Banishment is only but a word; though its meaning can pack a hard punch. To be banished from one’s home or a certain place is said to sometimes be worse than death itself. While death can stop a person from ever going anywhere ever again; banishment stops a person from doing an inappropriate activity (such as swearing loudly and profusely at a high school football game), or stops said banished one from ever seeing his or her loved ones again. In Romeo and Juliet the latter is applied by the Prince’s decree. The Prince had a tough decision, but chose the right and just solution to the problem at hand. Near the beginning of the play, The Prince said he would execute someone the next time the Capulets and the Montagues had a little quarrel. But at that particular time, no one of subsequential status had died. It is hinted that Mercutio and the Prince might have been related, but never confirmed. The DiCaprio Version of Romeo and Juliet suggests that the Prince and Mercutio might have been father and son, or brother and brother; something closely related. While the Zeffirelli version makes no such hints to this theory even being an idea of great …show more content…
Or would it have? If Romeo had been executed Juliet might have killed herself just after she heard the news, or she might have married Paris and lived a long, but very unhappy life. If the Capulets (Lady Capulet mostly) had gotten what they came for the Capulet/Montague feud would be stronger than before. Fighting would start up again; with an all new reason for fighting fueling theirs street duels; which in turn would lead to the Prince being called again and again, and their nasty fighting cycle would keep going until everybody was dead or tired of fighting and the families gave up and made peace. But no one will ever know how long peace would have taken if Romeo was not banished from Verona, but instead