Compare and Contrast Mercutio and Tybalt
Compare and contrast the charactersof Tybalt and Mercutio.
Why does Mercutio hate Tybalt?
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 Tybalt would be seen as the honourable man trying to keep his family’s name from becoming a disgrace while trying to protect his cousin. If he hadn’t of been so quarrelsome, the family fued would not have been so bad and Romeo and Juliet would not have had to be so secretive. If they hadn’t have had to be so secretive they wouldn’t have had to kill themselves. They were both honourable men, as you can say that both of them were willing to die for their friends and family and they both did. Mercutio saved his friend Romeo from getting killed by Tybalt and Tybalt died because he killed Mercutio while trying to defend his family’s honor. Tybalt and Mercutio are like a ying-yang, completely opposites, yet each have a part of the other somewhere inside. On the outside, Tybalt and Mercutio are opposite in how they balance out the play. Tybalt is hot tempered and Mercutio is the obvious comic relief and very carefree. Yet, they each have that same kind of feeling inside that keeps them each from understanding the true love between Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt rejects the whole idea of them being together. He sees Romeo as a threat to his family’s reputation. Mercutio often makes fun of Romeo, regardless of who he is in love with, saying that
Why does Mercutio hate Tybalt?
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 Tybalt would be seen as the honourable man trying to keep his family’s name from becoming a disgrace while trying to protect his cousin. If he hadn’t of been so quarrelsome, the family fued would not have been so bad and Romeo and Juliet would not have had to be so secretive. If they hadn’t have had to be so secretive they wouldn’t have had to kill themselves. They were both honourable men, as you can say that both of them were willing to die for their friends and family and they both did. Mercutio saved his friend Romeo from getting killed by Tybalt and Tybalt died because he killed Mercutio while trying to defend his family’s honor. Tybalt and Mercutio are like a ying-yang, completely opposites, yet each have a part of the other somewhere inside. On the outside, Tybalt and Mercutio are opposite in how they balance out the play. Tybalt is hot tempered and Mercutio is the obvious comic relief and very carefree. Yet, they each have that same kind of feeling inside that keeps them each from understanding the true love between Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt rejects the whole idea of them being together. He sees Romeo as a threat to his family’s reputation. Mercutio often makes fun of Romeo, regardless of who he is in love with, saying that