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Punishment In Romeo And Juliet Essay

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The character Romeo Montague in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, makes many poor decisions, specifically, when he kills Tybalt in an enthralling duel and later takes his life to be with Juliet Capulet. After Tybalt kills Romeo’s best friend, Mercutio, Romeo assumes personal responsibility to avenge his death by brutally killing Tybalt in a swordfight. Due to disrupting the streets of Verona, Romeo’s punishment made by Prince Escalus is banishment. Romeo then hides in Friar Laurence’s cell and threatens to commit suicide because he feels there is no world without the Verona walls. For instance, Romeo states, “Then “banishèd,”/ Is death mistermed. Calling death “banishèd,” Thou cutt’st my head off with a golden ax / And smilest upon the stroke that murders me” (Shakespeare 3.1.20-23). However, if Romeo had …show more content…

/ Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on / The dashing rocks thy seasick, weary bark. / Here’s to my love! O true apothecary, Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (5.3.117-120). As a result of Juliet awakening from her deep slumber and finding Romeo dead, she immediately tries to kill herself by kissing Romeo’s lips, hoping there is still fresh poison left. Although her first attempt does not work, she quickly uses Romeo’s dagger to stab herself to death and essentially commit suicide. If Romeo had not killed himself in the first place, Friar Laurence’s plan would have worked, meaning that Juliet would wake up and see Romeo alive and live happily together by fleeing Verona. Furthermore, the play’s ultimate theme, it being a tragedy, would have been changed into a more happy ending, due to the pair of star-crossed lovers spending their lives with each other in peace. Although Romeo plays a pivotal role in the play’s fate, Mercutio is another character who tends to be overdramatic and hasty with a sword, causing him to make substandard

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Likewise, after Mercutio and Tybalt's death, he is banished to let the people repent the loss of the Prince. Both the Montagues and Capulets are punished as a result. The montagues can no longer see his own son, and the Capulets can not put Romeo to death for killing Tybalt. Secondly, after his banishment, he ruins his marriage with Juliet and stains his childhood joy. Furthermore, as a result of his foolishness and acting without thinking, Romeo commits suicide after not receiving Friar’s letter.

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After Mercutio's death by Tybalt, Romeo angrily kills Tybalt (a Capulet), resulting in his exile by the prince, best seen when the nurse says "Tybalt is gone and Romeo banishèd. Romeo that killed him—he is banishèd. " Considering this quote, it is important to consider how, through Romeo's killing of Tybalt, he not only cuts away any possible approved relationship between him and Juliet, though also importantly contributes to a tragic miscommunication between him and Juliet because of his exile. Due to how Romeo got exiled after his killing of Tybalt, he left his town (Verona) for Mantua, a problem that in combination with Romeo also leaving Mantua, leads to Romeo not receiving word of Juliet's fake death. Since Romeo did not receive word of Juliet's faked death, he believed she had truly died and eventually committed suicide, an action which completes half of the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet as well as being one of the largest contributing factors to the complete tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

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Mercutio is a close friend of Romeo he is seen with wit, humor, and a quick temper. He is very independent and refuses to let others' expectations have a constraint on him. Mercutio begins to understand himself through interactions with other characters such as Romeo, he begins to find his place in the world. He has a deep commitment to himself and his identity disregarding the social norms. Even though he is a great character it gets to the best of him and leads to his death against Tybalt.

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Romeo is often dragging and sad, then Mercutio comes along. He starts to joke with Romeo and lifts the mood of the play. Mercutio also helps to explain things to Romeo in his own odd, twisted way. He explains love to Romeo and makes sure that he knows he can overcome what has happened to him and that he will find someone new. And for all of the insanity caused by Mercutio, Romeo brings him back into reality.

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