Benvolio

We hold many values in our lives today, but by far friendship remains the most significant. A good friendship includes honesty, loyalty, sincerity and most importantly trusting each other. Trusting each other in a friendship remains crucial because it shows reliability and confidence between two people. This helps friends become closer and feel more safe. In the play Romeo and Juliet and the book Digital Fortress, the significant relationship of friendship exists through trust. Within the…

control. Fate and timing forecast the ends of Romeo and Juliet from the before they met until their deaths. One example of fate influencing the play is when Romeo and Benvolio stumble upon an illiterate Capulet servant who asks them to read an invitation so he know to whom he should deliver it. After reading the invitation, Benvolio tries to convince Romeo to attend the Capulet party by saying, “With all the admired beauties of Verona:/ Go thither; and with unattainted eye,/ Compare her face…

together by fate. In the play, Shakespeare eludes through his characters and extensive use of foreshadowing the inevitability of fate. One character who used foreshadowing to represent the significance of fate was Benvolio. Trying to talk Romeo out of his love-sickness for Rosaline, Benvolio advises him, “Take thou some new infection to thy eye,\ And the rank poison of the old will die” (I.ii.51-52). The inevitability of fate was definitely projected in this scene considering Peter (a servant…

Opening Statement: On one hot Monday afternoon Mercutio and Benvolio were strolling through the streets of Verona. When Benvolio spotted Tybalt, a Capulet and enemy of Mercutio, Benvolio begged his rash friend to retreat, knowing that Mercutio would be itching for a fight with the Capulet. Tybalt approached Benvolio and Mercutio asking for a word with one of them, to which Mercutio replies that he should: “Couple it with . . . a blow” (III.i 41 - 42). This response would represent…

bad, of the two lovers. When Romeo, Mercutio, and Benvolio are on their way to the Capulet party, Romeo expresses his concerns about attending. Romeo is apprehensive about going, even though he has only good intentions and does not wish to stir up trouble. In all honesty, Romeo only agrees to make an appearance because Rosaline, whom he believes is the love of his life, appears on the guest list. He voices his unease about the matter to Benvolio and Mercutio, who blow off his fears as the…

When many people think of the play Romeo and Juliet, they will immediately think of the tragic love story that ended in the untimely deaths of the two title characters. However, many people forget about the long-term feud between the families of Romeo and Juliet. Although the Capulets and Montagues were peaceful and friendly to each other once the feud concluded, there was a great deal of violence that led to the peace. The violence that led to the peace overrides it greatly. William Shakespeare…

Montague and Capulet servants start fighting in public, Benvolio draws his weapon to stop the fight. Tybalt sees Benvolio with his sword and though Benvolio explains he was trying to keep peace, the family animosity between the Capulets and Montagues cause Tybalt to further challenge the young Montague. When Benvolio asks Tybalt to help him stop the fight, he responds “I hate the word, / as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee” (1.1.64-65). Benvolio and Tybalt have no reason to hate each other,…

of the main antagonists in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. He is the cousin of Juliet which means he is a Capulet. Tybalt is a very violent character and has a short temper. The quote, ”The fiery Tybalt, with his sword prepared”, was said by Benvolio and shows that he is the type of character who wants to pick a fight, especially with the Montagues which they are sworn enemies of. I chose Nuka’s character from the Lion King II to be Tybalt. I chose him to be Tybalt because, in the movie he…

person, and his only interest is to search for the love of his life. Romeo has a lot of different perspectives when it comes to love. He observes that “love is a smoke rais’d with the fume of sighs” (1.1 Loc. 170). He has a long conversation with Benvolio about the love that he has encountered, and how he has been struck by Cupid’s arrow. In addition, another way Romeo is known is how he is really in-depth when it comes to…

question more” (1.1. 238). He says that she has sworn to live chaste, causing her beauty to die when she dies since she won’t have children. Romeo endlessly praises Rosaline’s beauty which, demonstrates a characteristic of being a Petrachan lover. As Benvolio tries to console Romeo, Romeo mournfully goes on and on about his unreturned love causing him great physical…