Responsibility For Mercutio And Tybalt's Death

Karina Herrera

Mr. McNabney

English

08 February 2023

R&J Argumentative Essay

How can thinking through your decisions and running into everything that you want can make you have a better outcome in things? Romeo was responsible for Mercutio and Tybalt’s death. A death of a person should have the accusations of the perpetrator come to full responsibility. The opinion that will be given is that Romeo is the one who is fully responsible for the death of his friend Mercutio and enemy Tybalt.

Romeo could have answered Tybalt’s letter when it was first sent to him. Not avoiding responsibility and what people tell you is important when at the beginning Benvolio and Mercutio see Romeo and he runs past them. When Romeo was coming back from being with

ROMEO Meaning, to curtsy. (Shakespeare 2.4. 48-56) This in the end led Mercutio having to fight and Romeo coming in the middle of it and trying to stop Tybalt by going in between them but that gave Tybalt the upper hand to stab and kill Mercutio. Romeo would have thought of his actions but he avoids it and prioritizes things that he wants but doesn’t need. You might say that Romeo was going to deal with it later after he was done being with Juliet but you are wrong the only reason he got a clue of it was the news that many people were fighting in a street where the death of the two happened.

Romeo could have rescheduled the time that he and Juliet were going to get married. Thinking about what you say and do will impact the future when you don’t want to mix important things together. When the nurse went to talk to Romeo like he promised Juliet to schedule when they can get married was important but rescheduling it was important. Since he knew that a fight letter was sent his way to happen on the same day, he was getting married. He could've thought logically and said tomorrow because he will have important business to attend today to not cause problems for him and Juliet in the future with her cousins’

TYBALT

Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries

That thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw. (Shakespeare 3.1. 57-64)

He tries to act calm and lay the problem out like it’s nothing but with the remarks that were made it made Mercutio have to join in the fight. Romeo probably cared more for his own safety than to speak up. You can say that Romeo probably didn’t want to escalate the situation and try to keep himself shut after the remark that he made. But that made the situation worse because Tybalt thought that Romeo's silence was disrespectful and wanted to fight him himself.

Even through tough situations you need to think clearly because heading in head first can't end like Romeo being responsible for Tybalt’s and Mercutio’s death. Having full thought on things can always be a better idea than rushing through things.

Many embarrassing things can happen when not thinking things through or end in having to work tirelessly without thinking in the future.

Works Cited

Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Paramus, NJ: Savvas Learning Company LLC,