In every story, the character's choices determine the outcome of that story. It is the author's job to use these choices to guide the story, sometimes in a direction that is not immediately clear to the reader. In both Romeo and Juliet and “A Matter of Honor: Murder as a 'Way of Life,'” the author of those texts demonstrated the impact of choice in many 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 portrays choice and impact is when Shakespeare chose to have Romeo banished by Prince Escalus for killing Tybalt. After Tybalt killed Mercutio and left, Romeo began to feel vengeful. Shortly thereafter Tybalt returned wanting to fight Romeo. Romeo knew it would be a life-or-death struggle when he agreed. Because Romeo has killed Tybalt, Prince Escalus banishes Romeo from Verona stating "And for that offense / Immediately we exile him hence" (3.1.183-184). In this quote Prince Escalus chose to banish ...