Picture yourself sitting down to lunch after hours of boring classes. You’ve been looking forward to the leftover brownie that you packed all morning. Expectantly, you open your lunchbox and see no brownie; immediately you know who took it. There was a reason behind your brothers’ smirk this morning after all. How unfortunate for him when he’ll open his lunchbox tomorrow and not see the last Nutty Buddy he’d been craving. Maybe someone has taken the food you wanted, called you a name, stolen something from you, or embarrassed you in front of someone whom you definitely didn’t want to feel embarrassed in front of. All of the thoughts running through your head in these situations are most likely ways to get back at the culprit. Even though you’re extremely upset with the person, you probably have not thought of killing them. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has many great examples of revenge. However, their examples are more extreme than common revenge. Tybalt and Mercutio’s deaths were both a result of revenge. Their deaths paved the way for how the rest of the story would play out. Sometimes revenge causes problems.
Revenge can cause death. Tybalt kills Mercutio after he makes fun of him. This action …show more content…
After Juliet fakes her death and is placed in the tombs, Romeo and Paris have the same idea of visiting her. Paris is under the impression that Juliet died in grief for her cousin Tybalt. Proving this, he states “This is that banished haughty Montague/ That murdered my love’s cousin, with which grief/ It is supposed the fair creature died.” (Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet; V, i, 56-58) Seeing Romeo in the tombs, after killing, supposedly, both Tybalt and Juliet, he questions Romeo’s intentions there. Young Montague tries to tell him he means harm only to himself, but Paris declares he’s going to arrest him. They duel, and Paris is slain. Tybalt’s death caused conflict between Romeo and Paris, which then lead to Paris’
Revenge can cause death. Tybalt kills Mercutio after he makes fun of him. This action …show more content…
After Juliet fakes her death and is placed in the tombs, Romeo and Paris have the same idea of visiting her. Paris is under the impression that Juliet died in grief for her cousin Tybalt. Proving this, he states “This is that banished haughty Montague/ That murdered my love’s cousin, with which grief/ It is supposed the fair creature died.” (Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet; V, i, 56-58) Seeing Romeo in the tombs, after killing, supposedly, both Tybalt and Juliet, he questions Romeo’s intentions there. Young Montague tries to tell him he means harm only to himself, but Paris declares he’s going to arrest him. They duel, and Paris is slain. Tybalt’s death caused conflict between Romeo and Paris, which then lead to Paris’