In “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, Prince Escalus exclaims at the end; “All are punished.” Is this true? Montague and Capulet certainly committed the crime of holding on to an old grudge that cost many lives. The brothers' crime was running away from a suicidal person and also arranging Romeo and Juliet's wedding and elopement plans, which ultimately led to Romeo and Juliet's deaths. Even the main characters, presented as innocent and saintly, have committed crimes punishable by law. We know the main characters committed the crime, but are they all serving time. The paragraphs below explain whether they do so. The crime Montague and Capulet committed was fighting against each other. Why they started fighting is uncertain. The hatred they feel towards each other spills over into their family members and servants. Gregory exclaims in the first scene: “The quarrel is between our masters and us, their men. (Act 1, sc (i) line 19). He says that the way their masters fight is also theirs. Since Montage and Capulet committed atrocious crimes, God found a way to punish them both. The way he punished Capulet is to first kill Tybault, then take his daughter Juliet, along with her proposed suitor, the earldom of Paris. Montague is emotionally destroyed when his only son, Romeo, is banished from Verona, the same day that Benvolio breathed his last. . This upsets his wife so much that night, after Romeo was banished, she slept never to wake up again. The next day, he learns that his son Romeo has committed suicide, which ends the emotional punishment that will be inflicted on him. Both Capulet and Montague committed a crime and for these actions received the appropriate punishment. The brother is portrayed as an innocent person, who has not committed any wrongdoing, but this is not the case. The brothers' biggest mistake was marrying Romeo and Juliet without their parents' consent. Although it is not a crime, it is morally wrong. The brother also committed a crime by trying to scare away Romeo and Juliet, but this plan ultimately leads to disaster. He also abandoned Juliette when he learned the watch was coming and left her to commit suicide. Although the reason he committed these wrongdoings was to unite a family and save a couple's lives, what he did was wrong..