Mercutio: where the devil should this romeo be?
came he not home to-night?
benvolio: not to his father's; i spoke with his man.
mercutio: why that same pale hard-hearted wench, that rosaline,
torments him so, that he will sure run mad.
benvolio: tybalt, the kinsman of old capulet,
hath sent a letter to his father's house.
mercutio: a challenge, on my life.
benvolio: romeo will answer it.
mercutio: any man that can write may answer a letter.
benvolio: nay, he will answer the letter's master, how he dares, being dared.
—romeo and juliet,
william shakespeare
what plot details create the tense mood? check all that apply.
-romeo is missing.
-benvolio is speaking to romeo’s father.
-rosaline has refused romeo again.
-tybalt has sent a challenge to fight.
-mercutio wants to respond to tybalt.