Tybalt

• Lady Capulets nephew
• only noble character who is seen driving the feud
• plays the major antagonist - every seen he appears in, he is fighting
• A1,S1 - stage directions - 'enter Benvolio on one side, Tybalt on the other' - have to be separated due to conflict between families - hate filled, defiant - Tybalt wants conflict - opposite side to Benvolio
• Masculine (Shakespearean times) - 'Turn thee, Benvolio; look upon thy death' - trying to kill Benvolio, violent = masculine

  'Peace! I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues and thee.'
• 'Peace! I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues and thee


  'Peace!' shows sarcasm, he mocks Benvolio for wanting peace as it makes him feminine, 'I hate' is repeated to emphasis his feelings towards Benvolio and his family, comparing the Montagues to 'hell' shows how much he hates them as they were very religious back then, connect the Montague's with all evil and the devil. Singles out Benvolio even though he is apart of the Montague 'side', which he has stated his hatred for shows how much he hates Benvolio, and his ideas (of peace)
• A3,S1 - to Romeo ->'Boy this shall not excuse the injuries thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw' - he is saying that Romeo is not a man like Tybalt --> Ironic as Lord Capulet labels Tybalt as a 'saucy boy'
• he dies in a sword fight - fitting as he is a very violent character
• A3,S1 - 'thou' (lower class and informal) and 'you' (upper class and formal) - Mercutio and Tybalt switch between 'thou' and 'you' - Mercutio insults Tybalt so much he uses 'thou' implying Mercutio is lower class
• only appears 3 times in the play - Romeo's murder of Tybaly is the climax
• 'heartless hinds' when talking to Benvolio - 'hinds' means female deer - saying Benvolio is again feminine