Read the excerpt from act i, scene i of romeo and juliet. benvolio: i do but keep the peace: put up thy sword, 50 or manage it to part these men with me. which is the best paraphrase of benvolio’s lines? i am a peacekeeper, so put your sword away and tell your men that they must leave. i cannot keep the peace, so hold your sword up and me get these men to stop. i am not interested in peace, so pull out your sword and fight these men with me. i want to keep the peace, so put your sword away or use it to me break up this brawl.

I want to keep the peace, so put your sword away or use it to help me break up this brawl.

Explanation:

This is the best paraphrase of Benvolio's words. In these lines, Benvolio states that he is simply interested in keeping the peace. Therefore, he asks the other person (which in this case is Tybalt) to put his sword away. If he does not want to, then he asks Tybalt to at least use it to help him stop the fight. However, Tybalt does not like this suggestion.

the tone of the passage is sympathetic to the forbidden love of romeo and juliet. the nurse plays a significant role in the play. she is responsible for making their meeting again possible. additionally, there is a sense of warning in the choice of words of the nurse. she seems to be authoritative when she calls romeo "scurvy knave", and at the same time the fact that she addresses to him as "sir" reflects respect. the nurse is "vexed", this word describes her confused state of mind. on the one hand, she finds romeo a fine and eloquent man, but on the other, it is thought that man's nature forces men to try to trick women.