This could mean that all the rebellious behaviour will come of age further on in the play when they kill each other. Also this could mean that the Prince becomes an important role for trying to stop the deaths of each character, but we cannot tell at this stage, but it is a foretaste of what is to come.
In act 3 there were two deaths. Mercutio was first killed by Tybalt which was an accidental murder, and Tybalt was then killed by Romeo, to revenge Mercutio.
Mercutio’s Death first started when Tybalt was trying to get his revenge on Romeo for coming to the party, but when Romeo arrived already married to Juliet, he did not want to fight his wife’s cousin. Because Romeo did not want to fight, Mercutio decided to intervene. Tybalt ‘king of cats’ acting quickly as he did, stabbed Mercutio with his sword to the lower chest area, and there ended Mercutio’s life. Mercutio knew he was going to die at this point because, with irony, he says “Tomorrow you will see me a grave man.”
Tybalt’s death on the other hand was carried out by Romeo for the revenge of Mercutio, because Romeo and Mercutio were best friends, plus Romeo must have thought it was his fault for Mercutio’s death because Romeo was originally mean to fight Tybalt. The Prince did say in act one, “If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay for the forfeit of the peace.” So Romeo should have killed, but because Romeo was acting in Revenge of someone else’s death, and that he took one life for another, Romeo was only banished from ‘Fair Verona’s walls’, and not killed. Even though banishment is much more horrific than death, because anything can happen past the walls, such as killings, robbery, torture, and homelessness, plus he does not have any friends, but most of all he will not be able to see his wife Juliet. Romeo is feeling so guilty because he can not see Juliet any more; he must think that she is going through a lot of pain too.
In act 5 there are three deaths. Paris died, and the two major deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Paris’ death was Self-Defence from Romeo, Paris was visiting Juliet in the tomb at the chapel, and by this time Romeo had heard of Juliet’s death. So naturally Romeo came back to see her in the tomb. Paris, the fiancé visited at the same time as Romeo, he protested that a Montague even went near the tomb of a Capulet. “This is that banished haughty Montague,” and Romeo replied, “Good gentle youth, temp not a desperate man; Fly hence and leave me.” Paris replies, “I do defy thy conjuration, and apprehend thee for a felon here.” As you can see Paris is reluctant to let Romeo see Juliet, Romeo draws his sword to hold back Paris so he can go and See Juliet; Paris draws his sword and challenges him. Romeo slashes Paris with his sword and Paris falls to the ground and dies.
When Romeo sees Juliet there in the tomb, with her fresh skin and beautiful face, Romeo cries desperately that she should still be alive. “Call this a lightning? O my love, my wife! Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy beauty. Thou are not conquered; beauty’s ensign yet is crimson in they lips an in they checks, and death’s pale flag is not advanced there.” After the rest of his painful speech, Romeo takes the poison and ends his life.
As Romeo drinks the poison Juliet waked and turns towards Romeo. She sees the poison in his hands as he falls to the ground. She tries to drink the rest of the poison but there is none left. “What’s here? A Cup, closed in my true love’s hand? Poison, I see hath been this timeless end.” Juliet picks up his dagger and stabs herself. “Yea, noise? Then Ill be brief. O Happy dagger!” She falls on top of her Romeo and dies with him.
Lady Montague also died in Act 5, but no one knows what exactly happened to her, and where in the play she died, but it is suggested that she died off ill health, and a broken-heart after Romeo was banished from Verona.
The deaths of the two main characters, Romeo and Juliet helped the settlement of arguments between the two families, The Montague’s and Capulet’s. I don’t think there will be complete peace, and the book of Romeo and Juliet does not mention the ‘Happily Ever After’ Scenario, but I think the love of these two young children has shown the Montague’s and Capulet’s that they can love each other without all this Pain and Hatred between each other. The Prince rounds of the whole play with a touching but realistic speech.
“A glooming peace this morning with it brings;
The sun for sorrow will not show his head.
Go hence, to have more talk of these said things:
Some shall be pardoned, and some punished:
For never was a story more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”