Benvolio

Romeo and Juliet: Rivals by Blood LaToya Jackson once said, “I’ll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past, but only to the future.” In the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the same frustration that LaToya feels towards her non-unified family is felt by Romeo and Juliet towards theirs. For a very long time, the Montagues and the Capulets, two noble families in the town of…

true love and its regarding to each of its lovers as equal in contrast. Due to this, the implication arises that there is no need for us to know her name; she is not real almost, as his love for her is not either. Therefore, he is not convincing Benvolio, but himself that it is meant to be, even though the dramatic irony states that the reader knows it is not, as told in the prologue. Supposedly, courtly love is meant to induce the lover into a state of sadness, as seen through ‘In sadness’;…

that it implies the friar being involved in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet and the second reason being that it shows how a potion the friar makes will lead to their deaths. Right after his meeting with the friar Romeo shows up to the beach meeting Benvolio and Mercutio wearing a predominantly blue shirt which prefigures how Romeo affects the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio leading to Mercutio dying of his injuries from when Romeo stepped in. Mercutio dies on the beach next to the ocean which…

first kiss was with a female on the other team for the decathlon! Benvolio {comes running in excitedly and out of breath}: We must go, the debate is going to begin shortly and we cannot miss the intelligent words our side will be delivering. Romeo It is too late now to turn back! Just like Darwin's theory I have evolved from a boy to a man! Ugh, her being on the opposite team is going to be the demise of me! Romeo and Benvolio Run Off to the Debate Table {Juliet enter next to Ms.Nurse}…

“If you fuel the journey on the opinions of others, you are going to run out of gas” is a quote made famous by Steve Maraboli that I do not agree with wholeheartedly. If you think about it, we run on the opinions of others. Our grades in school are based on the teacher’s opinion on how well we did, what we wear is based on what others opinions are of us, and in sports who is picked above who is based on the coach's opinion of how well they play. Most of the things we do are based on people's…

traditional movie shows them talking and the Capulets mocking the Montagues by tripping them up. Luhrmanns gives you time to look at the characters and easily gives you a picture of what they are like, such as Tybalt who seems to be the ‘bad guy’, and Benvolio seems to be Tybalts worst enemy and wont be threatened by him. Franco Zefirellis film was made in a time where swashbuckling action was popular. This was also the time when teenagers were starting to ‘rebel’. They had more freedom…

are demonstrated such as unrequited love (Romeo for Rosaline and Paris for Juliet), romantic love (Romeo and Juliet), parental love (Lord and Lady Capulet for Juliet, Lord and Lady Montague for Romeo and the Nurse and Juliet), friendship (Romeo and Benvolio, Romeo and Mercutio, Romeo and Friar Laurence and the Nurse and Juliet) , and love of family honor (Tybalt, Mercutio and Romeo). Unrequited love is most often described as love that is not returned. You may love someone, but they might not…

A four letter word that in some cases holds more worth than life itself, love. Love is a common theme throughout the story of Romeo and Juliet, whether you are relating it to friendships, family, or relationships. Many love stories end in tragedies, whether it’s a death or a breakup, but most are not nearly as tragic as that of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet had an epic love story, full of twists, turns, heartbreak, and death up until the jiff of their tragic double suicide. The perception…

Ultimately, Lord Capulet and his wife should be held responsible for the untimely and tragic demise of Romeo and their daughter Juliet as they were very oppressive, caused violent tendencies with their stubborn nature, and they did not generally care about Juliet’s emotions or opinions. In the inevitably tragic play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, we are introduced to two young, star crossed lovers who are incredibly naive and unlucky. The two were extremely determined to make their…

During Act Scene 2 as Mercutio and Benvolio are wondering where Romeo is the morning after the party, Mercutio enters “with an ice-bag on his head, nursing a hangover” (Loehlin 149). This choice further demonstrates to the audience how Mercutio is essentially just a mischievous teenager. Within…