Benvolios Diary Essay - 580 Words

Benvolios Diary Dear Diary, Today has been a grave day. My dear friend Mercutio has been stabbed by my greatest foe Tybalt. However he too is dead. I should have stopped this tragedy even before it had started. This is entirely my fault! What have I done? I could have stopped that Tybalt when I had the chance. I remember saying to Mercutio by my head, here comes the Capulets. I warned him. My heart said fight but my fearful mind said hide. But I am not sorry for the death of Tybalt. He deserved what he got. Tybalt is a scoundrel and a villain to society. The events of that day are still clear in my mind. I remember Mercutio and me going about our own business and being civil.†¦show more content†¦But gradually as the dual progressed the swords clanged sharper at a much faster rate and at a higher intensity. Both Mercutio and Tybalt defending their lives blow for blow. By now my timidness was starting to show, shivers went up and down my spine and I realized that we were heavily outnumbered. I am not considered to be much of a swordsman however I gripped my sword tightly in anxiety. I was scared and I knew not what to do. When the dual was at its height, young Romeo entered the scene. He fearlessly parted Mercutio and Tybalt. He had stopped the fight! Then I sighed with a great sense of relief. But I witnessed with a sense of disbelief as Tybalt lunged at Mercutio in an unsportsmanlike manner. As quick as a flash the Capulets fled from the scene. I thought we had won. Mercutio in his drunken ways seemed to be joking about how he was hurt. We took no notice of his injuries because we were filled with a sense of a moral victory. Then Mercutio fell to the ground. We heard him hit the cold, solid, concrete slabs with a thundering sound. At first I thought that he was play acting. But there I saw the blood leaking a gory red. I now regret not doing anything for him. I might have been able to save him. Romeo knelt to the ground and asked him in shock what had happened. He replied that he had been stabbed under Romeos arm. We could not believe it; we watched with a senseShow MoreRelatedRomeo and Juliet, B az Luhrmann1934 Words   |  8 Pagesmore used to using their guns in defense. When Benvolio falls to the ground, a trail of petrol lying next to him, Tybalt gives a cruel laugh before dropping his cigar, which is still alight, into the petrol. The petrol quickly ignites, putting Benvolios life in danger. He escapes, but the audience is then extremely aware of how serious this argument is, and to what lengths the two sides are prepared to go to, to get revenge on the other family. When the fire takes hold, and engulfs the petrol