Shakespeare · Romeo and Juliet · Act 3, Scene 3
Romeo's banishment
Duologue
Male
2–4 min
Love
Grief
Madness
Disillusionment
Romeo, having been banished from Verona for killing Tybalt, tells Friar Lawrence that banishment is worse than death because it separates him from Juliet and he refuses all comfort.
ROMEO
Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say death; For exile hath more terror in his look, Much more than death. Do not say banishment.
FRIAR LAWRENCE
Hence from Verona art thou banished. Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.
ROMEO
There is no world without Verona walls, But purgatory, torture, hell itself. Hence banished is banish’d from the world, And world’s exile is…
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