And Shakespeare has given both Tybalt and Benvolio the necessity to be loyal to their family as when this play was written during the Elizabethan era in 15th century this was something that would have been considered as a requirement to be a family member and an honorable thing to do as it shows the extent of respect you have to your family, but the two of them do it in opposing way.At the beginning of Act one Scene one where a fight is taking place between the two families Benvolio comes into the play for the first …show more content…
Shakespeare has decided to use the whole theme of loyalty on both of them to express the contrast between the two families in way it's seen by the audience.This makes the audience perceive a distinction between the two households because in every crisis the two sides will react opposingly as if Shakespeare was suggesting that the Montagues were more peaceful and smart people and Capulets were short tempered and aggressive.However these paragraph does not only represent loyalty, but in addition the character.As said and seen in the above text from play Benvolio tries to break up fights instead of joining them which really tells us that his character