Dramatic Murders!!!!!!!
Reported by: Carla WITT and Hannah FLECK
AP-Verona, Italy:
Tybalt Capulet, 27, was brutally murdered last Tuesday by his worst enemy Romeo Montague. What really happened, we will never exactly know. What we have found out leads us
to imagine that a terrible fight took place at Verona beach. Let us remember how a simple misunderstanding between two families can become a vicious vendetta. How Capulet himself said : "This Romeo Montague has officially declared war."
Love and hate are emotions which are too similar to be ignored. A reliable source told us that Romeo Montague, the suspected murderer, and Juliette Capulet had been secretly married by Friar Lawrence last Sunday. Was this the starting point of this tragic death? Did Tybalt find out about his cousin's marriage to Romeo? The love that united the couple may have had for consequence a long lasting peace. But fate deemed otherwise.
Tybalt's death has caused much pain in his family as can be understood. "My
nephew is dead!" cries our Lady Capulet. Since the death, she cries for revenge,
"for blood of ours shed blood of Montague." At the time of printing, the
murderer is most certainly far away. The Prince, who arrived a few minutes after the
crime, has banished Romeo from Verona:
"Leave the city immediately, or else, if he is found, he will be killed!"
Hurt as he was by this gratuitous violence, taking this hard decision rather than executing the young Montague was perhaps questionable to say the least. Earlier today Tybalt, who is known by authorities for his uncontrollable anger, tried to violently provoke Romeo. During a
particularly bloody fist fight in which Romeo refused to defend himself. Mercutio trying to defend Romeo was subsequently killed by Tybalt. Some witnesses report that this was
an accident, and Tybalt's gun was fired during the struggle.
A simple but deadly mistake during a fight ending in death of another teenager in our
fair city. This string of violence adds to the long history of a terrible vendetta between
two very powerful families in Verona. Benvolio who was one of Mercutio's best
friends offered to tell us what a good man he was, "His brave spirit has floated up to
heaven."
Romeo, devastated by his friend's death and consumed with rage did not understand what
he was doing. What Italian has not been consumed in a fit of passion whether it be
love or hate? Overtaken with anger, remorse, and guilt he did not think twice
before following Tybalt to find revenge. The inevitable retribution happened as Romeo
shot Tybalt in a fit of rage.
Who is the murderer? And who is the victim? Who is guilty? Who is innocent? In
a case like this one we cannot say. The facts are simple. But the interpretation is not.
Considering the violent history of the two families. What we do know is that at this
time no one is safe in this city if his name is Capulet or Montague or even if it is not.
The war between these families has just got bloodier and deadly for all.