The best paraphrase of this dialogue is: Banishment is a worse punishment than death.
In this excerpt, Romeo expresses that he finds the idea of being banished from Verona to be more terrifying than death itself.
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo: Ha! banishment! be merciful, say ‘death;’
For exile hath more terror in his look,
Much more than death: do not say ‘banishment.’
Which is the best paraphrase of this dialogue?
Death is more frightening than banishment.
Banishment is a worse punishment than death.
Death and banishment are deserved punishments.
Banishment is equal to the pain of death.
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