There are some people that only think about fighting as an answer. In the story Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, a character named Tybalt is obsessed with fighting. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet can be blamed mostly on Tybalt because he starts fights, continues feuds, and killed Mercutio, causing Romeo to kill him.

            Tybalt starts a couple of fights. By doing this, it causes the tragedy to be started. Right away in the story there is a fight in between the servants. Benvolio comes in to break up the fight. When Tybalt arrives, he immediately draws and threatens Benvolio. Tybalt shouts “Turn thee, Benvolio; look upon thy death.” (1.1.66). This fight instigates the Prince to make a law that any fighting will result in death. Another time Tybalt wanted to start a fight was during a party scene. Romeo had gone to crash a party, and find his love Rosaline. Tybalt saw Romeo and immediately told Lord Capulet that he wanted to kill him. Tybalt says “This, buy his voice, should be a Montague.-/ Fetch me my rapier, boy.” (1.5.62-63). This indicates that Tybalt wants to slay Romeo in a party. A party is supposed to be a happy place, no place for fighting. Because of his grudge for Romeo another fight will happen. This fight occurs in scene 3. Tybalt comes looking for Romeo to fight him. He shouts “Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, / Shalt with him hence.” (3.1.135-136). This is when Tybalt and Romeo fight. Romeo is ticked off because Tybalt just killed his best friend. That makes Romeo kill Tybalt, which gets Romeo exiled. This starts all of the tragedy.

            Tybalt is also responsible for the tragedy because he continued the feud. The feud contributed to the tragedy. I think Tybalt had fun making the feud continue. Those actions made the marriage go so much worse. Tybalt said “Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford/ No better term than this: thou art a villain.” (3.1.61-62). Tybalt says this right away in act 3. He tells Romeo that he will never love him. Not a good thing for a newly married person who has married into that family. By making the feud go on like this, Romeo will feel farther separated from Juliet. Tybalt also states “It fits when such a villain is a guest. / I’ll not endure him.” (1.5.84-85). This is another example of Tybalt not only using the physical stuff, but the mental stuff. By saying this, Tybalt is swearing that he will never like Romeo. This makes the marriage not work at all. It is hard to be married to someone whose cousin wants to kill you. Tybalt also shows that he doesn’t like the Montague’s by saying “As I hate hell, all Montaques, and thee.” (1.1.72-73). By declaring that he hates all Montagues, he shows us that the feud seems like it will never end. The feud keeps Romeo and Juliet apart. So by continuing the feud, he continues the tragedy.