Romeo's Punishment

Romeos punishment was being banished from Verona instead of receiving the death penalty. Romeo’s punishment was fair because of the fact he killed Tybalt out of anger, he was defending himself, and he wasn’t in his right mind at the moment. Romeo describes his anger by stating “Alive, In triumph, and Mercutio slain away to heaven respective lenity, and fire eyed fury be my conduct now! Now Tybalt take the villain back again that late thou gavst me, for Mercutio soul is but a little way above our heads.” (Act III, Scene 1) This results in Romeo making the decision he did on getting revenge back on Tybalt. Romeo was defending himself by the fact that Tybalt and Romeo were arguing before Romeo drew his sword to stab him. At the time that Tybalt killed Mercutio, Romeo was filled with so much rage and anger that is resulted in him making the decision he did. This is proving that Romeo’s punishment was fair since the judge felt sorry for Romeo and decided to spare his life going against the court rules.