The above answer is absolutely correct. The day is hot,
meaning tempers are short. Benvoilio knows that if they encounter the Capulets there
will be trouble.
As we, the audience, know Tybalt is
looking for a fight. He had to be restrained by his uncle at the masked
ball.
It is a hot summer's day. The youth are bored. What
better way to pass an afternoon than to verbally taunt your enemy? But, boys will be
boys, and when manhood is on the line, anything can and does happen. Does Tybalt mean
to kill Mercutio? It is a tragic accident but the result is tragic for both families
and the city of Verona itself.
A tragedy is like throwing a
pebble into a pool of water. Once thrown, we cannot control the ripples that spread out
from the center. The results are beyond human control.
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