Benvolio is Romeo's cousin.
No he doesn't.
Rosaline. The last they heard, she was the one Romeo was after.
Benvolio and Mercutio are dramatic foils for Romeo. Throughout the play they think that Romeo is in love with Rosaline and are in the dark about Romeo and Juliet and their marriage.
In Act I Scene 1, Montague, in his second line, says "Speak, nephew, were you by when it began". The nephew he is talking to is Benvolio. If Benvolio is the nephew of Romeo's father, Benvolio and Romeo must be first cousins.
Benvolio is Romeo's cousin.
No he doesn't.
Rosaline. The last they heard, she was the one Romeo was after.
Benvolio's uncle in Romeo and Juliet is Lord Montague. He is Romeo's father and cousin to Benvolio.
Benvolio and Mercutio are dramatic foils for Romeo. Throughout the play they think that Romeo is in love with Rosaline and are in the dark about Romeo and Juliet and their marriage.
In Act I Scene 1, Montague, in his second line, says "Speak, nephew, were you by when it began". The nephew he is talking to is Benvolio. If Benvolio is the nephew of Romeo's father, Benvolio and Romeo must be first cousins.
romeo confeses to benvolio that he is in love.
Yes. Benvolio is Romeo's cousin in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
It doesn't say anything about Romeo's cousin, but many people mistakenly think Benvolio is. Benvolio is just his friend. Benvolio is the Prince's cousin. Sorry, that's wrong. Benvolio is Romeo's cousin. In Act 1 Scene 1 Benvolio says to Romeo's father "My noble uncle, do you know the cause?" (somewhere around line 150) and later in the scene he greets Romeo "Good morrow, cousin." (about 15 lines later).
Mercurio teases Romeo because he is preoccupied with love for Rosaline and is neglecting his friendships. Mercurio uses light-hearted teasing to try to snap Romeo out of his lovesick mood and engage with his friends.
Although they are cousins, Benvolio treats Romeo as a brother.
Benvolio hopes that Romeo will realize that there are plenty of other women he could choose to be with. Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare.