At the start of act 1 scene 1 it is set in a public place and you see two servants from the Capulet family (Sampson and Gregory) discussing about the feud between the two families and saying how they would fight for there masters. Then you see two of the Montague servants coming in, Abraham and Balthazar. They start insulting each other with rude gestures, biting there thumbs at each other, which is like putting two fingers up at someone. Gregory says to Sampson, ‘draw thy tool, here come two of the house of Montague’s’. Sampson replies, ‘my naked weapon is out’. This means get your sword out, as here come there enemies from the Montague family and his naked weapon is out is he has got his sword out ready to fight. The scene starts to get violent as they insult each other and because they are biting there thumbs at each other this escalates to a fight. As they start fighting Benvoilio, Romeo’s cousin comes into view and Tybalt close behind him. Benvoilio tries to stop the fight, but is dismayed and he rushes in with his raised sword. ‘Part fools’ he says. Then Tybalt comes in, he tries to stat a fight with Benvoilio and he calls him a coward then they fight. Then lord Capulet and Montague come in and they both start to verbally argue. Prince Escales enters with his train of people behind him, he tells them all to stop fighting and that they have disturbed our streets three times this is your last chance or someone will die. He breaks up the fights and says if anyone fights again somebody is going to get killed.
The second scene in which there is a lot of violence and it leads to the deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio. The scene is set on a street in Verona and is just after Romeo and Juliet get married. Benvolio wants to avoid a fight with the Capulet’s and he suggests to Mercutio that they should go home as he says, ‘I pray thee, good Mercutio, lets retire. The day is hot, the Capulet’s are abroad’. This shows us that Benvolio is hot and tired and doesn’t want to fight. Mercutio wants the opposite and does want to fight, he is in a lively mood but slightly aggressive and he doesn’t want to go home. When Tybalt arrives, Mercutio says ‘by my heel, I care not’ this shows us that he is not scared at all and doesn’t care. Tybalt and Mercutio speak to each other and there is a bit of tension between them as they say, ‘could you not take some occasion without giving? Tho consortest with Romeo’. ‘Consort? What doust thou make us minstrels.’ Mercutio also says, ‘I will not budge for no mans pleasure’. This tells us that he won’t move or do anything to please anyone, as he is very stubborn. As more and more anger comes between them Tybalt tries to start a fight with Romeo by saying, ‘Thou art a villain’. This is a great insult Romeo as he is noble of birth. Romeo tries to be very calm as he doesn’t want to start any fights or arguments. He just lets him say nasty comments. But Tybalt doesn’t like the Romeo is acting and orders him to take out his sword and fight. Tybalt wants to fight Romeo because he says that’s no excuse. Mercutio and Tybalt start to verbally argue as Mercutio says, ‘Make haste, least mine be about your eare ere it be out’. And Tybalt says, ‘What wouldst thou have with me, o am for you’. This causes them to fight and Mercutio gets killed. When Romeo sees this, his mood changes from being, calm to angry, this is shown when he says, ‘fire eyed fury be my conduct now’. The he starts to fight with Tybalt. Romeo kills Tybalt because he killed Mercutio and he was Romeos best friend.
