When people hear about opposites attracting, they usually think that the opposites fall in love and ride along into the sunset but in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare shows this attraction as a bridge that moves along the plot of this tragic love story. Shakespeare introduces Romeo, the male protagonist as a peaceful, loving, young adult who meets with Tybalt, a supporting character who is full of anger and loves to engage in fights. To readers, Tybalt’s storyline may seem unnecessary to the play but it actually helps all the events unfold. Shakespeare shows Romeo and Tybalt as total opposites but deep inside their characters they have so much in common. Shakespeare demonstrates their similarities by their personality
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Romeo and Tybalt both are greatly confident as they are from the two richest households, the Montagues’ and Capulets’, respectively. Shakespeare demonstrates this by showing Tybalt have a disagreement with his powerful uncle Capulet about letting Romeo stay at their Capulet party. Capulet lets Romeo stay which makes Tybalt angry leading him to say “Patience perforce with willful choler meeting Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting. I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall, Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt’rest gall.” (I, v, l.100) This shows that Tybalt is self assuring in himself as he tells his uncle Capulet that he will not fight Romeo at the Capulet’s party and it may seem peaceful now but later he will make sure to kill Romeo. Tybalt’s tone in the play helps create the tension that he is absolutely sure that Romeo will end up dead. Shakespeare also builds this trait in Romeo in Act III, when Romeo is angry about Tybalt killing his best friend Mercutio making Romeo engage in a fight with Tybalt. Romeo threatens Tybalt saying that one of them is going to die which makes Tybalt references that a fight should start making Romeo tell Tybalt “This shall determine that.” (III, i, l.137) Romeo shows a great amount of confidence in the fight as he believe he is going to win Tybalt. Another trait that Romeo and Tybalt have in common is how aggressive they are. As
Romeo and Tybalt both are greatly confident as they are from the two richest households, the Montagues’ and Capulets’, respectively. Shakespeare demonstrates this by showing Tybalt have a disagreement with his powerful uncle Capulet about letting Romeo stay at their Capulet party. Capulet lets Romeo stay which makes Tybalt angry leading him to say “Patience perforce with willful choler meeting Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting. I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall, Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt’rest gall.” (I, v, l.100) This shows that Tybalt is self assuring in himself as he tells his uncle Capulet that he will not fight Romeo at the Capulet’s party and it may seem peaceful now but later he will make sure to kill Romeo. Tybalt’s tone in the play helps create the tension that he is absolutely sure that Romeo will end up dead. Shakespeare also builds this trait in Romeo in Act III, when Romeo is angry about Tybalt killing his best friend Mercutio making Romeo engage in a fight with Tybalt. Romeo threatens Tybalt saying that one of them is going to die which makes Tybalt references that a fight should start making Romeo tell Tybalt “This shall determine that.” (III, i, l.137) Romeo shows a great amount of confidence in the fight as he believe he is going to win Tybalt. Another trait that Romeo and Tybalt have in common is how aggressive they are. As