Consider these lines from earlier in the play. Which lines foreshadow Tybalt’s death? 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.
- Tybalt: Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe; / A villain that is hither come in spite, / To scorn at our solemnity this night.
- 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.
These lines foreshadow Tybalt's death because they depict his conflict with Romeo and foreshadow the consequences and escalation of their feud.