provocative language - insults benvolio with adjective 'coward' - established as quick to anger (his folly) as it took less than two lines to offer a fight upon his entrance
to scorn at our solemnity this night
combination of sibilance and plosive - language dripping with harsh sounds but also ominoushissing undertone
thou art a villain
directaddress 'thou' shows he doesn't shy away from confrontation and is direct and almost violent in the way he expresses himself
wretched boy
exit is coloured with violence - shows no regret which is his hamartia and what leads to his death - shown to be folly of youth, not just because he is quick to anger but also Romeo, mercutio and benvolio is - the folly of the male youth
