Banishment In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Afterwards he kills Tybalt he goes to Friar Lawrence to here his punishment of banishment. Romeo doesn’t know what to do and is laying on the floor crying his eyes out and almost killed himself. Friar Lawrence tells Romeo, “ Ascend her chamber, hence and comfort her/ But look thou stay not till the watch be set,/ For then thou canst not pass to Mantua,/ Where thou shalt live till we can find a time/ To blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends,/ Beg pardon of the Prince, and call thee back/ with twenty hundred thousand times more joy”(3.3.147-153).

During the balcony scene, Juliet shows her concern for Romeo’s life by saying,“And the pace death, considering who thou art, if any of my kinsmen find thee". In response, Romeo says, “My life were better ended by their hate, than death proroguéd, wanting of thy love". Romeo would rather be killed over a family feud than not have Juliet’s love. Romeo has put off taking care of his life to stay with Juliet. Juliet constantly shows that

After being banished from Verona, Romeo is relentless while talking to Friar Lawrence and says, “Heaven is here / where Juliet lives, and every cat and dog / and little mouse, every unworthy thing, Live here in heaven and may look on her, / But Romeo may not” (3.3.31-35). This over exaggeration shows how Romeo feels as if Verona is a “heaven”; where all the “unworthy thing[s]” can stay. They can look at and admire Juliet, but “Romeo may not”, despite his obvious desire for doing so. Romeo continues, refusing to leave Juliet, he says, “More honorable state, more courtship lives / in carrion flies than Romeo. They may seize / on white wonder of dear Juliet’s hand / and steal immortal blessing from her lips” (3.3.36-39). This hyperbole exaggerates how Romeo feels unworthy to Juliet. Romeo is expressing his concern of “carrion flies” being able to love Juliet more than himself. In addition, they have a “More honorable state” than himself; Romeo believes that flies are more valuable than he is. Romeo thinks that they will kiss Juliet, and he can not stand the thought of anyone with Juliet but him, because of her very high value in his mind. Romeo continues to demonstrate his concern about leaving and says, “Flies may do this, but I from this must fly / they are free men, but I am banished, / And sayest thou yet that exile is not death?” (3.3.43-45). In this hyperbole, Romeo is once again over

When he first hears the news, he says, “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say “death”. (3.3.12) This shows how emotionally driven, and impulsive Romeo is. Instead of being thankful that he won’t be put to death, like most other people would be, he says that he would rather be dead, than be banished.

In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, many characters meet their tragic end as a result of a plethora of factors, from old rivalries to new love. It is a tragic story of two lovers, destined to complete each other, but also to end a bitter feud through their deaths (Prologue.3-6). However, if the blame had to be ascribed to one person in particular, that person would be Romeo Montague. Throughout the play, Shakespeare showcases Romeo’s irrationality and poor decision making, leading to the gruesome deaths of his loved ones. Romeo is most to blame for the tragic slew of deaths because he is oblivious, quick to act, and too urgent in his relationship.

In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo attempts to protect his right to a good name, and in the process deprives himself of other freedoms. Act three opens in the town square with an argument between Tybalt and Romeo. Tybalt is attempting to fight Romeo because Romeo went to the Capulet’s ball and fell in love with Juliet. Romeo begins to enter a physical altercation in order to defend his good name, during which he slays Tybalt. The Prince arrives at the commotion and upon seeing Tybalt murdered, he banishes Romeo from Verona and warns, “Let Romeo hence in haste, else when he is found, that hour is his last (3.1.196).” Romeo believes that he has the right to be respected for his actions, and Tybalt is depriving him of his right; by fighting to preserve this right, Romeo sets himself up for the death penalty. Instead however, the Prince exiles him from Verona, “Let Romeo hence in haste,” with the condition that if he does not leave, “that hour is his last,” and he will be executed. Friar Lawrence hides the distressed Romeo and begins to deliver the news of

The play, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is about a tragedy of two star crossed lovers who want nothing more than to be together forever. “…Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” (2.2.35-36) Romeo, a Montague, who is young and passionate, meets Juliet at a Capulet party. When they meet, it’s love at first sight. Juliet, a Capulet, is a beautiful young lady tired of being controlled by her father, Lord Capulet. The two families are in a never ending feud that comes between Romeo and Juliet’s love. In the course of four and a half days, Romeo and Juliet plan their marriage with the help of Priest Friar Laurence and Juliet’s Nurse. After the couple is married,

This inner conflict is a prevailing theme throughout the play. In act three, scene three, Romeo bemoaned the fact that he was banished from Verona. Romeo stated, “Hence ‘banished’ is banished from the world, And the world’s exile is death (Shakespeare 3.3.19-20).” Romeo revealed his feelings about banishment from Verona. Romeo proceeded to outline his inner conflict over whether to remain in Verona and risk death, or leave Verona and never see Juliet.

