Similarities Between Pardoned In Romeo And Juliet

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Pardoned or Punished? Four of the six people who have died could have been avoided if one person stood up and told someone about what was happening. In Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Friar Lawrence and Benvolio should be pardoned, while the Nurse should be punished. Benvolio should be pardoned. In the book he wanted peace. First of all he told the capulets that they didn’t need to fight. “Part fools. Put up your swords, you know not what you do”(1.1.60). He was saying stop fighting because you don’t know what you are doing. Next he also warned the prince of what happened to Mercutio, Tybalt, and Romeo. After the fight Benvolio was the one to fess up to the prince about what happened. Benvolio told the truth about what Romeo did. Finally he told the prince that Romeo killed Tybalt because Tybalt killed Mercutio. Why would you punish someone who told the truth? …show more content…

First Friar Lawrence helped them by sending Romeo to Mantua and trying to get Juliet there with him. Next he also came up with the plan to get Juliet out of Verona “Take thou this vial, being then in bed,And this distillèd liquor drink thou off…”(4.1.90-120). In this quote he is explaining what he wants Juliet to do. He tried to help Juliet get away from her evil father. Finally Friar Lawrence tried to end the feud. He only agreed to marrying Romeo & Juliet because he thought that if he did marry them, then the feud would be over. Friar Lawrence did nothing