Summary of Tybalt –
Capulet’s nephew and Juliet’s cousin.
Tybalt is the play's most aggressive and fiery character.
Key themes linked to Tybalt:
Hatred
Loyalty
Violence
Act 1 Scene 5: Capulet’s Ball – Tybalt notices Romeo
TYBALT
This, by his voice, should be a Montague.
Fetch me my rapier, boy. What dares the slave
Come hither, cover'd with an antic face,
To fleer and scorn at our solemnity?
Now, by the stock and honour of my kin,
To strike him dead, I hold it not a sin.
CAPULET
Why, how now, kinsman! wherefore storm you so?
TYBALT
Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe,
A villain that is hither come in spite,
To scorn at our solemnity this night.
CAPULET
Young Romeo is it?
TYBALT
'Tis he, that villain Romeo.
CAPULET
Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone;
He bears him like a portly gentleman;
And, to say truth, Verona brags of him
To be a virtuous and well-govern'd youth:
This is the moment just after Romeo has found his true love. Why is Capulet’s hostile reaction significant to the play as a whole?
Act 3, Scene 1 Quotes
Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford
No better term than this: thou art a villain.