Tybalt

Tybalt
Personal Info
Status	Deceased
Relatives	Lord Capulet (Uncle) Lady Capulet (Aunt) Juliet Capulet (Cousin)
Affiliations	The Capulet Family
Physical Description
Gender	Male
Media
Play	Romeo and Juliet
Portrayals	Romeo and Juliet

Tybalt Capulet is the main antagonist of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Appearance

Tybalt is a 6'1, and lighty muscled. Historically, he has olive-toned skin, and brown curly hair. He has a square-ish jaw, thick eyebrows, and a round, slightly wide nose.

History

In Act I, Scene I, Tybalt enters and helps his own servants, Sampson and Gregory, who are fighting in the streets with servants of the Montagues, Abraham and Balthasar. Seeing Benvolio (Romeo's friend) trying to stop the fight, Tybalt draws his sword to fight Benvolio.

Later, at the Capulets' ball, Tybalt is the first to recognize Romeo through his disguise, and would kill him if not forbidden by his uncle, Lord Capulet. His lust for revenge unsated, Tybalt sends a challenge letter to Romeo for a duel to the death. At the beginning of Act III, he enters looking for Romeo, only to create tensions with Mercutio, who was mocking Tybalt even before he walked into the scene. Tybalt initially ignores Mercutio and confronts Romeo, who refuses to fight because of his secret recent marriage to Juliet. Tybalt becomes even angrier; he does not know Romeo cannot fight him because they are now relatives.

Mercutio loses his temper and begins fighting Tybalt himself. Romeo tries to stop the combat by rushing between them, and Tybalt then stabs Mercutio under his arm. Mercutio dies from the wound, angering an already emotional Romeo. Enraged, Romeo duels and kills Tybalt in return, leading to his own exile by Prince Escalus. This means he has anger problems as he lets spiteful words get to him

Tybalt is revealed to be Juliet's maternal first cousin, when Lady Capulet arrives at the scene where Tybalt lies dead, resulting in Romeo’s banishment by the Prince instead of execution.

Personality

Tybalt Capulet is a rambunctuous and fiery individual. As shown in the play, he lives for playful battle, but can be easily angered and switch over to genuine combat. He is also loud, and has many friends - all who encourage him and hype him up during his fights. He is also hot tempered, impatient and vengeful man who shares a deep hatred for everyone in the Montague family, especially Romeo. He is also never afraid to start fights with them by continuously provoking them despite warnings made by the Prince.

Relationships

He was revealed to be Juliet's first cousin, and the nephew of Juliet's mother and father in the quote

"Tybalt, my cousin, O my brother's child!" from Act III

Quotes

• "What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word

As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.

Have at thee, coward!"

• “Now by the stock and honour of my kin, To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.”

• "Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, / Shalt with him hence"

• "Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford. No better term than this,—thou art a villain!"