Benvolio, Tybalt, And Mercutio In Shakespeare's Romeo

Romeo, Benvolio, Tybalt, and Mercutio often times have their moments, whether they be comedic relief, tense segments, plot fillers, or simple information givers. It is overt Mercutio, Tybalt, and Benvolio is Romeo's best buds and foil. A foil is an opposing character who reveals information or traits about another character, mainly a protagonist. Mercutio is Romeo’s close friend and a blood relative of the Prince and Count Paris, Tybalt is Romeo’s enemy and a Capulet, and Benvolio is a Montague and a sweet one at that. Mercutio’s character arch is often times a jest one. Cracking jokes and teasing Romeo in the opening of the play. He is the one who gives us most of the information about Romeo’s wanted lover Rosalind, and foreshadowing towards

Many a time this supports Romeo, as Romeo is the passionate one and always in love. Whilst Mercutio is often the one saying love is “idiotic” or “a waste of time” (paraphrased 1.4). He often times uses taunts or common sense to get information out of Romeo, “If love be rough with you, be rough with love;/Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down./Give me a case to put my visage in:/A visor for a visor! what care I/What curious eye doth quote deformities?/Here are the beetle brows shall blush for me.” (1.4). As well as “The ape is dead, and I must conjure him./I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright eyes,/By her high forehead and her scarlet lip,/By her fine foot, straight leg and quivering thigh/And the demesnes that there adjacent lie,/That in thy likeness thou appear to us!” (2.1). In the beginning quote Romeo is down and about about how his want to be lover, Rosalind, and her disdain toward him and her promise of chastity. Naturally, Mercutio uses a classic line of “Get over her with other women!” Which then goes on to reveal Romeo’s stubbornness in listening to advice of others and his inability to stop loving. (Which is revealed to be futile). The second line is referring to his taunting of Romeo that makes the Romeo, as well as the reader, begin to understand the statement “revealed to be

But not for the positive aspects, no, the negative ones. For instance, not only does Benvolio look good being a peaceful character, yet when it comes to the quote “Away to Heaven, respective lenity,/and fire-eyed fury be my conduct now,”” (3.1). It is apparent how strong Romeo’s reaction is. Yet Benvolio did not have the same. And instead shows how angry or quick to one Romeo is. He also does this in the city scene, where the Montagues run into the Capulets. Benvolio is quick to mention no fighting in public, yet Romeo doesn’t seem to care or pay any notice to him. (3.1). Benvolio obeyed the headings of the prince, Romeo however ignores