Question

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.

So early walking did I see your son:
Towards him I made; but he was ware of me,

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And stole into the covert of the wood:
I, measuring his affections by my own,
That most are busied when they’re most alone,
Pursu’d my humour not pursuing his,
And gladly shunn’d who gladly fled from me.
What stops Benvolio from approaching Romeo?

Romeo told Benvolio to turn away and leave him alone.
Benvolio lost track of Romeo in the busy Verona streets.
Romeo did not recognize Benvolio when he saw him.
Benvolio noticed that Romeo purposely hid from him.

Answer 1

Benvolio noticed Romeo purposely hid from him. The lines “he was ware of me, / And stole into the covert of the wood” show Romeo saw Benvolio and slipped away into the woods.