Romeo Is To Blame For Tybalt's Death

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Is Romeo really to be blamed for his actions against Tybalt? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Your honor i’m Evan Fleisch im here to defend Romeo in the case of the killing of Tybalt. If there was an armed man coming at you after he just stabbed your friend wouldn’t you try to defend yourself? Well the evidence shows that Tybalt had the intention to kill Romeo and he killed Mercutio also.
The actions leading up to Tybalt’s death is Tybalt was in a duel with Mercutio and Romeo intervene and holds Mercutio arms to end the fight then the monster Tybalt takes a swing at Mercutio killing him. Romeo was then trapped with Tybalt sword still drawn and Romeo did what we all would do and protects himself against Tybalt by drawing out his sword and stabs