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Why does mercutio decide to fight Tybalt and save romeo?
Mercutio does not "save Romeo" in the play by fighting Tybalt. Tybalt is about to walk away in contempt of the coward Romeo who will not fight him, and Mercutio gets involved, ostensibly to save Romeo's honour but basically just to get into a scrap. In the 1996 Baz Luhrman movie, the director has Tybalt beating Romeo when he will not fight, which does prompt Mercutio to join the fight. In that version Mercutio thinks that Tybalt will kill Romeo and that he needs to intervene to save his life. It's a more flattering read for Mercutio than what Shakespeare wrote.
What is Romeos motivation for killing Tybalt?
Tybalt has taken advantage of the feud between his auntie's husband's relatives the Capulets (no actual relation to Tybalt), to show off his fighting skills. From Mercutio we hear that he is "the very butcher of a silk button", a trained swordsman and duellist, whose only pleasure is in fighting. Tybalt uses the fact that Romeo crashed the Capulet party as a pretext for challenging him, but it is a flimsy excuse and that is all it is. Tybalt will just as happily fight with Mercutio as with Romeo.
Tybalt you ratcatcher will you walk?
Tybalt 's nickname is 'Prince of Cats', so he is firstly referring to this. However, Mercutio also insults Tybalt's name, because it sounds like 'Tibbles'. Tibbles is a popular name for a cat (a rat-catcher.) He also calls him a cat in a derogatory term. Cat sounds remarkably like Cazzo in Italian. Romeo and Juliet is set in Italy. Cazzo means the male genitalia. its pronounced "CAT-so". <-(by adrienne) At the time Romeo And Juliet was written there was a popular story named ' reynard the fox' in which the cat was called 'Tibalt'. Mercutio uses this story to tease Tybalt with and continues to refer to Tybalt as a cat, therefore 'ratcatcher' <-(thesilenceRHIAN)
Why is Tybalt called the prince of cats?
Tybalt the Cat was a well known character in the popular medieval of Reynard the Fox in Shakespeare's time. That particular character (Tybalt the Cat) was vicious and argued a lot. This is very much like Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet; Tybalt is a hot-headed character who argues with most of the characters and never hesitates to draw his weapon. Tybalt may have been named so because he was very much like Tybalt the Cat and it gave the audience an idea of who he was. Almost like a stereotype, so the character has guidlenes to his personality and actions. stealthy, sly and swift moving - a skilled swordsman/fighter
How does the language that Tybalt uses cause tension?
Depends. If you are talking about Act 3 scene 1, where both him and Mercutio are killed, then you would notice that he talks politely at the start, when normally he is a fierce character.
Who said princox in Romeo and Juliet?
Mister Capulet (father of Juliet, and head of the capulets) was calling hot-headed Tybalt a princox because Tybalt wouldn't listen to Capulet and just wanted to kill Romeo.
Provide at least 3 reasons that both Mercutio and Tybalt cannot avoid fighting?
They both want to fightNeither of them wants to avoid fighting.They each think they have reasons to fight.Of course, these are all the same reason, just expressed differently, but the fact is that Mercutio and Tybalt could easily have avoided fighting each other and there are many reasons for that: Tybalt is not a Capulet. Even though he hangs with them, he is only associated with them because he is Mrs. Capulet's nephew. Therefore there was no need for him to buy into the feud unless he really wanted to.Mercutio is not a Montague. Even though he hangs with them, he is actually a member of the Prince's family like Paris. There was no need for him to buy into the feud either.There was no need for Tybalt to pursue Romeo. Capulet told him rather forcefully that the fact that Romeo gatecrashed the party was not an insult to the Capulets, and Tybalt was ordered to let the matter go. He continued with it because he really wanted to fight Romeo, even if it was against the orders of Capulet.If there was no reason for Tybalt to fight Romeo, there was even less reason to fight Mercutio, who did not gatecrash the party. Mercutio was invited.Even if Romeo refused to fight Tybalt, as he did, there was no need for Mercutio to step into his place. Any dishonour or stain of cowardice would fall on Romeo, not his friends. Benvolio did not think it necessary to fight, and he was actually related to Romeo. A fortiori, Mercutio had no reason to do so.For some reason, Mercutio has a hate on for Tybalt, calling him "Prince of Cats" and "ratcatcher", and "the very butcher of a silk button". He doesn't like the way Tybalt has studied fighting and then uses that skill against those less skilled, in the same way a cat catches rats. But the response to this is not to get into illegal street fights, but to talk to his relative the Prince and get the Prince to arrest Tybalt for street fighting. Mercutio makes it personal because it IS personal; the hate came first, and the rationale came later.
Where is Scaring the ladies like a crow-keeper in romeo and Juliet?
This line is from Act 1, Scene 4 of "Romeo and Juliet." Mercutio uses it to describe Tybalt, highlighting his confrontational and aggressive nature. It reflects the tension between the Capulets and Montagues in the play.
What does lady Capulet say happened to Tybalt?
At the inquest held by the Prince into the death of Tybalt, he asks Benvolio to report what happened. Benvolio's report, although he hides the fact that Mercutio started the quarrel with Tybalt, is essentially accurate. Lady Capulet then says: "He is a kinsman to the Montague; Affection makes him false, he speaks not true. Some twenty of them fought in this black strife, And all those twenty could but kill one life. I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo must not live!" Her story is that 20 Montagues jumped Tybalt in order to murder him. She was not there to see it; she's just making it up to make Tybalt look good. After all (at least according to Mercutio), Tybalt was proud of his swordplay, and it was embarrassing that he should be defeated by a simp like Romeo. The irony of her accusation that Benvolio is not speaking the truth because he is a Montague is not lost on the Prince. He immediately sees that affection has made her false and dismisses her account of Tybalt's death.
How does mercutio attempt to conjure romeo?
Mercutio uses humor, sarcasm, and provocative language to try to provoke Romeo into engaging with him. He employs wordplay and insults to catch Romeo's attention and draw him into their banter.
Explain how shakespeare uses juxtaposition to make romeo and Juliet an effective play?
He uses it throughout the play. For example they get married in one scene then Mercutio and Tybalt die in the next. The extreme differences give a huge impact on an audience, because it makes the contrasts even greater having them so close together. If they are so close together then it gives the audience or reader a link between the both. For example they are get married because Romeo snuck into the ball or Mercutio gets killed because Romeo refuses to fight because he got married in the previous scene. It all links together.
Why does mercutio engage romeo in conversation about fashion?
Mercutio engages Romeo in conversation about fashion as a way to distract him and lift his spirits from his love-sick state over Rosaline. Additionally, Mercutio uses witty banter and humor about Romeo's melancholy to lighten the mood and inject some levity into the situation.
