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The Prince Of Verona In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Have you ever read the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet? In the Romeo and Juliet, Juliet 's cousin Tybalt dies, and I think that the prince of Verona was responsible for his death. The Prince of Verona is responsible for the death of Juliet 's cousin Tybalt. The Capulets and the Montagues were fighting with each other in public three times before they got threatened. “Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word,By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets And made Verona’s ancient citizens Cast by their grave-beseeming ornaments”was said in act 1 scene 1 (line 80). “If ever you disturb our streets again,Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.”was said in act 1 scene 1( line 87 ) after the fight between the Montagues and the Capulets was broken up. The quotes mean that the Capulets and the Montagues were able to get away with fighting three times before there was consequences. It means that their fighting on the streets of Verona put citizens in danger. The second quote means that if they were caught fighting again then they will be put to death, however that did not help anything because the Capulets and the Montagues would still fight on the streets, and put the citizens of Verona in danger. As a result of lack of consequences that the Capulets and the Montagues had for fighting it resulted in loss of lives. This says that Prince Escalus let the Capulets and the Montagues get away with a lot since he let them fight
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