Why is Tybalt called the prince of cats?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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...erm the male genitalia. its pronounced "CAT-so".

No, Tybalt is called Prince of Cats because that is the name of The Prince of Cats in the book The History of Reynard the Fox. The Prince of Cats is a exeplifies characteristics like those of Tybalt as well.

Answer 3

Nobody except Mercutio calls Tybalt "The Prince of Cats". In Act II Scene 4 he says:"More than prince of cats, I can tell you. O, he is
the courageous captain of compliments. He fights as
you sing prick-song, keeps time, distance, and
proportion; rests me his minim rest, one, two, and
the third in your bosom: the very butcher of a silk
button, a duellist, a duellist; a gentleman of the
very first house, of the first and second cause."Mercutio describes Tybalt as a man obsessed with duelling, as one who has practised Fencing so as to make it a fine art. Mercutio likes this "prince of cats" witticism so much that he uses it again in Act III in the following conversation:Mer: Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?
Tybalt: What wouldst thou have with me?
Mer: Good king of cats, nothing but one of your nine lives.The "rat-catcher" line may give an idea of what Mercutio is getting at here. As a cat is an animal whose main purpose is to kill rodents, Tybalt is an animal whose main purpose is to kill inferior swordsmen. Because he is a bully, and an arrogant one, Mercutio despises him.

Answer 4

The name Tybalt comes from a cat in a story during Shakespeare's time. so they refer to him as king of cats.

Answer 5

Mercutio calls Tybalt the Prince of Cats because Tybalt was the name of kind of like the Garfield of their time.

Answer 6

Tybalt is the "prince of cats" in "Romeo & Juliet.