Tybalt says to serving man, "This, by his voice, should be a Montague./ Fetch me my rapier, boy. What! Dares the slave Come hither, covered with an antic face," (1.5.55-57) this reveals that Tybalt is quick to anger. Then Romeo says to serving man, "Did my heart love till now? Foreswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night" (1.5.53-54) this infers that Romeo judges love with what he sees on the outside. This essay will prove that Romeo is shallow, and Tybalt is quick to anger.
Tybalt is very quick to anger, and there are many examples that prove this. Tybalt says to Benvolio, "What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? Turn thee, Benvolio: look upon thy death." (1.1.63-65) Tybalt says this when Benvolio is trying to break up a fight between servants or the Montague and Capulet family. Then Tybalt says to Romeo "Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford No better term than this: thou art a villain." (3.1.59-60) Tybalt hunts Romeo down and insults him, then asks him to fight, but Mercutio comes in and he kills him, proving that he doesn't care who he kills just as long as he gets Romeo. Yet another example of Tybalt's rage-like behavior is, "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." (1.5.90-93) Tybalt shows here that he will hunt Romeo unceasingly, until Romeo or himself is dead. This paragraph shows that Tybalt is a very violent person, in the play, and it causes him to get killed.
Romeo is very shallow and there are many examples within the play to show this flaw. Romeo says this to himself while he watches Juliet on the balcony, "See how she leans her cheek upon that hand, O, that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek!" (2.2.24-26) This shows that he l
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