“Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford / No better term than this: thou art a villain” (III.i.57-58) Of this rivalry Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, was the main turbulence as here he is bluntly calling Romeo a villain with no true reasoning other than he bears the name of Montague. This childish name-calling escalates into murder as the result is both Tybalt and a friend of Romeo’s demise. As all deaths are part in Shakespeare’s choreography these rivalry results were not accidental, but purposeful to lead to the lovers’
“Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford / No better term than this: thou art a villain” (III.i.57-58) Of this rivalry Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, was the main turbulence as here he is bluntly calling Romeo a villain with no true reasoning other than he bears the name of Montague. This childish name-calling escalates into murder as the result is both Tybalt and a friend of Romeo’s demise. As all deaths are part in Shakespeare’s choreography these rivalry results were not accidental, but purposeful to lead to the lovers’