Question

Read the following selection from Act III of Romeo and Juliet. What conflict does the lines arrowed most closely represent?

TYBALT

Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford <------

No better term than this,—thou art a villain. <------


ROMEO

Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee

Doth much excuse the appertaining rage

To such a greeting: villain am I none;

Therefore farewell; I see thou know'st me not.


TYBALT

Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries

That thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw.


ROMEO

I do protest, I never injured thee,

But love thee better than thou canst devise,

Till thou shalt know the reason of my love:

And so, good Capulet,—which name I tender

As dearly as my own,—be satisfied.


Man vs. Man

Man vs. Self

Man vs. Nature

Man vs. Society

Answer 1

The conflict highlighted in the lines "Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford no better term than this,—thou art a villain" most closely represents the conflict of Man vs. Man. It is a conflict between Tybalt and Romeo, where Tybalt expresses his hatred towards Romeo and calls him a villain. Romeo denies being a villain and tries to defuse the situation.