tybalt Flashcards
Family honour, violence
Peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee
Verb ‘hate’ sums up his aggressive world view. Also harsh alliteration and dark imagery. Group of three for emphasis. Noun ‘hell’ - religious context.
This, by his voice, should be a Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy!
Imperative - ‘fetch’. Tybalt’s notion of honour is bound up in the masculine code of revenge: if he doesn’t fight back against an insult, then his reputation is damaged
I will withdraw, but with this intrusion shall, now seeming sweet, convert to bitterest gall
Sibilant alliteration - sinister, dark - a threat of violence to come. Tybalt holds grudges.
What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death
He looks down on Benvolio for fighting with the servants rather than the nobles - ‘heartless minds’ (referring to the servants.
