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    Tybalt is characterized in Romeo and Juliet as aggressive, violent, and short-tempered. He is quick to challenge other characters to fights to defend his honor, as when he demands a duel with Mercutio after being taunted. Tybalt is also physically violent, killing Mercutio in their duel. He has a deep-seated hatred of the Montagues and a short fuse, flying into a rage at the mere sight of a Montague like Romeo. These traits of aggression, violence, and a short temper set Tybalt apart from other characters and drive many of the pivotal conflicts in the play.

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    Tybalt is characterized in Romeo and Juliet as aggressive, violent, and short-tempered. He is quick to challenge other characters to fights to defend his honor, as when he demands a duel with Mercutio after being taunted. Tybalt is also physically violent, killing Mercutio in their duel. He has a deep-seated hatred of the Montagues and a short fuse, flying into a rage at the mere sight of a Montague like Romeo. These traits of aggression, violence, and a short temper set Tybalt apart from other characters and drive many of the pivotal conflicts in the play.

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    Tybalt is characterized in Romeo and Juliet as aggressive, violent, and short-tempered. He is quick to challenge other characters to fights to defend his honor, as when he demands a duel with Mercutio after being taunted. Tybalt is also physically violent, killing Mercutio in their duel. He has a deep-seated hatred of the Montagues and a short fuse, flying into a rage at the mere sight of a Montague like Romeo. These traits of aggression, violence, and a short temper set Tybalt apart from other characters and drive many of the pivotal conflicts in the play.

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    Character Analysis: Tybalt

    Christopher De La
    Torre
    5/15/15

    P.6

    Loyal, peacemaker, or even romantic can describe a characters trait in the play Romeo
    and Juliet by Shakespeare. There are many characters in the play that their trait will differ from
    one another. Capulets can have a mean trait to the Montagues as well as the Montagues. One
    character in Romeo and Juliet differs from the rest by a lot. This character is called Tybalt. Tybalt
    is almost one of the main characters in the play until he gets killed by Romeo. For Tybalt, he may
    be hard on other characters because of his character traits of being aggressive, violent, and he is
    short-tempered.
    To start out with, Tybalt can be aggressive at times when he either sees a Montague or
    when someone makes him mad. Tybalt will only start to be aggressive if he will start in a fight or
    if someone starts to annoy him. An example of Tybalt starting to turn aggressive to someone
    when he is about to fight is with Mercutio. Mercutio calls Tybalt names such as the Prince of
    Cats, and Tybalt starts to get aggressive by challenging him into a duel. Tybalt says, Boy, this
    shall not excuse the injuries/ That thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw (Act III, i, 62-63).
    Tybalts aggressiveness comes from his words when he says turn and draw meaning to draw your
    sword and lets fight. Being aggressive will cause fights or make fights and for Tybalt his
    aggressive trait grew enough for him to start a fight with Mercutio.
    Furthermore, Tybalt can be violent in many ways. Violence is mainly hurting people, and
    this is what Tybalt will most likely do most of the time. Tybalt is violent towards people by either
    hurting them or killing him. He killed Mercutio in a duel which will automatically make him
    violent because he could do it again to someone else. In Act III scene i lines 56-86, Tybalt fights

    Character Analysis: Tybalt


    Mercutio and vice versa, but then Romeo gets in the way of Mercutio and Tybalt thrusts
    Mercutio with his sword. Tybalt returns and Romeo says, Alive in triumph, and Mercutio
    slain?.../ Staying for thine to keep him company./ Either thou or I, or both, must go with him
    (Act III, scene i, lines 116-123) then Tybalt replies with, Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort
    him here,/ Shalt with him hence (III,i,124-125), this is what Romeo and Tybalt says to each
    other before they fight, and this makes Tybalt violent because he is picking on another fight that
    can either kill Romeo, or himself.
    Even more, Tybalt has a short-temper that is easily triggered a Montague. Tybalt has a
    huge hate for the Montagues, and when he sees or even hears one, he will get full of anger and
    may be even ready to strike on the Montague foe. Tybalts short-tempered can be dangerous for
    other characters because he can get angry and start to draw his sword. In Act I, Capulet makes
    party for anyone who comes to it, and during that party a Montague (Romeo) is spotted by
    Tybalt. Tybalt sees him and (his hate for all Montagues) triggers his short-temper. After seeing
    Romeo, he says, This, by his voice, should be a Montague. / Fetch me my rapier, boy. What!
    Dares the salve/ Come hither, covered with an antic face (Act I, i, lines 53-58). Knowing that
    Tybalt hates Montagues and his short-temper, it is easily noticeable that Tybalt will get angry
    quick if anyone or something happens to come across his way.
    Tybalt being a character with the traits being aggressive, being violent, and having a
    short-temper is what makes this character different from the others. Tybalt is a mean character
    that never really experienced a different view on others by becoming someone else (being kind to
    others). Although, Tybalt can be loyal to certain people, he will never show much of a nice side

    Character Analysis: Tybalt


    to others. He will always be aggressive to others and will always hate Montagues. These traits
    are what make Tybalt a unique character in the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare.

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