Tybalt Is To Blame In The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is like a long line of dominoes, once one thing goes wrong, it just brings on more bad occurrences.Throughout the entire story there is always some debacle, whether it’s for the better or worse of the characters. The outcomes of these debacles cause the story to take multiple turns in a way that the reader would not expect. Most people say everything happens for a reason, but sometimes everything happens because of a reason. Within the story I believe the reason is not one decision, not one debacle, but one person. These tragic events all occurred because of the fight between Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt. This causes me to believe that Tybalt is to blame for the tragic disasters in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. From the beginning of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt has hated the idea of Romeo and his appearance at the Capulet party. Tybalt: “Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe, A villain, that is hither come in spite, To scorn at our solemnity this night.” (Shakespeare, 393). Tybalt wanted to kill Romeo for being at the Capulet party, but he was quickly stopped in order to prevent fighting. Ever since then, Tybalt has had the idea to kill Romeo. …show more content…

Tybalt started this battle which Romeo wanted no part of, Romeo: “Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee, Doth much excuse the appertaining rage, To such a greeting. Villain am I none. Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not.” (Shakespeare, 427). Even though Romeo wanted no part in the fighting, he was dragged in once Tybalt killed Mercutio. If Tybalt hadn’t killed Mercutio, than Romeo wouldn’t have killed Tybalt. Romeo: “Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain? Away to heaven respective lenity, And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!” (Shakespeare,