Here he definitely doesn’t this of his plan of defeat. Furthermore, Romeo said, “… Now Tybalt take the “villain” back again that late thou gavest me for Mercutio’s soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him company”. (3.1.116-121). Inherently, Romeo tells Tybalt to take back his insult for Mercutio’s soul is above them waiting for Tybalt to be slayed and keep him company. Meaning; he should definitely take back his insult or he will be fought and killed for the insult he had happened to have directed at
Mercutio is saying that this is my sword and this is that which will cause you to dance around to avoid the edge of his blade. This shows his impatience because even though Tybalt was looking to find Romeo and was saying that he did not want to fight Tybalt, Mercutio was still trying to fight him and at the end of the fight he ended up dead. Therefore, when it comes to impatience, Romeo and Mercutio should be the first characters you look at in this play. In the end, Romeo and Mercutio are similar and different in many ways. As I said before some examples of the differences and similarities between them could be impatience, immaturity and romance or love.
Tybalt completely forgets about Mercutio and says to him “Well, peace be with you, sir. Here comes my man.” This quote suggests that Tybalt was looking for Romeo and he saw his enemy. While Romeo and Tybalt are still arguing about their hatreds towards each other, Romeo gets insulted by Tybalt by calling him a “villain”. This was insult towards Romeo because in the reign of the Elizabethan time that word was very insulting especially for someone like Romeo as he comes from a noble family. Mercutio joins in the conversation and says “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!
On line 2 Benvolio says ‘The day is hot’ that gives the sense foreboding. Mercutio fights Tybalt as he is trying to hurt his best friend and Romeo declined the duel. Romeo steps between them and Tybalt strikes Mercutio under Romeo’s arm. ‘A plague a’both your houses!’ Mercutio repeats this three times in this scene to get the message across he is blaming both Romeo and Tybalt for his death. Mercutio responsibilities Romeo for Tybalt killing him ‘I was hurt under your arm’ Romeo feels guilty about Mercutio’s death even though the audience know it is not his fault.
Next, the threats Tybalt sends Romeo also lead up to the suicides and the cause of death. Tybalt approaches Romeo and tries to start a fight by saying, “Romeo the love I bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villain” (119). The constant threats Tybalt sends Romeo endanger his own family. Romeo was told if a family member of his or himself gets in Tybalt swore to himself that he would seek revenge on Romeo for crashing the party. Tybalt’s threats eventually become a full out issue for Romeo.
His tragic flaw is that he wants to continue the feud even though Romeo wants to let it go. He is the one who constantly provokes the Montagues, which is ironic because the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio ends up being his last fight at all. In one scene Mercutio is basically fed up with Tybalt so he fights him on Romeo’s behave. “ . .
• Context beforehand: A fight between the 2 family members took place, resulting in the death of Tybalt and Mercutio. The Benvolio tells Romeo to leave before anyone catches him. • The mood: serious, horrific and dread as he recounts the events of the fight and death. • The mood is important because it shows the major effects of the family feud (i.e. Tybalt and Mercutio’s death) • Elegy is about a “bloody fray”, but leaves out parts of Mercutio’s insults to Tybalt.
Benvolio warns Mercutio that taunting Romeo will ________. Anger him. 5. Benvolio and Mercutio believe Romeo is hiding in Act 2, Scene 1 because __________________. He is still pining for Rosaline.
Firstly, Shakespeare designs Romeo and Juliet’s character as youngsters who are extremely hasty. Romeo demonstrates his hastiness when he has a fencing duel with Tybalt. When Mercutio gets stabbed he immediately decides to seek revenge from Tybalt, without putting any thought into his decision. In order to receive revenge, he thinks that, “Staying for thine to keep him company: / Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him” (3.1.128-129). In other words, he believes that Tybalt, or Romeo or both of them shall lie dead with Mercutio.
Romeo doesn't want to be seperated from Juliet anymore than he was, so he declined the duel with Tybalt, and told him they had no reason to fight, and that the Prince would not be happy. Still, Tybalt insisted on fighting, so Mercutio steps in and fought in Romeo's place. Killing Mercutio, Romeo was furious and strikes down Tybalt. Now with Tybalt dead, Romeo is banished from Verona. The Capulets were the reason Romeo was exiled, thus causing Romeo and Juliet's tragic death.