What scene does Mercutio and Tybalt fight?
ACT III SCENE I
| ACT III SCENE I | A public place. |
|---|---|
| Forbidden bandying in Verona streets: | |
| Hold, Tybalt! good Mercutio! | |
| [ TYBALT under ROMEO’s arm stabs MERCUTIO, and flies with his followers ] | |
| MERCUTIO | I am hurt. |
What happens in the fight scene with Romeo Mercutio and Tybalt?
Mercutio draws first, then Tybalt, and they eventually fall to fighting. Romeo tries to break it up, but Tybalt reaches under Romeo’s arm and fatally stabs Mercutio, who curses the Montagues and the Capulets for their continuing feud. A grieving Romeo fights Tybalt and kills him.
What were Tybalt and Mercutio fighting about?
Tybalt kills Mercutio Romeo meets with Mercutio and Benvolio to tell them about his marriage to Juliet. However, he is soon stopped when he sees Tybalt Capulet there arguing with Mercutio.
What causes the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt?
What causes the fatal sword fight between Mercutio and Tybalt in Scene 1? How is Mercutio killed? Romeo says he loves Tybalt’s name (because he is a relative of Juliet) and Mercutio feels that Romeo has surrendered. Mercutio then precedes to ask Tybalt to fight him.
What happened in Act 3 Scene 1 in Romeo and Juliet?
Mercutio and Tybalt begin to fight. Romeo, attempting to restore peace, throws himself between the combatants. Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm, and as Mercutio falls, Tybalt and his men hurry away. Mercutio dies, cursing both the Montagues and the Capulets: “A plague o’ both your houses” (3.1.
What scenes are Tybalt in?
Tybalt is first seen coming to the aid of his servants who are being attacked by the servants of the Montagues. He is also present at Capulet’s feast in act one, scene five, and is the first to recognize Romeo. His last appearance is in act 3 scene 1 where Mecurtio insults Tybalt and ends up fighting with him.
How did Tybalt mortally wound Mercutio?
Tybalt kills Mercutio when Romeo stepped in in attempt to stop their quarrel, but Tybalt thrusted his sword under Romeo’s arm to Mercutio and killed him.
What does Tybalt say when he kills Mercutio?
] plague a’ both your houses
Although Mercutio is stabbed by Tybalt’s sword, he ultimately places the blame not on the individual man, but on the Montague and Capulet families when he shouts “[a] plague a’ both your houses” (line 108), which means that he is cursing both the house of Montague and the house of Capulet.
Did Tybalt start the fight with Mercutio?
Mercutio angrily draws his sword and declares with biting wit that if Romeo will not fight Tybalt, he will. Mercutio and Tybalt begin to fight. Romeo, attempting to restore peace, throws himself between the combatants. Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm, and as Mercutio falls, Tybalt and his men hurry away.
Who is most to blame for the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt?
Tybalt
Tybalt is to blame for Mercutio’s death, because Tybalt is the one who stabs him with his rapier: “Tybalt under Romeo’s arm thrusts Mercutio in and flies” (lines 89-90).
Who starts the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt?
Who starts the fight with Tybalt? Mercutio; Tybalt first gets upset with Romeo, but Mercutio insists Tybalt fight him.
Who do you think is to blame for the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt?
Romeo
Tybalt begins the quarrel by insulting Romeo, saying, “thou art a villain” (line 60). Romeo is to blame for Mercutio’s death because he did not defend himself when Tybalt called him a “villain” (line 60).