Romeo and Juliet - Act 3, Scene 1 : the Fight Scene Analysis

Tybalt intended to fight Romeo because he disliked his presence at the Capulet’s party but after Romeo refuses to fight Mercutio feels the need to fight for him instead. This is not the only time Mercutio is a display of masculinity in the play. As Romeo’s friend he likes to mock him, calling him an petrarchan lover and joking about his version of love. The difference to Romeo is also found when juxtaposing how Romeo and Mercutio speak. For instance, when Romeo talks about the girls he is in love with or has a crush on he talks in poetic sentences. In comparision, Mercutios:” Laura was a kitchen slave. Surely she has a better love to make rhymes for her. Dido was shabbily dressed. Cleopatra was a gypsy girl. Helen and Hero were sluts and harlots.

. Firstly, Tybalt is to blame for Mercutio’s death as he actually gave him the wound that killed him. Also, Tybalt provokes Mercutio by insulting Romeo, ‘Thou art a villain.’ This is one of the biggest insults that Tybalt can give and would usually be followed by a duel. However, Romeo calmly replies by saying ‘Villain I am none / Therefore farewell. I see thou know’st me not.’ Because Romeo is not defending his honour, Mercutio is provoked by Tybalt’s insults and starts insulting Tybalt himself. This is what leads to the two of them fighting and Mercutio getting his fatal wound. So, if Tybalt didn’t insult Romeo or fight Mercutio, Mercutio wouldn’t have been killed.

Earlier in the story the Prince said if there was anymore fights in the streets of Verona the people involved in the fight would be killed. With Tybalt knowing that he said that, it did not stop him from fighting Mercutio. Tybalt also continued to show his aggressiveness by insulting Mercutio saying, “Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him/ here, Shalt with him hence.” (Shakespeare 3.1.137). When this happens, it shows his aggressive

Tybalt addresses Mercutio and Benvolio and asks to have a word with them. Mercutio challenges Tybalt to fight “Make is a word and a blow.”(pg 116) Tybalt believes that Mercutio’s offer to fight does not include a reason. Tybalt asks Mercutio if he is an associate of Romeo. Benvolio attempts to calm the men because they are in a public place. Romeo enters, causing Tybalt to forget the fight because Romeo is the man he was waiting for. Tybalt expresses his abhorrence for Romeo when he says “Thou art a villain”(pg 116) Romeo states that he admires Tybalt for reasons that could end their feud and that Tybalt obviously must not know who he truly is because he is not a villain. Tybalt says “Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done me” (pg 116) This statement confuses Romeo because he believes he never injured Tybalt “I do protest I never injured thee”(pg 116) Mercutio draws his sword on Tybalt and reveals he wants to take his life. Tybalt draws his sword and him and Mercutio begin to fight. In an attempt to stop the fighting, Romeo reminds the men about the Prince’s warning and reaches his arm between the fighting

Mercutio, while in neither of the houses, dislikes Tybalt. While it may have something to do with the fact that Romeo dislikes Tybalt as well, Mercutio—without reason to—still stands faithfully by Romeo’s side and closer to the house of Montague. From his first entrance, and his last exit, Mercutio stays a stable character by being a constant right hand man to Romeo.

Secondly Tybalt sends a decree for a fight and he kills Mercutio. This is shown by “I will not budge for no man’s pleasure, I”. This reveals that Mercutio wants to have a fight with Tybalt. Tybalt wants to have a fight with Romeo the most but Mercutio gets in the way. Mercutio feels that he must stand by the Montague’s. He feels he needs to be a true Montague and fight. Romeo retaliates and kills Tybalt in anger and revenge for his friend. This is apparent in the line “Either thou or I, or both, must go with him. This conveys that Romeo felt he had to get revenge for Mercutio but he really didn’t mean to kill Tybalt and couldn’t believe that he’d actually done it.

