See, what a scourge is laid upon your hate,
That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.
And I for winking at your discords too
Have lost a brace of kinsmen: all are punish’d.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3. Prince Escalus chastises Capulet and Montague and holds them responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s double suicide. He tells them that the evil feud and hate between the families led to the loss of their children. He also blames himself for losing two of his own family by turning a blind eye to the feud. As a result all of them have been punished. Escalus says, with irony, that heaven found a way of killing Capulet and Montague’s joys – their children – with the love they had for one another. He also personifies heaven, giving it the human ability to kill.