Question

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.

And hear the sentence of your moved prince.
Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word,

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By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,
Have thrice disturb’d the quiet of our streets,
And made Verona’s ancient citizens
Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments,
To wield old partisans, in hands as old,



Canker’d with peace, to part your canker’d hate.
If ever you disturb our streets again
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.
What will happen if the Capulets and Montagues disturb the peace again?

Answer 1

In Act I Scene I of Romeo & Juliet, we are told that if the Montagues and Capulets disturb the peace once more, “your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.” This means that if either party disturbs the peace, they will be killed as a replacement for the absent peace.