In the tragic action of Act V, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Julietthe distraught Romeo comes to Capulet's tomb intending to kill himself next to Juliet. Because he had not received Friar Lawrence's letter, Romeo believes Juliet is actually dead. He knows nothing of the friar's plan for Juliet to fake her death and for him to retrieve her from the tomb at the hour of her awakening. Instead, Romeo has come armed...
In the tragic action of Act V, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the distraught Romeo comes to Capulet's tomb intending to kill himself next to Juliet. Because he had not received Friar Lawrence's letter, Romeo believes Juliet is actually dead. He knows nothing of the friar's plan for Juliet to fake her death and for him to retrieve her from the tomb at the hour of her awakening. Instead, Romeo has come armed with poison and after killing Paris, who believed Romeo was vandalizing the tomb, enters the vault and drinks the poison. Not long after Romeo collapses dead on the floor, Juliet wakes up just as Friar Lawrence arrives. The friar, seeing Paris and Romeo dead, urges Juliet to leave. He tells her that their plans had been "thwarted" and that he will take her to a convent where, supposedly the nuns will protect her from the potential wrath of Lord Capulet:
Come, I’ll dispose of thee
Among a sisterhood of holy nuns.
Stay not to question, for the watch is coming.
Come, go, good Juliet. I dare no longer stay.
When Juliet refuses to go with the friar he flees, fearing he will be caught in the tomb by the night watch. Juliet then attempts to kiss the poison from Romeo's lips but when this fails she kills herself with his dagger.
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