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Tybalt (/ ˈ t ɪ b ə l t /) is a character in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. He is the son of Lady Capulet's brother, Juliet 's short-tempered first cousin, and Romeo 's rival. Tybalt shares the same name as the character Tibert / Tybalt "the prince of cats" in the popular story Reynard the Fox , a point of mockery in the play.
However, Romeo instead meets and falls in love with Juliet. Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, is enraged at Romeo for sneaking into the ball but is stopped from killing Romeo by Juliet's father, who does not wish to shed blood in his house. After the ball, in what is now famously known as the "balcony scene," Romeo sneaks into the Capulet orchard and ...
Tybalt, a kinsman of the Capulets and cousin to Juliet, is dueling with Mercutio, a friend of Romeo from the Montague family. Romeo and Benvolio attempt to break up the fight. Mercutio, distracted, does not see his opponent and is fatally wounded by Tybalt under Romeo's arm. Feeling his death approaching, Mercutio declares:
After Romeo receives a death threat from Tybalt, Mercutio expects Romeo to engage Tybalt in a duel. However, Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt, as Tybalt is Juliet's cousin and therefore his kinsman. Not knowing this, Mercutio is incensed, and decides to fight Tybalt himself. Romeo, not wanting his best friend or his relative to get hurt ...
Romeo attempts to make peace, but Tybalt assaults him. Mercutio intervenes and batters Tybalt, and is about to kill him when Romeo stops him. Tybalt takes the opportunity to fatally wound Mercutio, who curses both houses before dying. Enraged, Romeo chases after the fleeing Tybalt and shoots him dead, avenging Mercutio’s death.
The director behind a new production of Romeo & Juliet is condemning the "barrage of deplorable racial abuse" seemingly directed at Tom Holland's co-star, Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, after she was ...
During the fight, Romeo puts his arm around Mercutio in an attempt to get him to stop fighting. This gives Tybalt an opening to kill Mercutio, which he does promptly. Afterwords Romeo cannot but help killing Tybalt in revenge of the death for his good friend. Afterward, Romeo is exiled for the death and the Capulets are left to mourn over the ...
Romeo Doubs is back with the Green Bay Packers this week after serving a one-game suspension for "conduct detrimental to the team.". That suspension came last week after Doubs was reported to have ...