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Jul 31, 2015 · Act 5, scene 3. ⌜ Scene 3 ⌝. Synopsis: Paris visits Juliet’s tomb and, when Romeo arrives, challenges him. Romeo and Paris fight and Paris is killed. Romeo, in the tomb, takes poison, dying as he kisses Juliet. As Friar Lawrence enters the tomb, Juliet awakes to find Romeo lying dead. Frightened by a noise, the Friar flees the tomb.
Romeo's servant/friend Balthasar brings the MISTAKEN news of Juliet's death to Romeo. Write down three odd things Romeo noticed in the apothecary shop. The shop sold a stuffed alligator, weird-shaped fish, dusty seeds, and rose petals that might once have been used to make perfume.
As the friar takes in the bloody scene, Juliet wakes. Juliet asks the friar where her husband is. Hearing a noise that he believes is the coming of the watch, the friar quickly replies that both Romeo and Paris are dead, and that she must leave with him. Juliet refuses to leave, and the friar, fearful that the watch is imminent, exits without her.
In the graveyard outside the church, Paris sneaks close to the Capulet crypt to scatter flowers around Juliet ’s resting place while his page keeps watch nearby. Paris vows to come to Juliet’s grave nightly. When his page whistles, indicating that someone is coming, Paris hides. Romeo and Balthasar enter with torches, a pickax, and a crowbar.
Mar 21, 2024 · Balthasar brings the news of Juliet's death to Romeo. In Act V, Scene 1, Balthasar says to Romeo, "Her body sleeps in Capel's monument / And her immortal part with angels lives." (V.1.19-20) He also tells Romeo that he saw the funeral procession and recognized some of the Capulet servants there. Romeo is devastated upon hearing this news, and ...
ACT 5, SCENE 1. 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.
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Summary: Act 5, scene 2. 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 ...
