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Tybalt has been slain, and Romeo banished, but who is to blame? Tybalt layed dead but by his own fault. Tybalt had fought to his last breath, and while Romeo had killed Tybalt it was primarily Tybalts fault and Tybalt probably deserved what he got. There are many reasons why it was his fault. Tybalt had a hatred towards peace and was known for starting fights, Tybalt had killed Mercutio, Romeo's best friend, and finally, Tybalt and Romeo were fighting and one of the two were bound to die. There are many reasons as to why Tybalt was the primary reason for his own death and he had it coming. Tybalt had a hatred towards the Montagues and a hatred to peace. This was just a recipe for disaster and that is exactly what happened. In the poem you can see multiple cases of Benvolio and the Montagues trying to keep the peace but Tybalt and the Capulets rejecting the peace and instead ending in violence. In Act one scene one you can see where Benvolio said “I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword, or manage to part these men with me”. Tybalt then responds with “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee coward” Act 1 scene 1. This began the fight in the very beginning of the play. When Tybalt kills Mercutio …show more content…

In the play we see Tybalt stabbing Mercutio under Romeo's arm which resulted in Mercutio dying. This shows how Tybalt killed Mercutio and by the Kings rules Tybalt should be killed anyways for what he did. Tybalt had chose to break the law by killing Mercutio and Romeo did what the law would have done anyways. For these reasons we see that Tybalt would have probably died even if Romeo did not kill him so it would have been entirely his fault and not Romeos. This is a second and primary reason why it was Tybalt's fault for his

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