Tybult

Question 1

tybult as foil or confrontational with others

Answer 1

tybalt gets on with very few in soceity
- argues w his own family at the capulet party- shows his need for battle makes him inately dislikeable. lord capulet refers to him as ‘saucy boy’ the word boy is diminishing and mocking and implies tybalt has a very immature outlook on situations. He displays a lack of rsepct even for lord capulet who has to remind him ‘am i lord here or you’ implying he has minimal grasp of his soceital standings and acts on his own accord. He does not follow the will of his family, this implies he seeks violence not to defend the anceitn grudge between the families but for personal gratification
- he utters a threat at romeo after the alteractation which implies he will not look to listen to his superiors command and is a very disagreeable character
- ‘heartless hinds’ when refering to servents is diminishing and rude and hinds are a type of female deer implying he sees others as weaker than himself. Thid is a pun as a hart is a male deer- tells us they are not men but feeble and weak
-in this scene he mocks benvolio for being seen with these weak counterparts and tells him to ‘look upon thy death’ which implies that even in this minor street brawl he is focussed on causing fatality, even in battle with someone who is known as a peacmaker. Implies he does not see benvolio as a real man until he will turn and fight
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Question 2

tybult as a representitive for the argumentative gentlemen bred by hegemonic society

Answer 2

• ‘peace?i hate the word’ repetition of hate highligths his distain for others. uses montague and hell in the same phrase which implies he views all montagues as the lowest biblical evil
• the name tybalt connotes to a folk tale about a cunning fox, conotes to confrontaional, sly and aggresive
  -‘prince of cats’ is a fitting and freightening title, he is proud and sly.
• ‘boy’ ‘turn and draw’ catalystic to wind up others, he is desparate to seek out a fight
• ‘thou art a villain;
• peace? i hate the word as i hate hell, all montagues and thee