Question 3 • Twilight Session 1 (Fall 26): Literature and Composition I_CThompson
Consider these lines from earlier in the play. Which lines foreshadow Tybalt’s death in Act III, scene i? Check all that apply.Tybalt: Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe; / A villain that is hither come in spite, / To scorn at our solemnity this night.Capulet: [to Tybalt] You are a saucy boy – is 't so indeed? – / This trick may chance to scathe you.Tybalt: I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall / Now seeming sweet convert to bitter gall.Benvolio: Tybalt, the kinsman of old Capulet, / Hath sent a letter to his father’s house. . . . [Romeo] will answer the letter’s master, how he dares, being dared.Mercutio: More than prince of cats, I can tell you. O! [Tybalt] is the courageous captain of compliments.
Answer
A
Tybalt: Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe; / A villain that is hither come in spite, / To scorn at our solemnity this night.
B
Capulet: [to Tybalt] You are a saucy boy – is 't so indeed? – / This trick may chance to scathe you.
C
Tybalt: I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall / Now seeming sweet convert to bitter gall.
D
Benvolio: Tybalt, the kinsman of old Capulet, / Hath sent a letter to his father’s house. . . . [Romeo] will answer the letter’s master, how he dares, being dared.
E
Mercutio: More than prince of cats, I can tell you. O! [Tybalt] is the courageous captain of compliments.
Explanation
Capulet’s warning that Tybalt’s behavior may “scathe” him foreshadows that Tybalt will be hurt. Tybalt’s threat that the night’s apparent sweetness will turn to “bitter gall” hints at the deadly consequences of the conflict. Benvolio’s report of Tybalt’s challenge also foreshadows the confrontation with Romeo that ends in Tybalt’s death.
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