Make a character profile of tybalt, romeo and benvolio in the play romeo and juliet by william shakespeare

Mercutio, Romeo's best friend, is a similar sort of hotheaded character. However, Mercutio is also known for his sense of humor and great wit, which we really don't see much of from Tybalt. Mercutio hates Tybalt and gives him the 'catty' nickname The Prince of Cats because Tybalt always seems to walking around looking for a fight.

Tybalt, true to his nickname, does find a fight at the Capulet's masked ball. Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio decide to crash the party in order to try and get Romeo out of the dumps after his love for Rosaline goes unrequited. While the men are walking around the ball in masks, Tybalt recognizes Romeo's voice and of course wants to beat him up for being a party crasher. However, Tybalt's uncle stops him, not wanting to make a scene at the party. This enrages Tybalt to no end, but he listens to his uncle and steps off, for the time being. In his classic snarl, and his typical rhymed couplets, he vows to meet up with Romeo later on:

'Patience perforce with willful choler meeting

Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting.

I will withdraw: but this intrusion shall

Now seeming sweet convert to bitter gall.'

One of the most interesting aspects to draw from here is that Tybalt's uncle, an older man with a longer history, is not even upset that young Romeo is at the masked ball. Like it's really no big deal, he says: