They fight, and Romeo kills Tybalt. Benvolio urges Romeo to run; a group of citizens outraged at the recurring street fights is approaching. The Prince enters, accompanied by many citizens, and the Montagues and Capulets. Prince Escalus chooses instead to exile Romeo from Verona. He declares that if Romeo is found within the city, he will be killed. The sudden, fatal violence in the first scene of Act 3, as well as the buildup to the fighting, serves as a reminder that, for all its emphasis on love, beauty, and romance, Romeo and Juliet still takes place in a masculine world in which notions of honor, pride, and status are prone to erupt in a fury of conflict.
Passion outweighs reason at every turn. It also recalls the sense of fate that hangs over the play. Romeo blames fate, or fortune, for what has happened to him.
Mercutio curses the Montagues and Capulets. He seems to see people as the cause of his death, giving no credit to any larger force. Elizabethan society generally believed that a man who was too much in love lost his manliness. The Romeo who sought to avoid confrontation out of concern for his wife is the person Juliet would recognize as her loving Romeo. The word " effeminate" is applied by the public world of honor upon those things it does not respect.
In using the term to describe his present state, Romeo accepts the responsibilities thrust upon him by the social institutions of honor and family duty. The arrival of the Prince and the angry citizens shifts the focus of the play to a different sort of public sphere. As one who has displayed such traits, Romeo is banished from Verona.
He knows he is dying. He returns after killing Mercutio because Romeo challenged him. Why does Tybalt return after killing Mercutio? His lust for revenge unsated, Tybalt sends a challenge letter to Romeo for a duel to the death. Do you think Tybalt meant to kill him? Yes and No. Staying for thine to keep him company.
Because Romeo and Tybalt are responsible for the death of Mercutio, Romeo says that one of their souls must accompany his to the next life. Romeo kills Tybalt to avenge the death of Mercutio at the hand of Tybalt. Tybalt wants revenge because Romeo crashed the party. The Capulet and Montague families have be engaged in a longstanding feud, which has caused conflict throughout Verona. Why has Tybalt come looking for Romeo? Tybalt comes looking for Romeo because he wants to challenge and kill him.
Tybalt wants revenge since Romeo showed up at the Capulet Party. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. Skip to content Home Sociology What does Tybalt think about Benvolio when they first meet in the street? Ben Davis January 6, What does Tybalt think about Benvolio when they first meet in the street?
Furious at this invasion of Capulet territory, he wants to fight with Romeo right then and there. Lord Capulet intervenes before Tybalt can do anything and angrily orders him not to ruin the party. Tybalt has to obey Lord Capulet, but he swears to punish Romeo at the earliest opportunity. He trades some insults with them before Romeo shows up. Tybalt purposely tries to provoke Romeo into a fight. Romeo responds mildly to his abuse and refuses to fight. Mercutio challenges Tybalt to a duel instead.
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