Response #14

In Romeo and Juliet there is always a problem with the Montagues and Capulets, they are always fighting. The Montagues are the chill and nice family. The Capulets are mean and hot tempered, the ones that start most fights. The Prince said whoever fights next is sentenced to a death penalty. I do not support the decision of there being a death sentenced penalty because it doesn't work people still fight knowing the concequences. Some examples in the play is when the Capulets come up to the Montegues and start an argument, which eventually led to a fight and caused the prince to set a death penalty. In another scene later on in the movie Romeo and Juleit get secretly married. While the wedding is going on Tibalt the best sward fighter of all challenged Romeo to fight him because he went to a Capulets party knowing that he's not allowed because he's a Montegue. Romeo had no idea he wanted to fight him. While they're getting married Mercutio the joker of the Montagues is joking around with Tibalt and he takes it too far until the point when Tibalt gets affended so they end up fighting eachother. Tibalt kills Mercutio. Romeo comes out and finds him dead and doesn't control his anger so he fights Tibalt and kills him! From this example it does not really show that any of them care if there is a death penalty they will always fight no matter what. An example why death penalties do not help in "real life" because it's a cruel world. People kill others everyday knowing there is some type of consequence, but don't care. For example let's say someone murdered another person they know that there's a consequence which is going to jail. In jail you can possiably get life in there. Which means that up rot and die maybe even a death penalty. People know that these are the consequences to doing any violent actions, but they still do it. How can we punish the ones that don't care? This is why I don't beleive that a death penalty isn't the best way to handle situations like this because some people don't care and do not think of it as a threat.