Once again the Capulets and the Montagues astonished the citizens of Verona as their conflicts left Tybalt Capulet and Mercutio dead and Romeo Montague evicted. In a meeting with the distressed Benvolio, the witness, he says that Tybalt started the conflict with Mercutio. Tybalt loves to fight, and he always challenges Romeo. But Romeo refused to duel with Tybalt, which made Mercutio stand in Romeo’s side and fight with Tybalt. The fight ensues, Tybalt Capulet kills Mercutio and Romeo got furious, so he starts a duel with Tybalt. After Tybalt is dead, Romeo hides in Friar Laurence’s cell until Prince Escalus’s banishment. When Prince Escalus heard about this, he decided not to kill Romeo because Tybalt killed Mercutio, so Tybalt is going to
