Romeo and Juliet
Discuss why Romeo feels it would be better to be dead. Incorporate textual evidence he uses in scene iii.
Act 3 scene 3
Act 3 scene 3
Romeo says that banishment is a punishment worse than death if his Juliet is not with him,
Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say “death,” For exile hath more terror in his look, Much more than death. Do not say “banishment.”