Word: benvolio
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...tragedy, the play is at times literarily self-conscious and structurally too obvious in its symmetrical balance. Every idea has its complement: love vs. hate, day vs. night, patience vs. impetuosity, chastity vs. bawdry, and so on. Every character has its foil: Romeo and Mercutio, Juliet and Roasline, Benvolio and Tybalt, Friar Laurence and the Nurse. If it is not a supreme achievement, it is still a great play; and let us be thankful we have...
...conviction with a voice that is both delicate and strong. Dennis King, as Mercutio, is spirited and fanciful, and always in the true spirit of the apart. For the most part the performances of the rest of the cast are above average, except for Preston Hanson, whose reading of Benvolio is wooden and meaningless...
Enter Lord and Lady Capulet, their nephew Benvolio, and a scowling, well-armed retinue. The Vagabond watches with bated breath as the Lord and Lady Montague, their nephew Tybalt, and their equally ferocious band of followers come into the square from a different entrance. Voices sink suddenly into whispers and the citizens' nerves are tensed awaiting the result of the meeting. It will not be pleasant...
...swords of the Montagues and the Capulets are out and there are slashes and recoveries, thrusts and parries, blows--when Benvolio leaps into the midst to stop the fray. Tybalt is upon him. The Vagabond shudders and runs from the scene...