Romeo And Juliet Banishment Essay

Many people think that the story of “Romeo and Juliet” is just an average love story. The way Romeo and Juliet killed themselves for each other was very tragic to read. But, Romeo was a Montague, and Juliet was a Capulet.The Montagues and the Capulets have a long-lasting feud, where if either family sees each other in the streets, a quarrel breaks out. It was so bad that the Prince even had to say something. The Prince pronounced, “If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.” (Act 1 Scene 1) This just states that if either family fights in the street again, there lives are at risk. But the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet, were definitely caused by other people. For instance, Romeo. With Romeo being

banished by killing Tybalt, Juliet got very depressed. How are Romeo and Juliet supposed to be together if Romeo was banished? Romeo’s banishment leads to both of them considering suicide.

Even Juliet’s parents influenced the idea of Juliet killing herself. Like every parent, Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet wants the best for their child. But sometimes, they could be a little harsh. For instance, Lord Capulet says, “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what-get thee to church a Thursday Or never after look me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me! My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest That God had lent us but this only child; But now I see this one is one too much, And that we have a curse in having her.” (Act 3 Scene 5) Lord Capulet mentioned that Juliet is a curse to the family because she would not marry Paris. This shows how cruel Lord Capulet was being to Juliet, and that could have impacted her thoughts on life. And lastly, Friar Lawrence. After the situation with Juliet and her parents, Juliet went to the Friar for guidance. He requested that she would fake her own death with a sleeping potion to get away from her parents. While this seemed like a good idea at the time, Romeo and Juliet both killed themselves at the end. To sum it up, Romeo, Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet, and Friar Lawrence all led to the deaths of Romeo and

Juliet.
Tybalt and Romeo started their feud when Romeo arrived at the Capulet’s party uninvited. Romeo had the privilege of getting away with it, without getting kicked out. And Tybalt was not fond of that at all. Later on, Tybalt tries picking a fight with Romeo on the streets, saying things like “Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford No better term than this; thou art a villain.” (Act 3 Scene 1) But of course Romeo wasn’t going to pick a fight with him, because Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin. And what would Juliet think if she found out Romeo and Tybalt got in a fight? Therefore, Mercutio stands up for Romeo. Romeo did everything in his power to stop the quarrel, but it was too late. This bloody sword fight ended up killing Mercutio, consequently being a cousin of the Prince. After seeing Mercutio die right in front of him, Romeo found the strength to stick up for Mercutio like he did for him. This resulted in Romeo chasing after Tybalt and starting another sword fight. This later kills Tybalt. Romeo later realizes what a foolish decision he just made by killing him, because he may now be executed by the Prince. He also believes Juliet will be furious at him. The Capulets were furious when they found out. They believed Romeo deserves to be executed for killing him. But since Mercutio and Tybalt was the Prince’s relatives, the Prince gave Romeo a lesser punishment- banishment. The Prince believes this feud between the two families needs to end, because now his family is being affected by it also. Later on, when the nurse returns back to Juliet, she quotes “Ah, well-a-day! he's dead, he's dead, he's dead! We are undone, lady, we are undone! Alack the day! he's gone, he's kill'd, he's dead” (Act 3 Scene 2) Juliet, thinking the nurse was talking about Romeo, grieves for his death. But then the nurse quotes, “Tybalt is gone, and Romeo banished; Romeo that kill'd him, he is banished.” (Act 3 Scene 2) Juliet was very confused over this statement. Just a little bit ago, Juliet thought that Romeo was dead. Now on top of that, Tybalt is dead and Romeo is banished. And even when Juliet found out Romeo killed Tybalt, she still defended his honor to the nurse. She pronounced if Romeo hadn’t killed Tybalt, Tybalt would have killed Romeo first. Later on, Juliet grieves over his banishment. How are Romeo and Juliet supposed to hang out together now that Romeo is banished? Juliet even said she would leave her family to be with Romeo earlier on. In this scene, Juliet’s attitude towards Romeo changes rapidly through it. With Romeo killing Juliet’s cousin and becoming banished, Romeo and Juliet realizes they would not be able to see each other as often. Therefore, Romeo is to blame for putting Juliet though the days of crying she’s been through, and even impacted Juliet’s decision of going to the Friar and faking her death.