Benvolio Flashcards
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benvolio quote #1
Tells the four to stop fighting and they are foolish for it. Benvolio presented as one of the only peaceful people in this play.
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B: “Part, fools! […] what you do.”
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benvolio quote #2
Sun later used by Romeo to describe and deify Juliet - start of religious imagery. Sycamore is associated with defeated, dejected lovers, shows how much Benvolio knows Romeo.
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B: “Worshipp’d sun”, “Underneath the grove of Sycamore,”
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benvolio quote #3
Using wordplay to comfort Romeo, for love, unlike how wordplay was used to express hate with Gregory and Sampson.
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B: “Tell me in sadness, who is it that you love?” Using wordplay to comfort Romeo, for love, unlike how wordplay was used to express hate with Gregory and Sampson.
