Scene Analysis
Published on Nov 26, 2015
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Blank Verse
- We talk / here in / the pub / lic haunt / of men. (3. 1. 48)
- Either / withdraw / unto / some pri / vate place, (3. 1. 49)
- Men's eyes / were made / to look, / and let / them gaze. (3. 1. 52)
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Couplets
- The days black fate on more days doth depend; / This but begins the woe others must end. (3. 1 .116-117)
- O noble prince, I can discover all / The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. (3. 1 .139-140)
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End-Stopped Lines
- I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire. (3. 1 .1) Benvolio spoke this line to Mercutio at the beginning of the act, saying they should leave because there were Capulets around.
- For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring. (3. 1 .4) Benvolio spoke this line to Mercutio at the beginning of the act, saying that there were Capulets around them, plus it was hot. People become mad and hot blooded when it's hot outside.
- Am I like such a fellow? (3. 1 .10) Benvolio spoke this at the beginning of the act, asking if he was really like the man Mercutio described him to be a few lines before.
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Run-On Lines
- Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford (3. 1. 58) Tybalt spoke this line to Romeo, telling him that there is only one thing he can call Romeo, and that is a villian.
- Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee (3. 1. 60) Romeo spoke this line to Tybalt, telling him that he has one reason to love him, and that reason is Juliet. Since Romeo married Juliet, a Capulet, him and Tybalt were now related and family.
- Thy beauty hath made me effeminate (3. 1. 111) Romeo spoke this line after explaining that Tybalt has been his cousin for only an hour, then he went on to describe Juliet's beauty, how she makes him 'weak, like a woman.'
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Dialogue
- At the beginning of the scene, Benvolio and Mercutio are talking (lines 1-30), about fighting, and how they shouldn't fight. Mercutio even delivers a monologue describing that they shouldn't fight Tybalt, or anyone.
- Once Romeo enters the scene, Tybalt and Mercutio are talking about Romeo (lines 54-80), and soon Romeo starts talking as well. Before Mercutio and Tybalt both draw and fight, Mercutio falling in the end of it all.
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Monologue
- In lines 15-29, Mercutio delivers a monologue to Benvolio about fighting. He proceeds to make fun of Benvolio and the way he acts, calling him a hypocrite because Benvolio will look for a fight everywhere, but is trying to hold Mercutio back from fighting in this scene.
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Summary
- In Act 3, Scene 1, Benvolio and Mercutio are walking in the streets. Benvolio suggests that they should leave because there are Capulets around. They see Tybalt, and him and Mercutio start fighting after Mercutio defends Romeo. Romeo stands by and watches the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt, and soon tries to break the fight up. Tybalt stabs Mercutio by going under Romeo's arm, and flies soon after. Mercutio and Benvolio then leave to get Mercutio help, and Benvolio soon returns to inform Romeo that Mercutio is dead. Romeo becomes angered and gets his revenge by fighting Tybalt, eventually killing him. After the Prince finds out about the fight, he banishes Romeo away from Verona.
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