Tybalt Is To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt, Romeo, and the Capulets and Montagues families are all responsible for the death of Mercutio. Tybalt is responsible because Tybalt is the one who started the fighting in the first place. Tybalt states “Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done me, therefore turn and draw”. This shows that Tybalt was eager for a fight, which ended up leading to Mercutio’s death. Secondly, the two families (Capulets and Montagues) are responsible. The two families are responsible because if the families did not have a feud with each other the fight would not have happened. The very rich Montagues and the Capulets have had a long history with each other constantly getting in arguments with each other,