Romeo And Juliet Punishment Essay

During Act 3, Scene 1, a brawl occurs between Mercutio and Tybalt. In this, Tybalt ends up killing Mercutio by stabbing him from under Romeo’s arm as Romeo tried to stop the fight. Out of revenge for Mercutio’s death, Romeo kills Tybalt. Prince Escalus arrives along with some of the Capulets and Montagues to enquire into the deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio. Benvolio explains what happened and The Prince decided to sentence Romeo to exile from Verona. Romeo deserved to be banished from Verona because he committed murder, which is a serious crime and putting Romeo to death would have escalated the feud between the families.

Even though he was defending Romeos honour, he should have not fought in the streets then he wouldn’t be dead and then Romeo would have not gone after Tybalt and slain him. For Mercutio he was innocent but he still had rage over Tybalt that he couldn’t have let go off: “Good king of cats nothing but one of your nine lives” (Act3, Scene 1, Line 45). He should have left Tybalt alone instead he drew out his sword, after Tybalt drew his to Romeo. Since Mercutio was the princes’ cousin he could have told the Prince and could have got Tybalt banished or worse executed. Another mistake Mercutio made was when he brought Romeo to a Capulets party to look at other women and forget about Rosaline. This plan backfires; Romeo does forget about Rosaline but has fallen in love with the Capulets daughter Juliet. Therefore, even though Mercutio is not irresponsible but showed rash and premature

Aristotle proposed what is believed to be the first definition of a true tragedy. Specifically, he states that a tragedy triggers great pity and fear caused by the main characters’ actions alone. Likewise, a true tragedy lacks coincidence and fate plays little in the overall play. William Shakespeare writes the play of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet in which the audience knows the destiny of these two tragic heroes from the very beginning. Although this play is tragic knowing that the lives of two lovers are lost, it is not a tragedy as Romeo and Juliet are not solely responsible for their own deaths. Destiny is determined through the hands of greater forces than that of Romeo and Juliet, making this play merely tragic and not a true

First of all, Tybalt was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because Tybalt killed Mercutio, that evoked Romeo to kill Tybalt. With the killing of Tybalt, Romeo was banished to Mantua. In scene II of the play, Tybalt and Mercutio fought. Tybalt was fighting because Romeo crashed the Capulet’s party along with Benvolio, and Mercutio was fighting for the sake of Romeo’s honor. Tybalt

I think that one of the biggest causes of Mercutio’s death is the ‘ancient grudge’ between the ‘two households’, the Capulet’s and Montague’s. This is a massive cause because this alone was what started off all the fights. After Mercutio has been mortally wounded, he sees that this is why he is dying, which is why he says ‘a plague o’ both your houses!’ If the Montague’s and Capulet’s weren’t fighting, Tybalt wouldn’t have gone up to Romeo and insulted him. If that never happened, Mercutio would have never fought Tybalt and died. Also, all of the other reasons for Mercutio’s death would have never happened if the Capulet’s and Montague’s weren’t fighting.

He is the one who tries to pick Romeo back up and dust him off. Even though Romeo may not have admitted it, Mercutio was portrayed as his rock. That is why when he dies, this triggers a turning point in the play for the worst, resulting in multiple deaths and even an exile. Romeo and Juliet’s plan was caused by the death of Mercutio, because if he had not fallen, Romeo would not have lost his temper and slain Tybalt in a fit of rage. Romeo feels to blame since Mercutio “…got his mortal hurt in [Romeo’s] behalf;” (III.i.106-107). In turn, Romeo strives for vengeance and achieves it through the death of Tybalt. Although Mercutio is considered to be a subsidiary character, the outcome of the story would have been much

Feeling guilty, Romeo feels responsible for Mercutio’s dying because as Mercutio is about to die, he blames Romeo for his loss. Trying to redeem himself he kills Tybalt in vengeance for Mercutio. Afterwards, the Prince banishes Romeo from Verona for the murder of Tybalt. Romeo kills Tybalt on impulse and does not think about the consequences and acts before he thinks. Romeo does not think at all when he kills Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. Romeo’s banishing is one of the most

