Act I, Scene i:Act I, Scene ii:
[Montague:] Black and portentous must this humour prove
Unless good counsel may the cause remove.
Benvolio: My noble uncle, do you know the cause?
Montague: I neither know it nor can learn of him.
. . .
Benvolio: See where he comes: so please you, step aside;
I’ll know his grievance, or be much denied.
Benvolio: Tut! you saw her fair, none else being by,
Herself pois’d with herself in either eye;
But in that crystal scales let there be weigh’d
Your lady’s love against some other maid
That I will show you shining at this feast,
And she shall scant show well that now shows best.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Benvolio: Tut! you saw her fair, none else being by,
Herself pois’d with herself in either eye;
But in that crystal scales let there be weigh’d
Your lady’s love against some other maid
That I will show you shining at this feast,
And she shall scant show well that now shows best.
–Romeo and Juliet,
–Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare
What can be concluded about Benvolio?
He does not want to get involved with Romeo’s problems.
He is pleased with himself and wants to impress his uncle.
He is jealous of his cousin.
He is caring and wants to help Romeo.