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Benvolio Montague (Italian: Benvolio Montecchi) is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. He is Lord Montague 's nephew and Romeo 's cousin. Benvolio serves as an unsuccessful peacemaker in the play, attempting to prevent violence between the Capulet and Montague families.
Mercutio is the cousin of Prince Escalus and Count Paris, and is a close friend of Romeo and his cousin Benvolio. He supports and fights on the Montague side of the feud, and just like a Montague, hates the Capulet family. The invitation to the Capulet's party reveals that he has a brother named Valentine.
Benvolio is Romeo's cousin and best friend. Abram and Balthasar are servants of the Montague household. Others. Friar Laurence is a Franciscan friar and Romeo's confidant. Friar John is sent to deliver Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo. An Apothecary who reluctantly sells Romeo poison. A Chorus reads a prologue to each of the first two acts.
Tybalt, a kinsman of the Capulets and cousin to Juliet, is dueling with Mercutio, a friend of Romeo from the Montague family. Romeo and Benvolio attempt to break up the fight. Mercutio, distracted, does not see his opponent and is fatally wounded by Tybalt under Romeo's arm. Feeling his death approaching, Mercutio declares:
A shootout occurs between Montague Benvolio, Romeo's cousin, and Capulet Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, creating chaos in the city. The Chief of Police , Captain Prince, arrests Benvolio and Tybalt before reprimanding the families, warning them that if such an event occurs again, their lives "shall pay the forfeit of the peace".
Romeo's cousin Benvolio urges him to forget her, but Romeo rebuffs him. That night, Romeo sneaks into a party at the Capulets' with Benvolio and his friend Mercutio, hoping to see Rosaline. Instead, Romeo sees Juliet and falls in love with her. Juliet feels the same.
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Benvolio, a Montague, Romeo's best friend and cousin; Valentine, a Montague, Mercutio's twin brother (or sister), [Mercutio wasn’t a Montague though] Rosaline, a Capulet, Juliet's cousin; Bianca, suffers from petit mal, Juliet's cousin; Helena, a Capulet, Bianca's sister, Juliet's cousin; Rhona, a Capulet, a visitor from abroad, Juliet's cousin