The Capulets and the Montague once again had a feud yesterday at noon. Unfortunately this one left the residents of Verona at shock and grieve when they found out about the death of Tybalt Capulet, Lord capulet’s nephew, and Mercutio Escalus, prince’s kinsmen. Along with the deaths Romeo Montague was charged and exiled from the city of Verona. Witnesses, who were present at the crime scene have stated that Tybalt had challenged Romeo to a street brawl because he was at the Capulet's mask party. When the young Romeo refused the brawl, Tybalt started harassing him. Mercutio, a good friend of Romeo had enough with Tybalt and took Romeo’s place of fighting. The brawl ensured Mercutio’s death from being slained. Romeo was enraged with what had happened to his best friend. He fought Tybalt and killed him in the brawl.
Prince Escalus, the Prince of Verona was very hurt from hearing his cousin, Mercutio, had died. Prince Escalus immediately banished Romeo from Verona. The prince was quoted saying, “Romeo is banished from the walls of Verona. If he is to ever be seen again in Verona he will be executed.”
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They should definitely solve their ongoing feud. I was Scared to death when they were brawling. Not only did they put their own lives to danger but they also put the citizens of verona in danger. This is pure rubbish. I am happy they died and that Romeo got banished.” Said Aaron, a citizen of Verona.
The grudge of the two household’s have gone too far. What will happen to the Verona and its people if the Montagues and Capulet continue to fight and die on the streets of Verona? This unfortunate event ended lives of two very well-known citizens of Verona and banished
They debate whether Romeo should be punished or not for killing Tybalt, then,the discussion ends with the Prince exiling Romeo from Verona (3.1.148-159). This clearly portrays Irrational Hatred because, if Tybalt never have wanted to fight Mercutio, then Mercutio could have been alive and Romeo wouldn’t have killed Tybalt. Ultimately, Romeo’s punishment went unjustified as the Prince sided with the house of
Romeo and Juliet introduces us to a long lasting feud carried through many generations and brought upon two families children. “Two households, both alike in dignity / In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, / From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, / Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean” (Shakespeare Prologue.1-4). This feud the Capulets and Montagues have not only affected their children but the citizens of Verona. When two relatives of the different families start fighting against one another, the citizens start fighting against them and soon everyone is pulling out swords until the Prince comes to break up the quarrel in his city. If the Capulets and Montagues were not openly
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.
During the afternoon of yesterday, a fight arose in the time square of Verona. Tybalt unintentionally slays Mercutio, this enrages Romeo causing him to chase after the fleeing Tybalt. A few moments afterwards, Romeo intentionally stabs Tybalt killing him. Romeo knowing the punishments retreat to Friar Laurence’s cell whilst Benvolio explained the whole situation to prince Escalus and the two houses. During this hot afternoon, Benvolio suggests to Mercutio that they should go indoors explaining that a brawl with be unavoidable if they encounter Capulet’s men.
After discovering that Romeo snuck into the Capulet’s dinner, Tybalt asks Capulet if he should kill Romeo. “This, by his voice, should be Montague. Fetch me my rapier, boy. “To strike him dead I hold it not a sin” (1.5.61-62, 67). Even though Romeo did not do anything to disturb the peace, Tybalt’s groundless hatred leads him to threaten Romeo’s life without remorse, which stirs the pot for the tragedy that unfolds.
“That feisty saucy boy deserved what was coming for him,” he says, “I’m just happy that I’m so important to Romeo that he finally stood up like a man after my injury”. Last week, there was a disturbance in the streets of Verona. The Capulets and Montagues were feuding, as they usually do, stirring a fight began between Verona’s comedian, Mercutio, and Lord Capulet’s nephew, Tybalt. Benvolio, Romeo Montague’s cousin, claimed that Mercutio decided to challenge Tybalt after Romeo turned down Tybalt’s duel. This resulted in Tybalt stabbing
Benvolio and Mercutio walk down the street talking about the hot weather. Knowing that their tempers would be hot like the weather, Benvolio asks Mercutio to leave before they meet the Capulets. They approach Tybalt. Mercutio and Tybalt quarrel, but Tybalt turns on Romeo when he sees him approach. Romeo bears the insults and declares that the Capulet name is dear to him. Outraged, Mercutio decides to fight Tybalt himself. While Romeo tries to stop the fight, Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm. Mercutio curses both the Capulets and the Montagues and dies as he is taken away. Feeling that his love for Juliet has made him weak, Romeo vows revenge for Mercutio’s death. Romeo and Tybalt fight, and Tybalt is killed. When the Prince comes, Benvolio recalls the events that led to
After the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, the Montagues and Capulets have sworn peace, but it lasts for only a fortnight before the feud begins anew. In desperation, Prince Escalus demands that Rosaline Tirimo, Juliet’s cousin and Romeo’s first love, marry Benvolio Montague, Romeo’s cousin and one of the few survivors of Romeo and Juliet’s whirlwind romance. Under pressure, the two agree to the match, although there is little love lost between the pair. Meanwhile, the feud worsens as street brawls and catcalling become vandalism and murder. A masked figure stalks the streets of Verona, murdering Montague and Capulet alike. Will the marriage of Benvolio and Rosaline be
Secondly, the ‘ancient grudge’ between the two household is an aspect of fate that can be deemed responsible for the lovers’ deaths. Shakespeare describes the feud between the Montagues and Capulets as ancient, meaning it has been going on for a very long time. Consequently, there were ongoing brawls occurring in the streets of Verona and as a result of this feud many characters are driven to extreme behaviours, including Tybalt and Mercutio. If this ancient grudge had not existed then there would be no reason for them to have a duel, however, as it did exist they had no other choice. Tybalt is furious that Romeo, a Montague, had come into the Capulet household and wanted to take action. He decided to duel with Romeo but as he didn’t want to Mercutio accepted the offer. This specific duel between Tybalt and Mercutio was the undoing of the lovers’ lives. After Tybalt had killed Mercutio, Romeo felt pity and sought revenge and ended up killing Tybalt
Romeo, who is the son of Montague and Lady Montague, has been tragically banished from our dear city, Verona. But the narrow minded and unthankful Romeo is as arrogant as always claiming that banishment is a penalty far worse than death. Instead he should be happy that the kind Prince has taken mercy on him, since the law originally appointed death for him. This shows how simply banishment was not enough of a punishment to teach Romeo a lesson.
