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to make the story more interesting
First lets define torrent. Torrent roughly means the violent rush of some sort of liquid. In this case, it seems like the wind during a dark night is being compared to that of a raging river. Hopefully this helps.
Romeo's banishment in the play Romeo and Juliet, lead Juliet to depression, however the depression is miss taken by her family as they think she only grieves for her cousin Tybalt. It also makes her family want to quickly marry Juliet to Paris, which only increases her sadness. romeo's banishment is the reason Juliet and friar john came up with the plan ti fake Juliet death. Clearly the plans fails and leads to both Juliet and Romeo's death, all these events fallowing romeo's banishment.
5.7 x 10^4 = 57 000m
There are 1000m in a kilometer. This means that by dividing 57 000m by 1000m, we can convert m to km.
57 000m/1000m = 57km
