I believe it is 1, Compound Sentence. You can tell because if you take the ",or" out, it is still two complete sentences!
Answer:
According to Mercutio, Benvolio was a short-tempered man who instigates a fight.
Explanation:
Mercutio and Benvolio were the best friends of Romeo in the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare.
In <u>Act 3, Scene 1,</u> Mercutio accused Benvolio of being a short-tempered person. He said that if two people like Benvolio would get into fight, none of them would survive as they both would each other.
<u>This accusation of Mercutio is ironical as Benvolio is characterized as a peace-maker since the beginning of the play and it is him who would get easily instigated with small things. Even in this scene, it was Mercutio who was instigated by the comments of Tybalt which kindled the fight between Capulets and Montagues</u>.
<em><u>Answer:</u></em>
- The chorus describes two noble households (called “houses”) in the city of Verona.
<em><u>Explanation:</u></em>
The houses hold an "old resentment" against one another that remaining parts a wellspring of savage and bleeding struggle. The Chorus expresses that from these two houses, two "star-crossed" sweethearts will show up. These darlings will patch the squabble between their families by passing on. The narrative of these two darlings, and of the horrible hardship between their families, will be the theme of this play.
The participle phrase is "hearing the footsteps of its owner".