When Juliet finds out that Romeo has been banished because he killed Tybalt, her cousin, she is utterly devastated, she is more broken up about romeo’s banishment than tybalt's death. She claims she would rather grief the death of Tybalt 1000 times rather than the grief she is experiencing at Romeo’s banishment. Her pain and sorrow cannot be measured they have no bounds. The pain she is feeling is worse than the pain and sorrow she would feel if the nurse had told her that not only had Tybalt died but so had her mother and father.

Romeo wants revenge and fights with Tybalt. In this fight, Romeo kills Tybalt. When Romeo realizes the consequences of his actions, he says that he is “Fortune’s fool” (3.1.142). He believes that he has no control over the killings of Mercutio and Tybalt. However, these events are caused by his own rashness. Romeo chooses to fight with Tybalt and even starts the fight. Romeo fights to avenge his friend’s death. Romeo’s actions are rash because he does not consider the results of his actions. Romeo could resolve the conflict in some nonviolent way, but his mind is fixed on killing Tybalt. Romeo is exiled from Verona because he kills Tybalt. His rashness causes problems for his own family as well as for the Capulets and for the Prince. Romeo’s rashness in killing Tybalt leads to his killing himself.

For instance, the friar states, “Tybalt would kill thee, / But thou slewest Tybalt. There are tho happy too”(3.3.143-144). Considering that Romeo is alive he should be thankful for his victory. He should not be sad due to the fact that he killed Tybalt because if he hadn’t then his death would cause lots of pain to the people that love him. Romeo should be happy that he kills Tybalt because if he does not do that then he would be dead, which would result in the deaths of more people. In addition, he also gives another example by stating, “The law, that threat’ned death, becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile. There art thou happy” (3.3.145-147). Another reason that Romeo would be dead is that the law states that if there was bloodshed on the streets the person who starts the brawl would pay. Romeo should be glad that the prince let him live and if he makes a wise plan, then he will regain all the happiness. Friar Laurence reinforces the fact that the law usually does not help anyone, which is why Romeo should not despair on his punishment. The friar tries to make Romeo feel better because if the prince was not generous, then Romeo would have been dead. Even though Romeo has a shower of blessings, he still doesn’t realize that the he would have died otherwise, which would be worse than the punishment he has right

As a friend of Romeo’s, Mercutio supports the Montague’s in the ancient feud. An example of Mercutio defending the Montague’s is when Tybalt, a member of the loathed Capulet family, abuses Romeo and Mercutio intervenes on Romeo’s behalf. Attempting to restore peace, Romeo gets between the two combatants and Mercutio “hath got his mortal hurt” (Page 149; Act 3, Scene 1) on Romeo’s account. In spite of his “life shall pay the forfeit of peace” (page 17; Act 1, Scene 1), Romeo seeks revenge on Tybalt as he loves his murdered friend. As Romeo kills Tybalt out of love for Mercutio, Shakespeare suggests that love conquered the thought of being penalized with death.

Once love is found, any obstacle presented will neither diminish nor terminate that love, even when tragedy strikes with the loss of a loved one. Tybalt, the cousin of Juliet is one of the Capulet’s that despises the Montague’s and he will do anything in his power to kill them all, and once he confronted Romeo, he met his fate and died by Romeo’s sword. The Prince arrived to the scene and said “Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio” (III.i.181), him referring to Tybalt, and once realized, he banished Romeo out of the city. Once Juliet discovered the truth about Tybalt’s death and Romeo’s banishment she said in grief “Romeo is banished- to speak that word is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, all slain, all dead- Romeo is banished” (III.ii.122-124). Her heartache for Romeo’s banishment more than her cousin Tybalt’s death shows that he is her life, her world, and her breath, and without him she would be nothing and life as she knows is would end, even through tragedy and anguish.

Everyday people are surrounded by others from different walks of life. People are not as sheltered as they were during the time of William Shakespeare. As Romeo says regarding the idea of leaving Verona, “There is no world without Verona walls, But purgatory, torture, hell itself. Hence banished is banish’d from the world” (Shakespeare 1099). Romeo was afraid to leave Verona. He thought that outside of Verona was absolutely literal hell. He was taught that Verona was the only place worth living and everywhere else was torture. Everything he knew and loved, including Juliet, was in Verona.

This quote reveals the theme of hasty decisions in Romeo and Juliet as the hasty decision by Tybalt to fight Romeo led to his own death.