Question 9 • Twilight Session 1 (Fall 26): Literature and Composition I_CThompson
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence: Hence from Verona art thou banished. Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.20 Romeo: There is no world without Verona walls, But purgatory, torture, hell itself. Hence banished is banish’d from the world, And world’s exile is death; then ‘banished,’ Is death mis-term’d. Calling death ‘banished,’25Thou cutt’st my head off with a golden axe,40And smil’st upon the stroke that murders me.
Answer
A
He shares his fear of a violent death.
B
He confesses his regret for his crime.
C
He expresses outrage about life without Juliet.
D
He voices gratitude for the merciful sentence.
Explanation
Romeo says that there is “no world without Verona walls” and describes life outside them as “purgatory, torture, hell itself.” His words show that being banished feels like losing the life he had with Juliet, not like a merciful escape. So he expresses outrage about life without Juliet.
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