tybalt

Question 1

“wretched boy”

Answer 1

1 of his final lines of the play is [quote] , in reference to Romeo
- even his exit is colored with violence- shows no regret which is ultimately his harmatia & what leads to his death
- also shown to be the folly of youth , not just because tybalt is quick to anger, but because mercutio , Romeo & benvolio are too. - or rather the folly of the male youth

Question 2

“to scorn at our solemnity this night”

Answer 2

• uses a combo of sibilance & plosive sounds
• language is dripping with harsh sounds but also an ominous hissing undertone

Question 3

“thou ___ a ___”

Answer 3

• thou art a villain
• Shakespeare uses direct address to show that he does not shy away from confrontation & is direct & almost violent in the way he expresses himself
• also uses fairly simple lang , showing him to lack wit & intelligence of a character like mercutio , he is all violence
• in Shakespeare’s time , honour was a concept that was highly valued & well guarded & honour that was jeopardized was the root of much violence.
• tybalt is so violent in this scene because he believes his honour to be in jeopardy & believes he must respond to that with violence - large amount of male violence stemmed from the patriarchy which reinforced this notion

Question 4

G K O C (Mercutio -> Tybalt)

Answer 4

good king of cats
- tybalt is mocked because he shares a name with a character from Reynard the fox
-‘’king of cats’ implies tybalt embodies the negative qualities typically associated with cats in Shakespeare’s time
- cats sounds like the Italian ‘cazzo’: Mercutio is really trying to insult him