Which lines from act iii, scene iii of romeo and juliet show friar laurence believes romeo should be grateful for his punishment? thou fond mad man, hear me but speak a word. be patient, for the world is broad and wide. a gentler judgment vanish’d from his lips, this is dear mercy, and thou seest it not. i bring thee tidings of the prince’s doom.

This is dear mercy, and thou seest it not.

In this line from Friar Laurence he is telling Romeo that the banishment from Verona is actually a gift. Previously in the play, the Prince warned the Montagues and Capulets that if their fighting disturbed the streets of Verona again, those at fault would pay with their lives. In this case, the Prince does not sentence Romeo to death for Tybalt's murder because Tybalt killed Mercutio so both sides of the feud have lost someone. However, the Prince cannot let Romeo go without a consequence so he banished him rather than take his life. Romeo feels that banishment is worse than death, but Friar Laurence is trying to have him see it differently.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.