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How does Romeo act around Mercutio and Benvolio at the beginning of the scene? What is their relationship mean?

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What's important about Mercutio's near-death experience?

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Why does Benvolio tell Romeo to run after dueling with Tybalt?

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What does Romeo say about Juliet? What does he compare her to?

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Explain how the Prince acts at the end of Scene I, does he listen to Lady Capulet?

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Romeo is cautious around Mercutio and Benvolio when talking about the Capulets, as he is torn between his blood family and his love. Romeo expresses this cautiousness to Mercutio and Benvolio in the following quote, "Nay, an there were two such, we should have none shortly for / one would kill the other Thou! why thou wilt quarrel with a man" (III.i.43).  However, Benvolio and Mercutio do not take this seriously enough and proceed with their plan of mocking the Capulets.

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Mercutio's last few lines are mainly a fortune about the future, dramatic irony that the audience already knows. He repeats the line, "A plague o' both your houses!" (III.i.45). Translated to "Something will curse or tarnish your houses!" In my opinion, I believe the curse is Romeo and Juliet's deaths which will fill the families with guilt and compassion for each other. We were hinted their deaths in the prologue of this book.

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Romeo wants to prove himself to Juliet, to be better than Paris, as he is uncertain if Paris' fortune and publicity outweighs his love for Juliet. "With Tybalt's slander - Tybalt, that an hour / hath been my kinsman" (III.i.46). Romeo thinks that the answer is killing Tybalt, making him look more heroic. Romeo says, "Thy beauty hath made me effeminate / And in my temper soften'd valour's steel" (III.i.46).

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The setting of this scene is a public place, citizens are likely gathering around Tybalt's body (slain by Romeo), some even watching Romeo and Tybalt's duel. As the Prince, members of the Capulets and Montagues, and Lady Capulet enter the scene Benvolio begins explaining the story, "Tybalt deaf to peace, but that he tilts / with a piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast" (III.i.47). This is a possible occurrence where miscommunication could happen, but trustworthy Benvolio does not fail to deliver accurate news.

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The Prince, one of few characters without a bias in Romeo and Juliet is adherent to both families' arguments at the crime scene. Lady Capulet argues, "Romeo slew Tybalt, Romeo must not live" (III.i.48). While Montague argues that Mercutio was Romeo's friend. All in all, the Prince banishes Romeo and if he is found, he lawfully can be killed.