Romeo's place. Benvolio is, like always, begging and pleading for them to keep the peace. All through the tale, Romeo's best friends, Benvolio and Mercutio, try to help Romeo with their own particular methods. Surprisingly, there are no characters that differ from each other more than Benvolio and Mercutio. Although Benvolio and Mercutio are alike because they are both very loyal to Romeo, they are different because Benvolio is calm, level-headed, and honest and Mercutio tends to be a sarcastic, wild
a mantra, yet a way of life that aides a person when they come upon strange and unfamiliar open doors and opportunities. A mantra utilized frequently in the film "dead poets society" that held true to the plot. Living your life by the term Carpe Diem is essentially making the best of situations and creating opportunities. The outlook Carpe Diem was followed religiously by the boys, although the consequences that came with
cheer Romeo up about his one sided love, Mercutio tells him that, “If love be rough with you, be rough with love; Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down“ (1.4 26-28). At first glance, this could be seen simply Mercutio trying to motivate his friend, saying that Romeo should not give in to love. However, the word choice as well as phrasing of these lines is more suggestive. Later on into the night, while Benvolio and Mercutio look for Romeo, some rather innocent humor is added in, by Mercutio
A Tale of Two Cities - Book I (Chapters 1 - 4) Summary "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness . . ." Dickens begins A Tale of Two Cities with this famous sentence. It describes the spirit of the era in which this novel takes place. This era is the latter part of the 1700s - a time when relations between Britain and France were strained, America declared its independence, and the peasants of France began one of the bloodiest revolutions