goes through with his threats. Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel and this is where Tybalt and Mercutio both die. Tybalt took the fight way to seriously while Romeo and Mercutio were more flippant about it.This is shown when Tybalt says, “come hither covered with an antic face…” (1.5.61-67). If Tybalt wouldn't have taken this fight so seriously, he wouldn’t be dead nor would Mercutio and wouldn’t cause Juliet to have second thoughts about marrying Romeo. Tybalt was a major influence on the struggles Romeo and Juliet

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