Romeo a Montigue came to a Capulet party. The Montigues have a long lasting feud with the Capulet’s. When Tybalt realized that Romeo was at the invent he blew it way out of proportion. Even though it really was a minor defensive. Lord capulet realized that Tybalt was mad and asked him why he was mad. Tybalt’s reason for being mad was that Romeo a Montigue was at the party. Lord Capulet told Tybalt that Romeo was to live because he was well liked in the city and it would be bad on there reputation. Tybalt a guy who looked forward to killing Romeo lost his temper. Lord Capulet tried to calm him down and make him drop the subject of killing Romeo. This made tybalt leave Romeo alone for the remainder of the party but only temporarily.
This story is the first and original "Romeo & Juliet". The two lovers reside in Babylon, however they're separated and forbidden to wed because their parents abhor each other. Their ways of communicating is through a crack between their houses. One particular day, Thisbe awaits Pyramus under a mulberry tree. To Thisbe's dismay she is frightened by a lioness covered in blood in haste she drops her veil and the lioness rips it with her claws. Pyramus arrives and fears the worst once he sees the bloody veil unable to overcome his sorrow he commits suicide with his sword. Thisbe returns with the sight of her lover's dead body and is racked with agony and kills herself with his sword. Today, the mulberry tree remains a red color to
Friar Lawrence marries the naive young couple in hopes it will bring peace between the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. These two families have a violent feud that is causing chaos in the city of Verona.
Romeo and Juliet first met each other at a party at the Capulets house. They fall in love with each other at the first sight without knowing that they are from families who hate each other, and when they do learn about it, it is too late. Juliet realizes that it was a mistake to fall in love with Romeo, because he is one of the people she should watch out for. He is her first and only love, but he is an enemy of her family. Lucky for Romeo, Juliet is smart, and such dumb thing as hate between their parents wouldn't stop her from loving Romeo and getting married with him. She is sorry that their families are enemies, though, because everything would be much easier if they weren't. So this is the first time when the hate between Capulets and Montagues becomes problem to Romeo and Juliets happiness. Only after their children die, the Montagues and Capulets come to their senses. The Prince accuses them of killing Romeo and Juliet. The Prince makes them see how wrong they were all the time, that all because of their hate, because they couldn't let their children love each other, Romeo and Juliet died. After that, Capulets and Montagues decide to call it quits. No more fighting, and Montague even says that he will make a gold statue of Juliet, but what is that going to do? It is too late, nothing will bring them back. It is totally Capulets' and Montagues' fault that Romeo and Juliet died. If they didn't hate each other so much,
He wants to attack, but Capulet doesn’t want blood to shed in house. Soon afterwards, Romeo has a conversation with Juliet and they end up kissing each other. But they soon find out that their families are rivals. When Mercutio and Benvolio leave the estate, Romeo jumps over the orchard wall into the garden. He sees his beloved inside and hears her say his name. He shouts out to her and they profess their love for one another. They both decide to marry each other. Romeo then goes to Friar Lawrence (his good friend and confessor) to ask him to help him arrange a marriage in secret. Friar Lawrence concurs and sees the possibility of ending the feud between the Capulets and Montagues. The following day, Romeo and Juliet get married and has plans for their wedding night. Next, Benvolio and Mercutio encounter Tybalt, who is still angered about Romeo attending the party, decides to challenge him to a duel. When Romeo appears, he refuses to fight, but Mercutio takes on the challenge. Romeo tries to end the fight by coming in between the combatants, but Tybalt stabs Mercutio underneath Romeo’s arm and kills him. In a rage, Romeo attacks Tybalt and murders him. Once the prince hears about the incident, he exiles him from Verona forever and if he returns, Romeo will be put to death. Friar Lawrence devises a plan for Romeo to spend time with Juliet on their wedding night before he has to leave Verona to go to Mantua. While Juliet waits for her new husband