ENGL7101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Benvolio, Tybalt, Mercutio
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In the streets of verona another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of. Benvolio, a montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash capulet, tybalt, arrives on the scene. Romeo, the son of montague, runs into his cousin benvolio, who had earlier seen romeo moping in a grove of sycamores. After some prodding by benvolio, romeo confides that he is in love with rosaline, a woman who does not return his affections. Benvolio counsels him to forget this woman and find another, more beautiful one, but romeo remains despondent. Mea(cid:374)(cid:449)hile, paris, a ki(cid:374)s(cid:373)a(cid:374) of the pri(cid:374)(cid:272)e, seeks juliet"s ha(cid:374)d i(cid:374) (cid:373)arriage. Her father capulet, though happy at the match, asks paris to wait two years, since juliet is not yet even fourteen. Capulet dispatches a servant with a list of people to invite to a masquerade and feast he traditionally holds.
