Banishing Romeo In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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The prince of Verona is a very honourable person and a royalty that people adored and follows order from. But one of his order or law he stated in front of the Montague and the Capulets is that anyone that starts a fight in the town of Verona they will be punished. The prince fails Romeo and Juliet because of banishing Romeo from Verona which is worse than him getting killed and allowing the feud to continue even though he knew there is a fight and hatred between the families or the two households, the Montagues and the Capulets. The prince banishing Romeo is worse than being killed because if Romeo was to be banish he would have to leave Verona and have to find another place which meant he would be leaving his love of his life which is Juliet. He …show more content…

But he has to suffer the fact that he is to leave the town of Verona.” O deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness! Thy fault our law calls death, but the kind Prince, Taking thy part, hath rushed aside the law, And turned that black word “death” to “banishment.” This is dear mercy, and thou seest it not” (3.3.24-28). Even though the prince banishing Romeo is one of the reason why he fails the lovers, the feud also come into place. The feud between the Montague and the Capulet is a separation between Romeo and Juliet love for each other. Since the prince knows what was happening between the two households, he never considered stopping the feud between them even though he knew about it because the feud was just about hatred and love and that the prince is powerless when it comes to hatred and love."Some shall be pardoned, and some punished" (5.3.319). This is a law that he made that end up being broken by Romeo who is banished from Verona, They did not really care because it is hatred that is making them fight and love. Benvolio explained “O noble prince, I can discover all.

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