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babygurl97
babygurl97
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High School - 9th Grade

In "Romeo and Juliet", to which two characters is Prince Escalus related?

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Posted by babygurl97 on Monday February 9, 2009 at 9:24 AM and tagged with capulet, escalus, juliet, kinsmen, mercutio, montague, paris, prince, romeo, romeo and juliet, shakespeare.

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  1. robertwilliam

    eNotes Editor

    Good question. There are two kinsmen of the Prince in the play, though this fact is very regularly overlooked in production. The two members of the royal family are Mercutio (no, he's not a Montague by birth, even if he is friends with them!) and Paris.

    Here's what the Prince says at the very end of the play:

    See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,
    That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love!
    And I, for winking at you, discords too,
    Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punish'd.

    "A brace" - means two. And the two dead kinsmen of his are Mercutio and Paris.

    Hope it helps!

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/romeo-text/act-v-scene-iii?start=3

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    Posted by robertwilliam on Monday February 9, 2009 at 9:48 AM

  2. srkrocs26
    srkrocs26 Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    Mercotio and Paris is related to Prince escalus

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    Posted by srkrocs26 on Thursday March 5, 2009 at 1:53 PM