Topic > Questions about Romeo and Juliet - 1048

Act III, Scene III1. When Friar Laurence announced the news of his exile to Romeo, Romeo said, “There is no world without the walls of Verona / But purgatory, torture, hell itself. / Therefore “banished” is banished from the world, / And the exile of the world is death” (III.iii.18-21). He said that living outside Verona was like torture because he didn't want to leave Verona as he compared being banished to being dead when he realized he could no longer be with Juliet. He continued: “It's torture and not mercy. Heaven is here, / where Juliet lives, and every cat and dog / and the mouse, every unworthy thing, / lives here in heaven and can look at it, / but Romeo does not. (III.iii.31-35). He was comparing Verona to paradise since Juliet lives there and all living as well as non-living beings according to him are lucky because they can see her and he can't. Furthermore, he said: “Hadst thou no mixture of poison, no sharp knife, / No means of sudden death, though never so cruel, / But “banished” to kill me? ” (III.iii.46-49). He was asking Friar Laurence if he had anything that could kill him, such as a knife or poison, rather than being banished, which was also an omen. He was so emotional that he wanted to commit suicide but ended up drowning due to tears and sobs while lying on the ground.2. Friar Laurence scolded Romeo for the way he was acting in this scene because he noticed that Romeo was complaining about his bad luck when he was technically lucky to be alive up until that point. Friar Laurence said to him: “Your dear love has sworn but empty perjury, / Killing that love which you swore to love; / Your wit, that ornament to shape and love, / Deformed in the duct... in the middle of the paper... or a quick eye, so beautiful / As Paris did. Damn my heart, / I think you are happy in this second meeting, / because your first excels. Or if it were not so, / Your first is dead, or he would have been as good, / As if I lived here and you no longer served him” (III.v.230-238). The Nurse compared Romeo and Paris, however, she had chosen Paris over Romeo in the context of Paris' physical appearance and his wealth. The Nurse believed that it was best for Juliet to marry Paris because Romeo had been exiled and she believed that Romeo would never return for her if she left Verona. He also believed that this second marriage would make Juliet happier than her first marriage and even if it did not go any better, her first marriage was now considered over. He also said that even if Romeo was as good as Paris, he would not be in Verona living with Juliet and that it would be useless.