Tybalt Violent Quotes

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Tragedy love Hatred is a dangerous force that causes people to make dangerous decisions. In Shakespeare’s play, The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, he tells the story as two teenage kids fall in love with two families who always argue. This ends up with both Romeo and Juliet killing themselves. They died because Tybalt, Juliet's kinsman, was argumentative and tribal throughout the essay. Tybalt is the reason for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he is always to argue and his strong loyalty to his family. One of the first instances of Tybalt's reckless and arguable behavior is when he gets into a heated argument with Romeo at the Capulet party because Romeo has come uninvited, and he declares, "What, dares the slave come hither, covered with an antic face, to fleer and scorn at our solemnity?" (Rom 1.5.60-62). Tybalt's aggressive behavior and insults towards Romeo only serve to escalate the tension between the Capulets and Montagues. Tybalt has …show more content…

Later in the play Tybalt's recklessness reaches its peak when he challenges Romeo to a fight on the streets of Verona. Romeo, who has just married Juliet, is refusing to fight and tries to de-escalate the situation by saying, "I do protest I never injured thee, But love thee better than thou canst devise, Till thou shalt know the reason of my love" (Rom 3.1.64-66). Tybalt hates Romeo with his whole heart and does not care about the consequences that will happen by doing so. After Romeo marries Juliet, fighting her kinsman Tybalt is the last thing that he wants to do. Further in the book, Tybalt is not interested in hearing