In every story, the character's choices determine the outcome of that story. It's the author's job to use these choices to guide the story, sometimes in a direction that isn't immediately clear to the reader. In Romeo and Juliet and "A Question of Honor: Murder as a 'Way of Life'", the author of these texts demonstrated the impact of choice in different ways. Authors usually demonstrate the impact of choices on the outcome of the text in a very drastic way. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare shows how choices affect the outcome of the text. An example of how Shakespeare describes choice and impact is when Shakespeare chose to have Prince Escalus banish Romeo for killing Tybalt. After Tybalt killed Mercutio and left, Romeo began to feel vengeful. A little later, Tybalt returned with the intention of fighting Romeo. Romeo knew it would be a fight to the death when he agreed. Because Romeo killed Tybalt, Prince Escalus banishes Romeo from Verona, declaring "And for this offense / We exile him immediately" (3.1.183-184). In this quote, Prince Escalus chose to banish ...