When Prince Escalus discovers that the Montagues and the Capulets have been fighting, he says the violence has gone on for too long. He warned the families that the next person to break the peace would be punished by death.
Prince Escalus warned that anyone who disturbed the streets again would pay the death penalty.
That if they break the law and his express commands to create no more troiuble on the streets of Verona, they will all have to bear the severest penalty for their disobedience.
nobody knows
that the next person to start a fight over the two families would be sentenced to death
When the Prince shows up, expect a speech directed to the two families. He turns up three times in the play. In Act I he breaks a street brawl and announces tougher sentences to brawlers to the two families. In Act III he shows up in the wake of another street brawl and has to enforce the law he earlier pronounced against a Montague (Romeo) who has been fighting with Capulets. In Act V he addresses the two families and blames the deaths of Romeo and Juliet on their inability to let go of the feud.
Prince Escalus banned fighting in Verona and enforced the punishment of death. Mercutio and Tybalt were fighting and Romeo came in between them to try and stop them. Tybalt reached under Romeo and stabbed Mercutio, killing him. Mercutio was a good friend of Romeos, so Romeo fought against Tybalt and killed him. Prince Escalus found out but did not sentence Romeo to death because he knew Romeo had good intentions and Mercutio was related to the Prince; instead he banished Romeo to Mantua where he would live forever.
After the street brawl of Act 1 Scene 1 Prince Escalus announces that in future streetfighting in Veronal will be a capital offence. This is why Romeo has to flee to Padua when he kills Tybalt. He cannot plead self-defence, because streetfighting is a capital offence whatever the provocation.
The main fight in Romeo and Juliet is between Mercutio and Tybalt. Romeo tries to break it up, but Mercutio gets killed while he is doing so.
that the next person to start a fight over the two families would be sentenced to death
that the next person to start a fight over the two families would be sentenced to death
The prince warns the street brawlers in scene 1 of "Romeo and Juliet" that if they continue fighting in the streets of Verona, they will face severe consequences, including death. He emphasizes that the ongoing feud between the two families has already caused enough bloodshed and must come to an end.
that they would be punished by death.
In "Romeo and Juliet," Prince Escalus delivers a speech condemning the ongoing street brawls between the Capulets and Montagues in Verona. He warns that further disturbances will be met with severe consequences, as the public peace has already been disturbed "three civil brawls bred of an airy word."
After the first brawl in Romeo and Juliet (Act 1 Scene 1) Prince Escalus announces that in future street fighting will be a capital offence (punishable by death). Prince Escalus isn't exactly clear whether he means all street fighting will automatically be punishable by death, or only streetfights leading to murders (lots of characters in this play have trouble saying what they mean), but certainly when Romeo kills Tybalt there is a good chance that he will be facing execution. This is why he has to leave Verona.
Mantua: City in Italy where Romeo flees after saying his last goodbye to Juliet. He hides here, and waits to hear from the friar. It is here that he learns that Juliet is supposedly dead. Then, on his way to go and see her, he buys poison from an apothecary on the street.
Prince Street Synagogue was created in 1884.
When the Prince shows up, expect a speech directed to the two families. He turns up three times in the play. In Act I he breaks a street brawl and announces tougher sentences to brawlers to the two families. In Act III he shows up in the wake of another street brawl and has to enforce the law he earlier pronounced against a Montague (Romeo) who has been fighting with Capulets. In Act V he addresses the two families and blames the deaths of Romeo and Juliet on their inability to let go of the feud.
Prince Escalus banned fighting in Verona and enforced the punishment of death. Mercutio and Tybalt were fighting and Romeo came in between them to try and stop them. Tybalt reached under Romeo and stabbed Mercutio, killing him. Mercutio was a good friend of Romeos, so Romeo fought against Tybalt and killed him. Prince Escalus found out but did not sentence Romeo to death because he knew Romeo had good intentions and Mercutio was related to the Prince; instead he banished Romeo to Mantua where he would live forever.
The cast of The Prince of Elizabeth Street - 2009 includes: Brian Ermanski as himself
After the street brawl of Act 1 Scene 1 Prince Escalus announces that in future streetfighting in Veronal will be a capital offence. This is why Romeo has to flee to Padua when he kills Tybalt. He cannot plead self-defence, because streetfighting is a capital offence whatever the provocation.