Romeo: Draw, Benvolio; beat down their weapons.
Gentlemen, for shame! forbear this outrage!
Tybalt, Mercutio, the Prince expressly hath
Forbid this bandying in Verona streets.
Hold, Tybalt! Good Mercutio!
Tybalt under Romeo's arm thrusts Mercutio in, and flies with his Followers.
Mercutio: I am hurt.
A plague o' both your houses! I am sped.
Is he gone and hath nothing?
Benvolio: What, art thou hurt?
Mercutio: Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch. Marry, 'tis enough.
Where is my page? Go, villain, fetch a surgeon.
Exit Page.
Romeo. Courage, man. The hurt cannot be much.
Mercutio. No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door;
but 'tis enough, 'twill serve. Ask for me to-morrow,
and you shall find me a grave man….
A plague o' both your houses!...
Help me into some house, Benvolio,
Or I shall faint. A plague o' both your houses!
They have made worms' meat of me. I have it,
And soundly too. Your houses!
Exit. Supported by Benvolio….
Enter Benvolio.
Benvolio: O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio's dead!
Benvolio: Here comes the furious Tybalt back again.
Romeo: Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain?
Away to heaven respective lenity,
And fire-ey'd fury be my conduct now!
Now, Tybalt, take the 'villain' back again
That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio's soul
Is but a little way above our heads,
Staying for thine to keep him company.
Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.
Tybalt. Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here,
Shalt with him hence.
Romeo. This shall determine that.
No, his attitude stays the same throughout the dialogue.
Yes, he becomes more peaceful as the dialogue goes on.
Yes, he begins by trying to make peace but becomes more aggressive as the dialogue goes on.
None of the choices
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Yes, he begins by trying to make peace but becomes more aggressive as the dialogue goes on.
At the start of the dialogue, Romeo is focused on preventing violence and trying to maintain peace, urging Tybalt and Mercutio to refrain from fighting. However, after Mercutio is mortally wounded, Romeo's attitude shifts dramatically. He becomes filled with anger and seeks vengeance against Tybalt, indicating a transition from a desire for peace to a readiness for conflict and aggression.
