What is Prince Escalus?
Prince Escalus is a [[Characters in Romeo and Juliet|character]] in [[William Shakespeare]]'s [[Play (theatre)|play]] ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.<ref name=Jacobson37>Karen Jacobson, ''CliffsComplete Romeo and Juliet'' (New York: Hungry Minds, Inc., 2000), p. 37</ref> He is the [[Prince]] of [[Verona]]. He holds [[authority]] over the Montague and Capulet families who are [[:en:wikt:feud|feuding]]. He is related to both Mercutio, Romeo's friend, and Count Paris, the proposed fiancé of Juliet. <ref name=Jacobson37/> He first punishes Capulet and Montague for the [[wikt:quarrel|quarrel]] between Tybalt, Benvolio, and a handful of [[servant]]s. In his next [[:wikt:appearance|appearance]] he is too late to stop the fatal fight between [[Romeo (Shakespeare)|Romeo]] and Tybalt. After Romeo kills Tybalt, Prince Escalus banishes him from Verona.<ref>Emma Chastain, ''Sparknotes 101; Shakespeare'' (New York: Sparknotes, 2004), p. 227</ref> Prince Escalus returns in the final [[:wikt:scene|scene]] after the [[suicide]]s of Romeo and [[Juliet (Shakespeare)|Juliet]], and at last orders the lords of the feuding families to make peace.<ref name=Chastain233>Emma Chastain, ''Sparknotes 101; Shakespeare'' (New York: Sparknotes, 2004), p. 233</ref> The two make peace. Then Montague promises to make a [[gold]]en [[statue]] of Juliet. Capulet promises to place a golden statue of Romeo next to the statue of their daughter.<ref name=Chastain233/> == References == {{reflist}} {{performing-arts-stub}} [[Category:Characters in Shakespeare's plays]]