Mercutio encourages Benvolio to fight by saying, "O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!" He implies that it is better to stand up and fight rather than give in to dishonor and shame.
It is foreshadowing that Mercutio is going to tomorrow. Grave is being used as a pun.
They sure did. In Act 2, Scene 4, the Nurse comes to meet with Romeo as Juliet promised the night before. She finds Romeo and his gang hanging around. Benvolio doesn't say much but Mercutio harasses the Nurse and constantly interrupts her attempts to converse with Romeo. He finally leaves, calling her "ancient lady"
Mercutio and Benvolio are discussing how Romeo wasn't home last night. They both think that Romeo was out with Rosalie but he was actually on Capulet ground speaking with Juliet and Expressing his love. They also say that one of the Capulet's men sent a letter which Romeo will answer himself.
Mercutio is seen to be describing Benvolio in Act 3 Scene 1, however we can deduce that really mercutio is actually talking about himself. In responce to your question, mercutio doesn't really tell anything truthfull about benvolio, therefore the only way we can see his character is to look at him in different scenes. If you are ever been asked to describe Benvolio's character you could have said that he play the role of a peacemaker, for he says "part fools" in Act 1 scene 1, and he is also seen to want"retire" for he knows that the day is hot therefore people will be in foul moods in Act 2 scene 1, for he knows how people "mad blood" is "stirring".
Benvolio, at the Prince's request, explains the two fatal swordfights.He tells the Prince that Romeo tried to talk Tybalt out of fighting and tried to make peace with Tybalt, and that Romeo reminded Tybalt that the Prince had forbidden fighting. He relates how Tybalt and Mercutio insisted on fighting, and how Romeo had knocked their swords away from each other with his arm and had rushed between them trying to stop the fight.He explains that Tybalt started the fight.
He puts himself between them, probably facing Mercutio, who is his friend and whom he wishes to protect. Tybalt, however, stabs Mercutio under Romeo's arm. Oops. But never mind, it gives Mercutio a chance to make one of the most quotedspeeches in world Literature.
In Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," Benvolio explains that the fighting between the Montagues and Capulets began when servants from both households engaged in a verbal altercation that escalated into a physical brawl. Benvolio describes trying to break up the fight but being drawn into the conflict himself. He emphasizes the senselessness of the feud and the need for peace.
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Benvolio tells the Prince that Tybalt started the brawl between the Montagues and the Capulets.
Tybalt. Benvolio says, "Tybalt, the kinsman to old Capulet, hath sent a letter to his father's house" , Mercutio responds "A challenge, on my life", and Benvolio then says, "Romeo will answer it." The letter is a calculated insult, intended to challenge Romeo to fight with Tybalt. Benvolio's opinion is that Romeo will "answer" the challenge, which is to say, that he will accept it and fight Tybalt. When Tybalt and Romeo arrive on the scene later Tybalt again tries to challenge Romeo by saying "Thou art a villain" (This is a pretty feeble insult but then Tybalt is not known for having any kind of brain.) You can compare the scene in Twelfth Night where Sir Andrew has been goaded into issuing a challenge to Cesario by Sir Toby. The insulting letter, which he hopes Cesario will answer, is so lame that Sir Toby decides not to send it at all.
Tybalt. Benvolio says, "Tybalt, the kinsman to old Capulet, hath sent a letter to his father's house" , Mercutio responds "A challenge, on my life", and Benvolio then says, "Romeo will answer it." The letter is a calculated insult, intended to challenge Romeo to fight with Tybalt. Benvolio's opinion is that Romeo will "answer" the challenge, which is to say, that he will accept it and fight Tybalt. When Tybalt and Romeo arrive on the scene later Tybalt again tries to challenge Romeo by saying "Thou art a villain" (This is a pretty feeble insult but then Tybalt is not known for having any kind of brain.) You can compare the scene in Twelfth Night where Sir Andrew has been goaded into issuing a challenge to Cesario by Sir Toby. The insulting letter, which he hopes Cesario will answer, is so lame that Sir Toby decides not to send it at all.
Benvolio attributes the beginning of the fighting to an "airy word" that sparked a confrontation between two households in Verona.