True or False
Romeo is glad that he is being banished.
False
And sayest thou yet that exile is not death?
Hadst thou no poison mixed, no sharp-ground knife,...
Romeo
“Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say “death,”
For exile hath more terror in his look,
Much more than death. Do not say “banishment.”
Characterization: Romeo is very passionate and believes that if he cannot see Juliet, his life is worthless. Romeo would rather be killed than sent away from everything that he knows and loves
Romeo wants to leave Verona to avoid Juliet for killing Tybalt.
False
I'll give thee armour to keep off that word,
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy,
Friar Lawrence
“Yet “banishèd”? Hang up philosophy.
"Unless philosophy can make a Juliet,
Displant a town, reverse a prince’s doom,
It helps not, it prevails not. Talk no more.”
Characterization: Shows the passion Romeo has for Juliet. Also the anger of Romeo that he believes the Friar’s words are useless
Romeo's excessive passion is driving him to rather die then live without Juliet
True
Displant a town, reverse a prince's doom,
It helps not, it prevails not. Talk no more.
Romeo
There is no world without Verona walls
But purgatory, torture, hell itself
Hence “banished” is "banished from the world"
And worlds exile is death. Then “banished”
Is death is mistermed
The world outside Verona's walls is torture, basically hell. Being banished from Verona is the same as being banished from the world,which is the same as death.
Characterization: Romeo does not