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Romeo the Heir to the Affluent
Romeo the heir to the affluent
One banned, Two dead Montague fortune has been exiled from the city of Verona soon after he had killed Tybalt Capulet to avenge his dear friend Mercutio.
On the late summer afternoon, the young Montague bachelors and Mercutio were wandering when they were interrupted with the merciless Tybalt and his gang. According to witnesses, the young Mercutio made spiteful remarks to Tybalt. His audacity then provoked another habitual dispute between the two houses. While they were crossing-swords, Romeo allegedly joined them in an apparent ecstatic mood. When Tybalt distinguished the teen, he notoriously insulted him, attempting to enrage him. Surprisingly Romeo was not provoked and did not raise his sword or even bite his thumb at the king of cats. On the contrary he simply attempted to made amends with spiteful Tybalt. At this ludicrous scene, Mercutio and all the other Motagues were absolutely horrified.
Mortified Mercutio, pulled his sword out and slashed at Tybalt. These two soon began their ridiculed, but normal, street raw. Then as Mercutio was about to make his first hit on Tybalt, Romeo interfered. Unfortunate Mercutio missed his chance to defeat his bitter enemy because he was distracted by his friend. While he was about to enquire and scold Romeo, Tybalt recovered and unconsciously stabbed Mercutio. This resulted in a fairly severe puncture on Mercutio’s lip hip.
The wounded Mercutio was apparently acting like his severe wound was merely a scratch and dismissed any help from his concerned friends and wary acquaintances. However it was soon discovered by everyone that Mercutio’s wound was a deep puncture when he fell to the ground and screamed in agony.
Residents and citizens witnessing the scene stated that Romeo rushed to the side of Mercutio as soon as he fell. Benvolio, Romeo’s cousin, was present at this tragedy and said with teary eyes “As soon as Mercutio died, Romeo’s eyes were filled with more furry than I have ever

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