tybalt

• 'to strike him dead i hold it not a sin' tybalt believes romeo death would be a righteous act for his family
• thou art a villian- tybalt antagnosies romeo
• 'what art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?'


  hinds mean female deer compassion to female is enmasculnating deer are weak animals that are hunted for leisure, hearlresss- they lack courage
• peace i hate the word as i hate hell all montagues and thee


  tybalts hatred is rooted in family honour
• Tybolt


  • Nephew to Lady Capulet
  • Only character of noble birth who seems set on driving forward the grudge between the two families
  • Arrives on stage opposite Benvolio, showing their opposing approaches to conflict
• Tybolt: 'What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.'
• Heartless hinds


  Slur on Benvolio's manhood, implying he is effeminate and ineffectual
• Tybolt's accusation of Benvolio


  Plays on the words 'heart' and 'hind' (male and female deer)
• Tybolt is labelled a 'saucy boy' by Lord Capulet, revealing the irony that although Tybolt taunts Romeo about being a boy, Tybolt himself is chastised as one
• Tybolt


  • The play's major antagonist, an aggressor who is either fighting or looking to fight in every scene he appears
  • His death in a sword fight is a fitting end for his unpleasant character
• When Tybolt dies in Act 3 Scene 1


  Shakespeare develops the previously one-dimensional character of Paris to take on the role of antagonist to Romeo
• Tybolt: 'Thou shalt find me apt enough to that, sir, and you will give me occasion.'
• Mercutio: 'Thou consortest with Romeo, what, dost thou make us minstrels? And thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but discords: here's my fiddlestick; he shall make you dance. Zounds, consort!'
• Thou and you


  Signify different levels of formality - 'thou' was used between friends in lower classes or to show social superiority/scorn, 'you' was used between friends in the upper classes or to show respect
• Tybolt only appears three times in the entire play, but his impact is significant - Romeo's murder of Tybolt is the climax of the play, leading to the downward spiral that ends with Romeo and Juliet's deaths
• Tybolt


  • Embodies everything we would expect to find in an antagonist character type
• Tybolt: 'Heartless hinds'