William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a timeless tragedy of love and loss. Its cunning plot and storyline provides a tale of unfortunate events like no other. Because of miscommunication as well as their own predetermined destinies, both Romeo and Juliet end their story in an unprecedented death. Though they undoubtedly were at fault for many events that had taken place, other people contributed as well. Although a minor character in the story, Benvolio was the one who got the ball rolling on this calamitous love story. Fellow Montague, Benvolio, was not only a cousin of dear Romeo, but a companion and mutual friend as well. They were quite close, so it seems absurd that Benvolio would help these disastrous events. However, his
