Read the excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet. Prince: Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio;
Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe?

Montague: Not Romeo, prince, he was Mercutio’s friend,

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His fault concludes but what the law should end,
The life of Tybalt.

Prince: And for that offence
Immediately we do exile him hence:
I have an interest in your hate’s proceeding,

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My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding;
But I’ll amerce you with so strong a fine
That you shall all repent the loss of mine.
In this excerpt, the prince is an antagonist because he
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