"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare and is viewed as the world's greatest love story of all time. There has been an on-going family feud for so long the families have forgotten why they hate each other anymore. All the main characters in the play are driven by either love or hate. Particularly Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, who is driven by the passion of hate until his death. What is it about Tybalt that makes him choose every action he does to be dictated by hatred? Although Tybalt believes he is being loyal to his family he exhibits "negative reason" through-out the play and is inconsistent with the universal will.
             Early in the play Tybalt engages in negative reason because he would rather indulge in hate than in love. He plays a major role in starting the skirmish in the beginning of the play. In Act 1 Scene 1 Servants of the Capulet's make rude gestures at some of the Montague servants, Benvolio, Romeo's cousin, tries to break it up and Tybalt enters and he says, "What, are thou drawn among these heartless hinds?/Turn thee Benvolio, look upon thy death" (1.1.57-58). Tybalt is engaging in "negative reason" by being inconsistent with the universal will. We know the universal will is the self-sustaining drive in the Universe where by living things enjoy reciprocity with the other, at once taking from the world and giving back. By Tybalt telling Benvolio "look upon thy death" is inconsistent with the enjoying reciprocity part of the universal will. Another way he partakes in "negative reason" is he is not accepting of the Montague's. After Tybalt tells Benvolio to "look upon thy death", Benvolio responds to Tybalt by saying, "I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword/Or manage it to part these men with me" (1.1.59-60). Tybalt says back to Benvolio, "What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word/As I hate hell...