2007-02-04 11:02:17 · 4 answers · asked by arrowhead 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Boys will be boys.
2007-02-05 14:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by Clementine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tybalt comes looking for Romeo, not Mercutio. Tybalt's family and Romeo's family are feuding, and Tybalt is still steamed that Romeo and his pals crashed their party the night before. Unbeknownst to Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet have already formed their tragic bond.
When Romeo refuses to fight with Tybalt, Mercutio intervenes. The irony, of course, is that Mercutio thinks that Romeo is being Cowardly; the truth is that Romeo, through his alliance with Juliet, now sees Tybalt as a soon-to-be member of his family.
Mercutio has already described Tybalt as a highly proficient duelist, so they're probably pretty well matched as fighters. It's only when Romeo tries to break them up that Mercutio suffers his mortal injury, after which Romeo goes after Tybalt and kills him.
And all of that is in the first HALF of the play...!
2007-02-05 10:07:46 · answer #2 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heather is confusing Mercutio with Romeo. Tybalt killed Mercutio, Romeo's cousin, and Romeo killed Tybalt in revenge. I think that Tybalt and Mercutio were just arguing the typical arguemnt full of insults and threats that a Capulet versus Montague arguement would lead to, but I'm nto sure.
2007-02-04 19:31:57 · answer #3 · answered by locomonohijo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I remember right because Tybalt sought revenge on Mercutio's cousin and killed him... Tybalt told Mercutio in the heat of a disagreement because Tybalts concious was killing him and in a fit of Rage Mercutio made "worms meat" of Tybalt and killed him.
2007-02-04 19:10:57 · answer #4 · answered by Heather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