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The Prince and the Capulets enter. Romeo, Juliet, and Paris are discovered in the tomb. Montague arrives, declaring that Lady Montague has died of grief for Romeo’s exile. The Prince shows Montague his son’s body. Upon the Prince’s request, Friar Lawrence succinctly tells the story of Romeo and Juliet’s secret marriage and its consequences.
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Doth with their death bury their parents' strife. The...
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This trio of quotes advances the theme of fate as it plays...
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Romeo and Juliet does not make a specific moral statement...
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He wonders if he misheard Balthasar, or if, in his madness over Juliet’s death, simply imagined what Balthasar was telling him. Romeo, feeling badly for Paris’s misfortune, opens the Capulet crypt and lays him inside.
- Summary: Act 5, Scene 1
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On Wednesday morning, on a street in Mantua, a cheerful Romeo describes a wonderful dream he had the night before: Julietfound him lying dead, but she kissed him, and breathed new life into his body. Just then, Balthasar enters, and Romeo greets him happily, saying that Balthasar must have come from Verona with news of Juliet and his father. Romeo ...
At his cell, Friar Lawrence speaks with Friar John, whom he had earlier sent to Mantua with a letter for Romeo. He asks John how Romeo responded to his letter (which described the plan involving Juliet’s false death). Friar John replies that he was unable to deliver the letter because he was shut up in a quarantined house due to an outbreak of plag...
The sequence of near-misses in this section reveals the inescapable work of fate. There is no reason for the friar’s plan to go wrong. But an outbreak of plague forces Friar John into quarantine and prevents him from delivering Friar Lawrence’s letter to Romeo, while Balthasar seeks out Romeo with news of Juliet’s death. Just as the audience senses...
Jul 31, 2015 · Act 5, scene 1 Romeo’s man, Balthasar, arrives in Mantua with news of Juliet’s death. Romeo sends him to hire horses for their immediate return to Verona. Romeo then buys poison so that he can join Juliet in death in the Capulets’ burial vault. Act 5, scene 2 Friar John enters, bringing with him the letter that he was to have delivered to ...
How does Romeo's response to Juliet's death in Act 5, Scene 3 reinforce the belief in fortune and fate? ... He essentially tell Balthasar that if he tries to stop Romeo in any way, Romeo will kill ...
Balthasar, a friend of Romeo’s, brings him news that Juliet is dead and lies in the Capulet tomb. Resolved to find her and join her in death, Romeo first visits an apothecary and bribes him to obtain an illegal (and lethal) poison. Trigger warning: Act 5 contains material discussing and portraying suicide. A market street in Mantua: Enter ...
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Balthasar. I brought Romeo news of Juliet’s death. And then he came right away from Mantua to this exact place and this exact mausoleum. He told me to give this letter to his father, and he threatened to kill me if I followed him into the crypt. I didn’t follow him, but I didn’t leave, either. Prince. Give me the letter. I will look at it.