Mercutio and Tybalt are very different in some ways and in others, they are very alike. Socially they are extremely different, Mercutio is always trying to have fun and crack jokes and enjoy his life while Tybalt, is very straight laced and serious in his manner. From a modern standpoint, we would say that Mercutio is the life and soul of the party and all of his friends like to be around him but when it comes to Tybalt, we see him as the guy nobody likes because he is too serious and is always looking to start a quarrel. Whereas, from an old fashioned religious point of view, Mercutio would be seen as a hell raiser and a trouble maker and

1. 91-92.) Tybalt states that Romeo was friends with Mercutio, and because of that Romeo will die with Mercutio. Tybalt’s believes wholeheartedly that no matter what, Romeo will lose the fight and he will reign supreme. This is not the case as we find, because Tybalt dies soon after he utters those lines. Tybalt is being arrogant here, because he thinks that he is superior to Romeo. His gloating about how he could defeat Romeo in a duel also shows his rudeness, because it is quite impolite to gloat, but Tybalt does it plenty of

Mercutio is very prideful and he decides to fight Tybalt in Romeo’s place. Mercutio says, “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!/Alla stoccata carries it away./Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?” (3, 1, 70-72). His pride is pushing him to fight someone who has considerable training and skill even though Romeo is trying to stop him. His pride consequently leads to his early death.

In Act 4 scene 1, Tybalt and Mercutio had a fight, and that fight lead us to a part of why Romeo and Juliet are dead and but my client Tybalt didn’t tell Mercutio to fight him, Romeo and Mercutio were throwing jokes to him and that's why Tybalt got mad. Tybalt didn’t want to fight with Mercutio and we can see that by this line that Tybalt said before the fight started, it was “What wouldst thou have with me?” (3,1,71,71) this shows that Tybalt didn’t start the fight, and he asked Mercutio that what was his problem with him, and Mercutio started to make fun of Tybalt and Mercutio was waiting for Tybalt to get mad and have the opportunity to fight him

He learns that Romeo is resisting confrontation with Tybalt, and Mercutio says to the both of them, “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!/ Alla stoccata carries it away./Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?” (3, 1, 70-72). With this quote, he not only insults Romeo by essentially calling him a dishonorable, submissive, vile creature, but he also eggs on Tybalt and initiates the deadly duel. He says these things out of the pride he has of his associates and the pride of himself as a swordsman. He foolishly launches into a fight with the swordsman Tybalt, one that the both of them are fighting because they feel they must defend their pride, and it leads him to his death. However, if Romeo had just let them sort it out for themselves, things would have most likely turned out

The ways that Romeo and Mercutio behave serve a purpose to point out one another's good and bad attributes.Tybalt, angry at Romeo for attending the Capulet party, demands Romeo fight him. Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt saying his love him instead. Outraged, Mercutio says.” ‘ O calm dishonourable, vile submission! Alla stoccata carries it away, Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?’”(3.1.44-46). Romeo

In the play Tybalt challenges Romeo to a fight but Romeo doesn’t accept it. Mercutio fights Tybalt because Romeo won’t. Mercutio is talking back to Tybalt leading them to both draw their swords, he says,

During the ball the cousin of Juliet, Tybalt, notices Romeo. He wanted to challenge him at the ball, but Lord Capulet forbade him from doing so. Tybalt, still wanting to fight Romeo, he sends out a challenge to fight Romeo. In Act 3, Scene 1, Benvolio and Mercutio are stopped by Tybalt who says: “Gentlemen p, good e’en. A word with one of you?”(III, i, 39). Mercutio responds with: “And but one word and a blow”(III, i, 40-41). Tybalt’s question was obviously about Romeo and how to find him, but Mercutio never gives him a chance. Because of the feud and Mercutio’s rash response, they duel. The duel ends with the death of Mercutio because Romeo attempted to stop the fight. Mercutio’s death caused Romeo to get angry which causes the death of Tybalt and the banishment of Romeo. Mercutio’s hot headed response causes his own death and Tybalt, which then causes Romeo to be

When Romeo arrived and said that he was not looking to fight Tybalt, Mercutio stepped in and said, (74-84) “O calm dishourable, vile submission! Alla stoccata carries it away. Tybalt you rat catcher will you walk?”(will you fight). Mercutio could of ended this conflict by just letting Romeo make his decision and not stepping in but since he had so much pride for himself and the Montague's he had to take Romeo's place in the fight,( which he had to provoke Tybalt to do) so he wouldn't let the Montague name down. Another example of Mercutio's pride is when he starts to insult Tybalt.(49-50) “Here's my fiddle stick here's that shall make you dance”. When he says these comments Tybalt gets insulted and furious. Tybalt is going to stand up for himself (his personality)and this may result in violence with the type of relationship the two have. If Mercutio wouldn't of added in the smart remarks to the conversation and was more respectful to Tybalt this result may not have happened,but due to their relationship Mercutio was just looking for a