Not having these minor characters in the play, would be like missing the icing on a cake. Tybalt speaks very little line in the play, but they are remarkably consistent: full of anger and aggression. He looks to fight at every opportunity and won’t accept peaceful outcomes in place of a sword fight. From the very beginning of the play, Shakespeare has already painted an image of Tybalt as an aggravating young man who loves to fight, “What, drawn, and talk of peace!/ I hate the word.” (Act 1, scene 1 line 39). His aggression leads to his own “untimely death”.
"Part fools-Benvolio" "Turn thee, Benvolio; look upon thy death-Tybalt"(1.1) These quotes show that Benvolio,good, is trying to keep the peace but the fiery Tybalt,evil, is just starting up the fight again. "Tybalt the kinsmen to old Capulet, hath sent a letter to his father's house Romeo will answer it.-Benvolio" Here Tybalt is trying to start something with the nonviolent Romeo demonstrates the Good vs. Evil motif. Tybalt and Mercutio are always getting in Romeo's head. This does not allow Romeo to focus/see Juliet which may and probably will cause Romeo's depression which may contribute to Romeo's suicide.
Unfortunately, he does not see that this feud only harms his kin. He causes the families’ fight to escalate, and modifies the story so much that it ultimately leads to many of the characters’ deaths. Tybalt tries everything to hurl the city of Verona into a civil war. Instead of accepting the peace between the houses that old Capulet tries to create, Tybalt can’t accept that Romeo and other Montagues gatecrashed the party of the Capulets. Tybalt tells his servant “Now, by the stock and honor of my kin, to strike him dead I hold not a sin.” (P. 55 lines 66-67) Although Romeo never harmed Tybalt, he still wants to kill Romeo because he showed up at his party because Tybalt uses Romeo as a scapegoat for all the Montagues.
When Curley saw Lennie gazing off with a smile on his face he got mad and punched Lennie in the face. After Lennie started bleeding pretty bad and wasnt defending himself, George started yelling at Lennie to fight back. Once Lennie decided to fight back he grabbed Curleys wrist and wouldn’t let go. By the time he finally did let go Curley’s hand had a bunch of broken bones in it. Carlson and Slim packed Curley up in the wagon and went to get him help but Slim warned Curley not to tell his father.
“Friar Lawrence, less ambitious and more desperate than his fellow manipulators, does not hope that Juliet’s death will dissolve the families’ hatreds but only that it will give Romeo and chance to come and carry her off” (Snyder). At this point Romeo and Juliet’s relationship could not solve the problems between the families and the Friar was only uniting them. This is what made the Friar so repulsive. Even now after deaths and family issues, He treated the situation like a game. “Hold, daughter, I do spy a kind of hope, / Which craves as desperate an execution / As that is desperate which we would prevent (4.1.69-71).
This relates to Tybalt starting the fight because he fights and kills Mercutio but has no plan for defeat when fighting with Benvolio; meaning he didn’t think of the thrashing of himself after the possible fight. For example, Tybalt “What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death” (1.1.53-54) Basically Tybalt is trash talking to Benvolio and threatening him and making him angry and
“Myself Condemed and Myself Excus’d: Tragic Effects in Romeo and Juliet” offers a critical and analytical insight into William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The essay, written by Joan Ozark Holmer, explores Shakespeare’s unique way of complicating the story of “star cross’d lovers.” The essay, analyzes Shakespeare’s explores the many complications Shakespeare made to the story of Romeo and Juliet, and how both his modification of characters from that of past authors, and his complication of seemingly straight-forward actions add to the dramatic and the tragic effects that render Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet the “earliest and greatest.” (Holmer 345) Romeo later cries that he is "fortune's fool" (3.1.141), and Juliet exclaims that she has an "ill-divining soul" (3.5.52). Moreover, their predictions extend into their dreams, as Romeo says "I dreamt my lady came and found me dead" (5.1.6). So in keeping with tradition set down by the likes of Seneca and Boethius, Fate controls Shakespeare's doomed lovers. And "[t]he intent of this emphasis is clear.
Laertes is Claudius’s right hand man and if he got hold of the information that Hamlet is faking insanity, he would unquestionably report it to the king and that will foil Hamlet’s quest for revenge in the future. Ophelia always complies with her father as she follows his advice in matters of Hamlet as she denies Hamlet’s visits and refuses his letters. Thus, Hamlet should make Ophelia believe that he has lost his sanity for his plan to work out and that wouldn’t be possible if he marries Ophelia. To add on, Ophelia’s devoted obedience to her father makes Hamlet allege that Ophelia is deceptive and unfaithful. Hamlet is angry with Ophelia and in rage, he tells her that her beauty is dishonest and that he did love Ophelia once and at the same time, he never did.
Shakespeare adds a twist of romance and, it’s a masterpiece. Shakespeare uses various literary techniques in the play Romeo and Juliet to convey: Trickery and rash decisions can lead to a tragic outcome. Rash decisions may decide when a man lives, or when a man dies. In the beginning of the play, Romeo’s friend Mercutio dies at the hand of Tybalt, which later leads to Tybalt dying at the hand of Romeo. Shakespeare writes, “O calm dishonourable, vile submission!
It is clear that at the beginning of this excellent comedy Oliver and Orlando are not the best of friends, in spite of their sibling relationship. Note the way that in Act I scene 1 they fight, and Orlando, having his brother trapped in some kind of wrestling hold, tells us that his brother has committed the following crimes against him: My father charged you in his will to give me good education. You have trained me like a peasant, obscuring and hiding from me all gentleman-like qualities. The spirit of my father grows strong in me, and I will no longer endure it! Clearly the hatred that they feel for one another is expressed through their behaviour and the words they use for each other, such as when Oliver insultingly calls his brother a "boy" and he tells the Duke that he hates Orlando just as much as he does, knowing that this will be bad for his brother.