All 6 Uses of
exile
in
Romeo and Juliet
- And for that offence
Immediately we do exile him hence.
Scene 3.1 *exile = expel (force to live elsewhere)
- Ha, banishment? be merciful, say death;
For exile hath more terror in his look,
Much more than death; do not say banishment.
Scene 3.3exile = being forced to live elsewhere
- Hence-banished is banish'd from the world,
And world's exile is death,—then banished
Is death mis-term'd: calling death banishment,
Thou cutt'st my head off with a golden axe,
And smil'st upon the stroke that murders me.
Scene 3.3exile = forced to live elsewhere
- And sayest thou yet that exile is not death!
Scene 3.3exile = being forced to live elsewhere
- The law, that threaten'd death, becomes thy friend,
And turns it to exile; there art thou happy:
Scene 3.3
- Alas, my liege, my wife is dead to-night;
Grief of my son's exile hath stopp'd her breath:
What further woe conspires against mine age?
Scene 5.3
Definition:
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(exile) to force someone to live outside of their homeland; or living in such a condition
or more rarely: voluntary absence from a place someone would rather be