Examples Of Apothecary Be Punished In Romeo And Juliet

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Pardoned or Punished? You will be reading about three characters that should or should not have been punished in the play Romeo and Juliet. My three characters are The Apothecary Nurse and Friar Laurence. Do you think the Apothecary should be punished. This is what I think is about the Apothecary and how he should have been punished in the play Romeo and Juliet. The first time you hear from the Apothecary he is selling Romeo poison. And Romeo is feeling so much guilt at the moment he is thinking about ending his own life. A quote that was intriguing from the Apothecary “Such Mortal drugs I have but Mantua’s law is death to any he that utters them”( Romeo and Juliet 5.1.2875) That means he has poisons but they are illegal to sell in Mantua