Read the following selection from act iii of romeo and juliet. what conflict does the line in bold most closely represent?

prince
romeo slew him, he slew mercutio;
((who now the price of his dear blood doth

montague
not romeo, prince, he was mercutio's friend;
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,
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:
i will be deaf to pleading and excuses;
nor tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses:
therefore use none: let romeo hence in haste,
else, when he's found, that hour is his last.
bear hence this body and attend our will:
mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.