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latosa
latosa
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High School - 9th Grade

Who are Tybalt's friends?

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Posted by latosa on Tuesday March 17, 2009 at 9:50 PM and tagged with juliet, romeo, romeo and juliet, shakespeare, tybalt.

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  1. robertwilliam

    eNotes Editor

    Tybalt is a Capulet, Juliet's cousin and Capulet's nephew. So it's a fair assumption that his friends will be the Capulet clan. But the text never actually says who's with him!

    You might think Sampson and Gregory, from Act 1, Scene 1, might be Tybalt's friends: they too are of the house of Capulet. But when Tybalt enters, he says

    Enter Tybalt

    TYBALT
    What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?
    Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.

    He thinks the men are "heartless hinds". They aren't his friends. And he enters by himself.

    Moreover, when he enters Act 3, Scene 1 (when he kills Mercutio) the text just says:

    Enter TYBALT and others

    TYBALT
    Follow me close, for I will speak to them.
    Gentlemen, good den: a word with one of you.

    Tybalt clearly addresses them "Follow me close" - but we don't know who they are! So I can't really answer your question, beyond saying that - if you're the director of a production, the decision is yours to make.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/romeo-text

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    Posted by robertwilliam on Wednesday March 18, 2009 at 4:10 AM