An Eye for An Eye

Act 3 Scene 1

     Ay, how could it be? How could something so dreadful occur? Looking back, I know I felt it coming about, I just didn't realized who would pay the price before it was too late. Mercutio dead by Tybalt's hand and Tybalt dead by Romeo's. It was all so quick; I simply blinked and around me lay pools of blood. Blood of an enemy and blood of a friend. The sun beat down so strong that everyone seemed so irritable. No wonder Mercutio was so looking for a fight, but oh did he look in the wrong place. To think, all that morning he did nothing but make mindless comments concerning my "eagerness" to quarrel with any man who breathes to hard. ME? If anything, I do my best to end these idiotic feuds. It is himself whom ought to be accused of jumping into a battle too quickly. It was not his time, he sun not yet set on his life. Damn Tybalt, damn Romeo, damn Mercut--how do I say this? How do I speak so lowly of my own kinsman, one who is dead! Oh Mercutio, OOH Mercutio! Had Romeo not arrived, the feud could have been avoided entirely, but it is not fair for me to blame Romeo. No one man can be truly and rightfully blame for the entire catastrophe. Romeo did try to stop the feud as I did though.

      Alas, Mercutio lay wounded at the end of Tybalt's sword, pierced right where Romeo's tall build did miss, right in Mercutio's chest. We called for a surgeon, but none arrived in time. Mercutio was...was....dead, dead within seconds. I turned first to Romeo. Where Mercutio had been my best friend, Romeo had been Mercutio's. Immediately, I watched as cold vengeance swarmed into Romeo's eyes, replacing my cousin with a beast I did not know. He stood and ran. I was much too late when I caught up with Romeo... and Tybalt's dead body. All I am is too late. Had I been wiser, had I been quicker, had I been braver this would have never happened! Ay me!

      Seeing the bloody, lifeless body of the once arrogant Capulet, I told Romeo to run. He would be charged with death surely, or worse if there was such a thing. As if on cue, Price Escalus arrived with his train. Not only was another public dispute clearly on the list of "do not dare do" things, but Mercutio was also a relative of Prince Escalus. Examining the Prince's face in an attempt to determine the upcoming punishment, I saw his eyes droop at the sight of Mercutio's dead body. As if nothing had happened, he immediately resumed his posture and turned towards his audience of Montagues, Capulets, and innocent bystanders. After much dispute, a final punishment was drawn. Romeo: banished. What of his parents? What of the Montagues? I have not seen Romeo since I last saw Tybalt. I pray each night that Romeo is safe and that Mercutio has found peace.