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The one notable time Benvolio does reveal his emotions, he cries in sympathy with Romeo’s pangs of unrequited love. Clearly, Benvolio does not lack feeling; he simply chooses his moments to show it. Emotion and impulsivity drive much of the plot of Romeo and Juliet, but Benvolio—though ultimately unsuccessful in his peace-making—helps ...
- Act 1, Scene 1
Lady Montague asks whether Benvolio has seen her son, Romeo....
- Act 1, Scene 1
Jul 31, 2015 · Act 3, scene 1. Mercutio and Benvolio encounter Tybalt on the street. As soon as Romeo arrives, Tybalt tries to provoke him to fight. When Romeo refuses, Mercutio answers Tybalt’s challenge. They duel and Mercutio is fatally wounded. Romeo then avenges Mercutio’s death by killing Tybalt in a duel.
Lady Montague asks whether Benvolio has seen her son, Romeo. Benvolio replies that he earlier saw Romeo pacing through a grove of sycamores outside the city; since Romeo seemed troubled, Benvolio did not speak to him. Concerned about their son, the Montagues tell Benvolio that Romeo has often been seen melancholy, walking alone among the sycamores.
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As they walk in the street under the boiling sun, Benvolio suggests to Mercutio that they go indoors, fearing that a brawl will be unavoidable should they encounter Capulet men. Mercutio replies that Benvolio has as quick a temper as any man in Italy, and should not criticize others for their short fuses. Tybalt enters with a group of cronies. He a...
The sudden, fatal violence in the first scene of Act 3, as well as the buildup to the fighting, serves as a reminder that, for all its emphasis on love, beauty, and romance, Romeo and Juliet still takes place in a masculine world in which notions of honor, pride, and status are prone to erupt in a fury of conflict. The viciousness and dangers of th...
Romeos cry, O, I am fortunes fool! refers specifically to his unluckiness in being forced to kill his new wifes cousin, thereby getting himself banished (3.1.131). It also recalls the sense of fate that hangs over the play. Mercutios response to his fate, however, is notable in the ways it diverges from Romeos response. Romeo blames fate, or fortun...
thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but. discords: here's my fiddlestick; here's that shall. make you dance. 'Zounds, consort! Benvolio. We talk here in the public haunt of men: Either withdraw unto some private place, And reason coldly of your grievances, Or else depart; here all eyes gaze on us.
Analysis. Benvolio, Mercutio, and Mercutio’s page are out walking around Verona, but Benvolio begs Mercutio to lead them home. It is a hot day, he says, and on such days “mad blood” often stirs—in other words, people get worked up more easily. Mercutio states that Benvolio is secretly hoping for a fight, or any other chance to use his ...
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Benvolio, Romeo and Juliet. Benvolio (Montague) is a character in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Read our overview of the Benvolio character below: Benvolio is Romeo Montague ’s cousin, about the same age. He is also Romeo’s friend and a member of the group of teenagers allied with Romeo and other young Montagues, who hang out together ...
