Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare :: Papers

Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare This scene is a turning point in the play, showing how Romeo is drawn into the violence that haunts Verona. He enters full of the optimistic joys of love; at the end, he flees into banishment, leaving behind him the bodies of Tybalt and Mercutio. At the beginning of the scene as Mercutio and Benvolio enter; Shakespeare is quick to build up the threat of danger. Straight away, Benvolio is making an excuse for why he Mercutio should withdraw, "I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire". Benvolio is simply trying to keep the peace, as he knows Mercutio has a short temper. He is obviously very worried about the threat of danger, as shown by his language, "I pray thee". The Montague's seemed worried, upon the arrival of the Capulet's, fearing that they may be irritated that they sneaked into the Capulet's party, but it seems that is not the reason for the apprehensiveness. Mercutio stirs trouble with Tybalt, but Tybalt doesn't really want to hurt Mercutio, as he knows he ´ s only teasing around, and Mercutio isn't a Montague, but Tybalt however wants a word with Mercutio ´ s good friend, Romeo. Tybalt settles the quarrel with Mercutio when Romeo turns up on the scene. Tybalt accuses Romeo of being a villain, Romeo tries to reason with Tybalt, and even goes as far as saying 'And so good Capulet, which name I tender as dearly as my own, be satisfied ´. Mercutio cannot believe this; he calls it a vile submission, and so shows a little more hatred towards Tybalt. Mercutio is portrayed as a very playful character, For example in Zeffirelli's version of the play Mercutio is washing in the fountain, Mercutio is shown to be having a good time and knows that he does not have to leave, therefore why should he. He has a good reason to stay where he is, although Benvolio is desperate to prevent trouble and tries to get Mercutio to leave. Benvolio has intervened previously when Mercutio has been in trouble, but Benvolio is kept on the