In a group of friends, if there is a trouble maker, then there is a peacekeeper. When these two characters interact, their distinguishable personality traits shine brightly. In Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” Mercutio is the troublemaker who Benvolio, the peacekeeper, tries to help through the problems he gets involved in. When attempting to convince Mercutio and when trying to the breakup the fight it is most evident how Benvolio is a rational and peace-loving person only trying to do what’s best for others around him.
Benvolio never becomes caught up in the heat of the moment. He works to keep stability for the people around him. When he says, “the mad blood is stirring,” [act 4 line 4] it shows how he thinks of others around him and what the current situation could cause to happen. In this case it was the heat that caused a fight. Benvolio doesn’t think about how he feels, but thinks of how hot it is for everyone else. Hence, he isn’t focused on his own emotions and feelings, but on others and what that means for them and everyone
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That is to say, when other people are adamant about doing something that will lead to dire consequences, Benvolio is already there with another way which will stray from that violent path. To clarify, the violent path taken in the story was to have a brawl on a sweltering summer’s day. When Benvolio speaks to Tybalt he tells them to say what they wish or go away, but he also says, “here all eyes gaze unto us,” [act 4 line 56]. Which proves he’s not just thinking of stopping the fight, but also stopping the public from seeing it. The public seeing it would mean those in the fight will have problems with the prince. For this reason, Benvolio has the most rational thought process of them all because he sees not only the current problems, but the future ones, and takes this all into