All 29 Uses of
banish
in
Romeo and Juliet
- Tybalt is gone, and Romeo banished.
p. 140.4banished = expelled from the community
- Tybalt is gone, and Romeo banished;
Romeo that kill'd him, he is banished.†p. 140.5banished = expelled or gotten rid of
- Tybalt is dead, and Romeo banished.
p. 142.8banished = expelled from the community
- That 'banished,' that one word 'banished,'
Hath slain ten thousand Tybalts.†p. 142.8banished = expelled or gotten rid of
- That 'banished,' that one word 'banished,'
Hath slain ten thousand Tybalts.†p. 142.8
- Romeo is banished.
p. 144.1 *banished = forced to leave the community
- But with a rear-ward following Tybalt's death,
'Romeo is banished'—to speak that word
Is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet,
All slain, all dead: 'Romeo is banished,'—There is no end, no limit, measure, bound,
In that word's death; no words can that woe sound.†p. 144.2banished = expelled or gotten rid of
- Wash they his wounds with tears: mine shall be spent,
When theirs are dry, for Romeo's banishment.p. 144.5banishment = having been expelled from the community
- A gentler judgment vanish'd from his lips:
Not body's death, but body's banishment.p. 146.6banishment = being expelled from the community
- Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say "death,"
For exile hath more terror in his look,
Much more than death.p. 146.6banishment = the penalty of being expelled from the community
- be merciful, say death; For exile hath more terror in his look, Much more than death; do not say banishment.†
p. 146.7banishment = to expel or get rid of
- Hence from Verona art thou banished.
Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.p. 146.7banished = expelled
- Hence "banished" is banished 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.p. 146.9banished = expelled from the community
- Hence "banished" is banished 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.p. 146.9banished = expelled
- Hence-banished is banished 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.†p. 146.9banished = expelled or gotten rid of
- Hence "banished" is banished 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.p. 146.9banishment = the penalty of being expelled from the community
- Thy fault our law calls death; but the kind prince,
Taking thy part, hath brush'd aside the law,
And turn'd that black word death to banishment:
This is dear mercy, and thou see'st it not.p. 148.2
- —More validity,
More honourable state, more courtship lives
In carrion flies than Romeo: they may seize
On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand,
And steal immortal blessing from her lips;
Who, even in pure and vestal modesty,
Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin;
But Romeo may not; he is banished,—This may flies do, when I from this must fly.†p. 148.6banished = expelled or gotten rid of
- Hadst thou no poison mix'd, no sharp-ground knife,
No sudden mean of death, though ne'er so mean,
But banished to kill me; banished?†p. 148.7
- Hadst thou no poison mix'd, no sharp-ground knife,
No sudden mean of death, though ne'er so mean,
But banished to kill me; banished?†p. 148.7
- O friar, the damned use that word in hell;
Howlings attend it: how hast thou the heart,
Being a divine, a ghostly confessor,
A sin-absolver, and my friend profess'd,
To mangle me with that word banishment?p. 148.9banishment = the penalty of being expelled from the community
- O, thou wilt speak again of banishment.
p. 148.9banishment = being expelled from the community
- I'll give thee armour to keep off that word;
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy,
To comfort thee, though thou art banished.†p. 150.1banished = expelled or gotten rid of
- Yet banished?†
p. 150.1
- Thou canst not speak of that thou dost not feel:
Wert thou as young as I, Juliet thy love,
An hour but married, Tybalt murdered,
Doting like me, and like me banished,
Then mightst thou speak, then mightst thou tear thy hair,
And fall upon the ground, as I do now,
Taking the measure of an unmade grave.†p. 150.5
- I'll send to one in Mantua,—Where that same banished runagate doth live,—Shall give him such an unaccustom'd dram
That he shall soon keep Tybalt company:
And then I hope thou wilt be satisfied.†p. 170.7
- Faith, here 'tis; Romeo
Is banished; and all the world to nothing
That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you;
Or if he do, it needs must be by stealth.†p. 180.1
- This is that banished haughty Montague
That murder'd my love's cousin,—with which grief,
It is supposed, the fair creature died,—And here is come to do some villanous shame
To the dead bodies: I will apprehend him.†Scene 5.3
- Romeo, there dead, was husband to that Juliet;
And she, there dead, that Romeo's faithful wife:
I married them; and their stol'n marriage day
Was Tybalt's doomsday, whose untimely death
banished the new-made bridegroom from this city;
For whom, and not for Tybalt, Juliet pin'd.†Scene 5.3
Definition:
to expel or get rid of
in various senses, including:
- to force someone to leave a country as punishment
- to push an idea from the mind