Romeo And Juliet Who's To Blame

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into the friend,” Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr or also known as MLK was a civil right leader. He fought for what he believed in. He believed that all whites and blacks should be equal. In this quote, he explains that love is the only way to make your biggest enemy you friend. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. Their families have been rivals for ages. Romeo had walked into that party that night seeing Juliet and thinking she is the most beautiful women he has ever seen. The quote is related to this story because it brings out the aspect of hatred among the families and how Romeo and Juliet transformed themselves from an enemy

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

3) Benvolio- Over the course of this scene we acknowledge that Benvolio, the nephew of Montague, is a courteous, amiable and non-romantic idiot in the views of Romeo. Firstly, Benvolio is a courteous character as he wants to prevent another fight between the Capulets and Montagues evident in Line 62, in which is stated “Part fools! Put up your swords; you know not what you do” and Line 66, in which Benvolio replies aggressively to Tybalt “I do but keep the peace. Put thy sword, or manage it to part these men with me”, which basically means put your sword away, or use it to help avert a fight, disclosing that Benvolio is a peacemaker. Secondly, Benvolio is an amiable and non romantic idiot, as he assists Romeo 's parents in discovering their son 's issue as he consistently barricades himself in his room through the hours of the night evident

He also didn’t warn Romeo in time, which ultimately led to how our story had

As one of his top priorities, Benvolio tries his hardest to keep Romeo happy and out of trouble. For Benvolio fears Romeo may reach depression which would have a large impact on the whole Montague Family. Benvolio is questionable about the initial love connection between Romeo and Juliet. Seeing Romeo mourn over the loss of Rosaline he thinks that the same thing may happen again with Juliet. Again, as Benvolio and Romeo attend the Capulet party, Romeo is heartbroken over his love for Rosaline.

“My only love, sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me that I must love a loathed enemy.” (1, 5 135) This quote is from Juliet in the famous Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare.

Benvolio is trustworthy, caring, and a practical character who is always there for Romeo. Benvolio is a trustworthy, sensible character. After the fight with Tybalt, Benvolio is asked by the prince what happened. He tells the story as it is without taking favor to any sides. Act 3, scene 1, line 145 states, “Tybalt, here, slain, whom Romeo’s hand did slay.”

Cousins, Romeo and Benvolio, seem to be best friends. Since they are so close, Benvolio shows concern for Romeo and generally wants to help him. In Act 1, when Romeo is in love with someone who doesn’t love him back, Benvolio his friend to go uninvited to the Capulet party so as to meet someone who could love him. Benvolio thought this would encourage Romeo to find a new love. So he could “compare her face with some that I shall show.” He thought this would “make thee think thy swan a crow.” Although we know this is a foolish idea, Benvolio thought it something brilliant. As readers, we recognize that sending a Montague to Capulet territory is an idiotic decision. We have this notion since the family rivalry was explained in the prologue. As

By giving liberty unto thine eyes; Examine other beauties” (1.1,211,213-214). Benvolio doesn't realize that's it not that easy to make Romeo forget about Rosaline and move on. Benvolio thinks that he is helping Romeo by making him move on from Rosaline. Benvolio didn’t have empathy at this part because he thinks that he is helping Romeo. If he was in Romeo’s shoes,

Benvolio is seen as very practical and sensible throughout the story. He gives Romeo good advice and helps him through problems that he faces, especially in scene i of act I (Shakespeare 381). He is also considered the “peacemaker” and is very mature. This shows when he tries preventing the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt

Mercutio and Benvolio were the reason those two met. Prior to the event, they foretold Romeo would meet another woman and he did; it was Juliet. Mercutio and Benvolio’s convincing caused them to meet. In addition, Mercutio had also commenced a fight with Tybalt, which led to Mercutio's death. Romeo made an effort to be peaceful with his new family, however, Mercutio came in between and began an argument with Tybalt.

If Romeo would not have went for Juliet and tried to be with her then they would not have ever been in that situation to begin with where they couldn't be apart. “If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” ( This is the scene where Romeo first really goes for Juliet, although knowing that his family and Juliet's were sworn enemies, and that the two would not be allowed to be together.Yet it did not matter to Romeo, he still pursued his feelings. Since this is the beginning of when they begin to find the love for eachother, they would not have been together if he did not approach

We first meet Benvolio in Act One Scene One when the servants of the Capulet household pick a fight with the Montague household as part of their ongoing feud. As the fighting breaks out, Benvolio tries to stop it by saying, “Part, fools! Put up your swords; you know not what you do” (act 1, scene 1), warning them to stop before it escalates to a dangerous level. Along with being a peacemaker, Benvolio is trustworthy. After the fight in the town square, he gives Lord and Lady Montague some news. He does not twist the story or favor one true side but gives a true account.

Within this play, Benvolio is a very thoughtful and wise individual who aids the Montagues tremendously. After the initial skirmish at the town square Benvolio returns to the Montague household to give Lord and Lady Montague a report of what went on. When the town had settled, Benvolio told his fellow Montagues that, “Here were the servants of your adversary, And yours, close fighting ere I did approach:… Till the Prince came, who parted either part.”(1.1.108-117). Due to the ongoing feud, Benvolio had all the reason to scorn the Capulets in his account of what had gone on, however, he did no such

Everyone knows the story about Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, especially the part where they both killed themselves. But, if you look deeper, under the surface, you will realize that their deaths could have been avoided. I believe that if the Capulet and Montague feud had been resolved, if Juliet had acted differently, or if Friar Lawrence made sure the message was received, the story would not have ended deadly.