Question

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt: What! art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death. Benvolio: I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword, Or manage it to part these men with me. Tybalt: What! drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, coward! [They fight.] Based on this dialogue, which word best describes Tybalt? thoughtful aggressive careful disloyal

Answer 1

Answer: B) Aggressive.

Step-by-step explanation: in the given excerpt from "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, we can see a conversation between Benvolio and Tybalt. From the given options, the word that best describes Tybalt is the corresponding to option B: aggressive, we can see this in the way he expresses himself towards Benvolio and in phrases like " What! drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee" (he is saying that he hates peace).

Answer 2

In the dialogue, Benvolio is more concerned with keeping the peace than Tybalt is, the latter is the one eager to threaten Benvolio and to kill him. Despite Benvolio's request to put away the sword, Tybalt refused to do so, and even state that he hates the word peace as much as he hates his opponent. "What! drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee." All of this makes the word "aggressive" suitable to describe Tybalt (OPTION 2).