Benvolio As A Catalyst In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

In Act 3, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, Benvolio starts off the conversation by warning Mercutio, “I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire,” (3.1.1) and that, “for now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring,” (3.1.4). By Benvolio’s advice to retire, we are already getting a glimpse of his true character, since he is obviously nervous of something bad happening and is “praying” that they leave. He doesn’t want a brawl to take place, proving he only wants peace and no fights, and is so apprehensive about it that he is begging to leave so nothing bad happens. And when he finishes off his advice by saying mad blood is stirring, he is symbolizing it back to the hatred between the Capulets and Montagues. As the heat gets worse, or as the days build up, the tensions amidst them will only rise, and the “mad blood stirring,” (3.1.4) is relaying that the abhorring rancor between them is stirring, readying itself for incursion. Benvolio’s use of the blood stirring symbolism is demonstrating just how desperate he is for nothing to happen, letting us get a glimpse of his peaceful non-hating

In William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, Benvolio and Tybalt are portrayed as characters with distinctly opposing personalities that is apparent in many different instances throughout the play. Romeo's best friend, Benvolio is depicted as the classic nice guy, incorporating all the personalities necessary to be one. He is calm, patient, an advocate of peace between the two rival families, and always viewing the cup as half full instead of half empty. During the first quarrel between the Montagues and the Capulets in the play, Benvolio tries to bring peace by saying " I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword, / Or manage it to part these men with me " ( , , 62-63). It is apparent that Benvolio has good intentions and that he

In the play, “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, Romeo appears to have two relevant friends known as Mercutio and Benvolio throughout the tragedy. Although both companions show great qualities which make them two friends of great value, Benvolio is shown to be the exceptional friend that never seems to displease Romeo. Benvolio is a companion of Romeo that shows remorse, opens new opportunities for Romeo, and knows how to deal with Romeo’s character appropriately. Without Benvolio, Romeo would have deeply struggled when facing the obstacles he encountered throughout the entire play.

This also means that Benvolio is to blame for Mercutio’s death because he persuaded Romeo to go to this party where he met Juliet ‘Go hither, and with unattained eye / Compare her face with some that I shall show.’ If Benvolio hadn’t persuaded Romeo to go to Capulet’s party, he wouldn’t have met Juliet.

However, Tybalt (Capulet) comes along and will not “talk of peace! I hate the word,” leaving Benvolio with no choice but to continue the conflict. The citizens of Verona are obviously sick of the conflict that exists between the Capulets and Montague, as they shout “Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montague!” So it is clear that the people of Verona do not like the frequent civil wars. This negativity towards conflict could also be seen as a metaphor for maintaining the peace in Shakespearean society.

William Shakespeare has written thirty-seven plays, one of his most known is Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet, the main characters, fall in love but, they are rivals. No one approved of their love and they committed suicide three days after they were married. Capulet is responsible for the downfall and death of Romeo and Juliet because he didn’t stop Tybalt from trying to kill Romeo and he kicked Juliet out of the house. Some may say it’s Benvolio’s fault but he did not have control over the chain of events, starting at the Capulet costume party.

“‘What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?/ Turn thee, Benvolio. Look upon thy death’” (Romeo and Juliet.1.1.56-57). The person threatening Benvolio is Tybalt Capulet from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet was a play written in the mid-1590s, and it involved two “star crossed lovers” (Prologue.6), Romeo and Juliet, from feuding families that eventually took their lives to be together. One important character in the play was Tybalt, a teenager of the house of Capulet and Juliet’s cousin. He was very skilled with a sword and very prideful. Tybalt was killed by Romeo in 3.1. Even though Tybalt was directly killed by Romeo in Act 3 of Romeo and Juliet, there are many other factors that indirectly led to his downfall, including Romeo and Juliet’s secrets, the ancient grudge, and Tybalt’s pride.

Benvolio gives his testimony on the dual, swearing on his life that he is telling the truth, and that Romeo I innocent and Tybalt is the one who should be held

In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the character Benvolio is one of Romeo’s comrades and is considered a peace keeper at this point in the play. Those two aspects of Benvolio are displayed in the slide made above. When Romeo confesses about his love for Rosaline and asks how he should forget about her, Benvolio gave him the tip of “examin[ing] other beauties” (1.1.236). Rather than leaving Romeo without any advice, Benvolio decides to bestow on some tips. A visual I decided to use for this is a thumbs-up. Another example of Benvolio being one of Romeo’s friends is that Benvolio was searching for Romeo, by calling out his name, even knowing that “he ran [towards the orchard wall] and leapt [the wall]” (2.1.6). Even when Romeo is out

A: He is describing Benvolio as someone who loves to fight, but we know from the verybeginning of the play that Benvolio loves to keep the peace and tries to avoid conflictbecause he tried to break up the fight between the servants.

In the beginning of the play Romeo gets his heart broken by a girl named Rosaline. Benvolio finds out about Romeo's loss and quickly tries to think of ways to help him. He finds out that there is going to be a ball taking place at the Capulets and Rosaline is going to be there. He pressures Romeo to go to the ball last minute when he says "Your lady's love against some other maid that I will show you shining at this feast". This quote proves that Benvolio was peer pressuring Romeo into going to the ball so he would get over Rosaline. In addition, Benvolio is the one who brought the fact that Rosaline was going to Romeo's attention when he says "At this same ancient feast of Capulets'. sups the fair Rosaline whom thous so loves". Venvolio knew

When Benvolio first appeared in “Romeo and Juliet”, he was arguing and fighting with Tybalt, in order to increase the respect for the Montague family, which is the family of Romeo. However, Mercutio was giving love advices to Romeo, in order to help Romeo to solve his

Benvolio is calm and helps keep the peace between the other hot headed characters in the play. Benvolio shows his brave, peaceful personality in Act I, Scene I when he yells “Part fools!/ Put up your swords. You know not what you do,” (Shakespeare 379). Someone else might have just let them fight and figure it out on their own. Instead, Benvolio tried to stop Mercutio and Tybalt and prevent the brawl.

Through Benvolio’s language during the scene he shows that he a loving peacekeeper. “The day is hot, the Capulets are abroad. And if we shall meet not ‘scape a brawl.” That quote shows how Benvolio is worried about the Capulets and how if they come close they could get in a brawl. “By my head, here come the Capulets” this quote shows that Benvolio is worried about the seeing the Capulets. ”Withdraw unto some private place.” This last quote shows that the

Benvolio played a role in determining the outcome of the play when he pursues Romeo to go to the Capulet's party. In act 1 scene 3, lines 102, Benvvolio says " Your lady's love against some other maid. That I will show you shining at the feast, and she shall scant show well that now seems best." What Benvolio is telling Romeo to do is go to the party and see if anyone outshines Rosaline. If