The Tragedy Of Tybalt In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo Killed Tybalt In The Bible, it says 'If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death. (Leviticus 24:17-21). This means that if a man kills any human being he shall die too. This is important in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet because Romeo kills Tybalt, but because of Mercutio 's death by Tybalt 's hand. So In Shakespeare 's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo was at fault for Tybalt 's death because their families are enemies, Romeo crashes the Capulets party and Romeo actually kills Tybalt. Romeo was at fault for Tybalt 's death because their families are enemies. The Capulets and Montagues have a long and troubling history with one another. The reader can see that they have been in a lot of fights when Shakespeare states, ¨Three times the peace has been disturbed in our streets”(1.1.80-81). This means that the Montagues and Capulets, have fought 3 times now. This is important because their families hate each other and they will do whatever they can to get the advantage over the other family. The Capulets and Montagues feud was so bad that their own kids took their life to break their grudges against each other ¨Doth with their death bury their parents ' strife. The fearful passage of their death-marked love and the continuance of their parents ' rage, Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove¨. This quote means that both of their deaths buried their parent 's grudge and that their death was all about love