The impulsive act that started it all was Romeo’s love for Juliet. When Romeo first meets Juliet he is unaware that she is a Capulet but even when he found out he didn't change his mind about marrying someone from the rival family. In Act 3 Scene 1 there is a brawl in the streets mainly between Romeo’s cousin, Mercutio and Tybalt, Juliet’s family member. Benvolio. Tybalt had meant to provoke Romeo into sword fighting, but Romeo refrains because he is in love with Tybalt’s cousin. This is an effect of Romeo falling in love with Juliet. Romeo’s right hand man, tries to prevent the fight from happening but is unsuccessful. While in the midst of the battle Romeo tries to intervene but instead Mercutio is stabbed and killed by Tybalt. Now that Tybalt has murdered his best friend, Romeo goes after him to gain vengeance for Mercutio’s death and kills Tybalt. “This shall determine that./ [They fight. Tybalt falls].../ O, I am fortune's fool.” (Shakespeare 3.1.128-132). Romeo is then banished for murdering Tybalt even though he would have been punished by the government for killing Mercutio anyways. Lady Montague's death was inferred to have happened because of her son’s banishment. Paris was another tragic death in Romeo and Juliet that Romeo caused. While mourning over his beloved Juliet, Romeo is interrupted by Paris who was kneeling in the corner in the Capulet’s tomb. “Wilt thou provoke me? Have at thee, boy!/

Many people can be put to blame for these two young people, including their parents, by keeping the feud between the two families going. Mercutio can be blamed, to some degree. He was the one who got Romeo to go to the ball. When Mercutio was killed, Romeo avenged his death, and ended up having to leave Verona instead of staying with Juliet.

In contrast, Mercutio attempts to stop Tybalt’s thirst for vengeance when he tries to duel Romeo but ultimately gets killed in the process of trying to save his good friend from being killed by Tybalt which causes Romeo to take vengeance upon Tybalt by killing him.

In the play of “Romeo and Juliet”, by William Shakespeare, Tybalt is to blame for their deaths, because he killed Mercutio, Romeo's friend, leading to his banishment and Juliet misery/desperation causing her to fall into a deep sleep. Mercutio's death from Tybalt, only resulted from Tybalt provoking and insulting Romeo. As a friend Mercutio defended Romeo but in the end payed the price with his life. Shakespeare suggests that, “My very friend, hath got his mortal hurt In my behalf. My reputation stain'd With Tybalt’s slander”(Act 3, Scene 1,line 105).

Romeo takes the third most amount of blame for the deaths of those people. When Tybalt kills Mercutio instead of romeo going after Tybalt he could have left him and let him be punished for killing mercutio which would execution so tybalt would die anyway but that keeps romeo from being banished. If romeo does not get banished then juliet does not take the potion to make her seem dead then romeo does not think that she is dead then he would not kill himself. If romeo does not kill tybalt it would all end there and the other four people would live.

At the end of Romeo and Juliet, the Prince declares that "Some shall be pardoned and some punished." I believe that there are many persons responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, but ultimately it’s the parents of Romeo and Juliet that are the most at fault for the outcome of the play. The Capulets and the Montagues are in a long-standing feud. They hate each other. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet and because of the hate, they cannot get married. Romeo and Juliet get advice from Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence is also responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he secretly married them. Romeo tells Friar Laurence that he loves Juliet and he wants to marry her. Friar Laurence tells Romeo that it is probably

Another role that Mercutio plays in determining the outcome of the play is Mercutio dies in the figth with Tybolt. In act 3, scene 1, lines 127-130, Romeo says "; for Mercutio soul is but a little ways above our heads, staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I, or both, must go with him." Romeo is saying that Mercutio is dead and that one of us, or both has to go keep Mercutio company. When Romeo knows that Mercutio is dead because of Tybolt he goes after him. This then leads to Romeo killing Tybolt, which gets him banished from Verona by the Prince.

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.