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Theme Of Names In Romeo And Juliet

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The story of Romeo and Juliet has many characters whose names help tell the story. In Romeo and Juliet, the characters' names have meanings to them that correlate with their character. Especially Benvolio and Mercutio The meaning of name Benvolio is translated from Italian, it means I want the good. If you’ve read the story you know that, it is his main character trait is to keep the piece with these two families. For example " Part fools! Put down your sword. You know not what you do” (1.161-62). As you can see from this quote he was trying his best to keep the peace between the two families, by making sure they do not clash in the streets. He also shows this quality in another part " We talk here in the public haunt of men. Either withdraw unto some private place, or reason coldly of your grievances, or else depart. Here all eyes gaze on us” (3.1.48-51). Here he is trying to not only prevent …show more content…

Throughout the story, he lives up to his name " Romeo! Humors! Madam! Passion! Lover! Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh; Speak but one rhyme, and I am satisfied" (2.1.7-11). Here he is mocking Romeo with his words. As you can see he doesn't always use his communication skills for good and can be quite swift with insults. Lastly, after Mercutio and Tybalt dueled, Mercutio was wounded and dying. " Help me into some house, Benvolio Or I shall faint. A plague a both your houses! They all have made worms' meat of me. I have it, and soundly too. Your houses! " ( 2.1.105-105). These were his final words before death. He had been crying for help but no one would because they believed he was joking. This is because of his track record with jokes and means no one took him seriously because he spoke often of nonsense. Proving that his name was chosen for his character to help develop his

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In addition Shakespeare uses words with positive and peaceful connotations such as “ nice” , “gentle” and “calm”. This shows how Benvolio was painting Romeo as innocent in the quarrel whilst letting others know that Tybalt couldn’t be dissuaded from violence. Furthermore the audience is shown that Benvolio doesn’t mention that Mercutio also goaded Tybalt on due to his loyalty for his friend, this may have made the audience at the time question how honest Benvolio actually is as he is leaving out key details. Also Benvolio exaggerates Romeo’s peace making by repeating things such as “bade him bethink”

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