ROMEO
Banishment? Be merciful, say death; for exile hath
more terror in his look much more than death. Do not
say Banishment.
ROMEO
There is no world without Verona walls, hence
banished is banished from the world and worlds exile
is death. Then banished is death mis-termed. Calling
death banished, thou cu'st my head off with a golden
axe and smiles upon the stroke that murders me.
2006-08-15 18:50:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
romeo stopped mercutio from fighting with tybalt because he had just married juliet and was therefore his "brother" now... but tybalt didn't know that....
while romeo held mercutio back, it resulted in tybalt being able to kill mercutio unfairly
romeo and mercutio were best friends, and thru anger he killed tybalt to revenge his friend. he felt it was his fault that mercutio died.
the punishment itself was not heavy, but to Romeo it was the "end of the world". he had just married Juliet and was looking forward to coming out to the families that they were married. but because he had killed Tybalt, a member of Juliet's family, he was punished in more ways than just one. he would be even more persecuted, hated, and scorned from juliet's family. and he couldn't be where he wanted to be, with his love.
2006-08-16 09:29:16 · answer #1 · answered by sasmallworld 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sweetie , those quotes are all just banter and do not speak to the question at all.
The assignment is to tell why Romeo killed Tybalt.
Answer : Romeo killed Tybalt because Tybalt killed his best friend Mecurtio. Neither slaying was purposeful. Things just escalated because of the constant feuding between the Montagues and the Capulets.
Remember Prince Escalus warned that any more fighting would result in death. So, to answer the second part of this question ~ banishment from Verona was not a harsh penalty for Romeo.
All of the mishaps that occurred after Tybalt's death contributed to Romeo's eventually demise.
2006-08-15 21:55:03 · answer #2 · answered by Angela 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He killed Tybalt because Tybalt accidentally killed Mercutio. The punishment for man slaughter is not heavy. Nowadays, it's life prison.
2006-08-15 18:54:10 · answer #3 · answered by Crescent 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i read that book last year...i dont member the answer, but a website that might REALLY help you, as it did me, would be sparknotes.com... at the top where it says search, search romeo and juliet. and there you go.
good luck
2006-08-15 20:32:16 · answer #4 · answered by kittylover61891 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he touched his "swwet botoom grass"
2006-08-15 18:56:38 · answer #5 · answered by glock509 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