, “Why the devil came you between us…A plague o’ both your houses! They have made worms’ meat of me. I have it, and soundly too. A plague!” (ll.102-103, 10106-108). Here, we see Mercutio cursing the two houses, and, in essence, foreboding things to come. Mercutio is taken to a near house to be treated, and moments later, Romeo is informed of Mercutio’s death. Romeo, now enraged, duels with Tybalt and slays him. The Prince arrives upon the scene, and after an account of the happenings, banishes Romeo to Mantua upon penalty of death. This banishment of Romeo’s inevitably leads to even greater problems later in the play.In III, ii, Juliet prophesizes bad things to come when she says, “Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine…” (ll.21-23). The Nurse enters and informs Juliet that Tybalt has been slain by Romeo. Juliet looks at the situation as the death of both the men, as Romeo’s banishment is like a death. III, iii is moved to the Friar’s cell, where Romeo is exhibiting his self-pity to the Friar. At the conclusion of the scene, in a reaction of brass judgement, Romeo demands the Friar tell him what part of the body his name is, so he may cut it out with a knife he has drawn. This seems to imply Romeo’s desire to be dead, rather than be without Juliet. Initially, at the beginning of this scene, Capulet will have no talk of marriage, due to the recent death in the family. However, in order to help Juliet through her “grief” over Tybalt’s death, Capulet decides to marry her off to Paris (III, iv). Of course this is a problem as she is secretly married to Romeo at this time. In III, v, Lady Capulet states, “I’ll send one in Mantua, where that same banished runagate doth live, that he shall soon keep Tybalt company…̶...
