This passage occurs in Act Three, Scene One. At the time of this quote, Mercutio is speaking directly to Romeo and Benvolio as they are the two characters physically with Mercutio at the time. However, the speech was intended for the houses of both Montague and Capulet as they had made a fool of him enough to result in his untimely death. Tybalt disrupted Mercutio and Benvolio in search of Romeo as Tybalt had the intent to fight him. However, Mercutio continued to make vulgar remarks towards Tybalt until eventually causing a fight of their own.
Tybalt comes across Romeo and Mercutio and tries to pick a fight with Romeo. Mercurio steps in and fights in Romeo’s place and Tybalt kills Mercutio. Out of rage for Mercutio's death Romeo fights and kills Tybalt. Romeo is exiled from the country and his mother dies of grief because of it. Tybalt is responsible for killing Mercutio, driving Romeo to kill Tybalt, causing Romeo’s mother to die of grief and causing Romeo to be
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.
During the fight Romeo interferes with the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio and leads to Mercutio getting stabbed, “Tybalt under Romeo’s arm thrusts Mercutio in and flies”(5.1.88). This is important because the
Tybalt and Mercutio have a little banter before Romeo enters the scene. While Tybalt wants to fight Romeo, Romeo does not want to fight him because they are now cousins by marriage. Mercutio gets mad and furious because of all the insults Tybalt is saying. Mercutio and Tybalt fight and Romeo gets in the way, trying to stop the fight. Tybalt goes under his arm and stabs Mercutio.
Romeo was trying to protect both of them, but ended up not being able to save Mercutio. He was trying to save Tybalt because they were family now, as a result of Romeo marrying Juliet. Because Romeo is furious, he kills Tybalt. Benvolio, who is standing by, becomes distraught, and he tells Romeo to run. “Romeo, away, be gone!
Those words made Mercutio snap, and he drew his sword declaring if Romeo won’t fight Tybalt, he would. The fight ended with Mercutio’s death that occurred because of Romeo intervening, and giving Tybalt an opportunity to strike Mercutio.
After the fight with Mercutio and Tybalt Romeo goes after Tybalt and Kills him. Benvolio says, “Romeo, away, be gone! The citizen are up, and Tybalt slain. Stand not amazed. The Prince will doom thee death If thou art taken.
Tybalt's out-of-control anger causes him and Mercutio to die while Romeo tries to make
Hold Tybalt! Good Mercutio!” (3.1.89-91). Although he talks of peace, Romeo contradicts himself by drawing his weapon and joining the fight. As Romeo attempts to stop Tybalt and Mercutio with his own sword, Tybalt sees the opportunity to stab and kill 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.
Tybalt calls them out. Mercutio acts rash and challenges Tybalt to a duel. Romeo steps in between Mercutio and Tybalt when they are about to fight. Romeo tells Tybalt that he loves but he cannot tell him why “because Tybalt and Romeo are now related through marriage but Tybalt does not know that” which causes Tybalt to feel creeped out. While Romeo is holding back Mercutio Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo's arm and kills him.
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.
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, ACT 3, scene 1 is a crucial in creating the circumstances that lead to the tragedy of the play. Shakespeare incorporates tragedy into Romeo and Juliet with the use of plot, language devices and aesthetic features. With these devices Shakespeare integrates poetic dialogue, forbidden love and devastating tragedy into the script of the play. In ACT 3, scene 1, Tybalt kills Mercutio and is killed by Romeo who is then banished by the prince, these unfortunate events contribute to the tragedy of the play. The scene begins with Benvolio and Mercutio hanging out, mocking each other and insulting the Capulets.
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.
