has been
spoiling for a fight with , especially since seeing him flirting with , Tybalt's cousin. Tybalt
dislikes the Montagues intensely and wants to defend Juliet against a lovelorn specimen like
Romeo. Romeo, having already stormed the Capulet citadel, and having, unbeknownst to Tybalt or
any other Capulet, married Juliet, very much wants to avoid a quarrel.
Tybalt
is now no longer Romeo's enemy, but his cousin. When Romeo says he loves Tybalt, stating "I
. . . love thee better than thou canst devise [imagine]," he means he loves Tybalt as a
relative because he has married Juliet. Romeo also says he loves Tybalt to try to convince him
that he really doesn't want a fight: if you love a person you don't
want...
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