Outside the tomb, Friar Laurence has caught up with Balthasar, who tells him that Romeo has been in the tomb about half an hour. Friar Laurence hurries into the tomb, where Juliet is waking to see Romeo dead beside her.
Frightened by the sound of the approaching watchman, Friar Laurence leaves, urging Juliet to follow him and promising he will find her a safe place in a convent if she does. Juliet, however, attempts to drink the poison as well.
Outside the tomb, the watchmen have gathered, along with most of the townsfolk, the Capulets, and the Montagues. Lady Capulet, seeing all these dead bodies, is reminded that she doesn't have long to go before she's dead, too. What further woe conspires against mine age? Lord Montague arrives with the bright news that his wife died that afternoon, grief-stricken over Romeo's exile.
What manners is in this, To press before thy father to a grave? Montague sees Romeo's body and cries out about how unnatural it is for a son to die before his father.
PRINCE Seal up the mouth of outrage for awhile, Till we can clear these ambiguities And know their spring, their head, their true descent, And then will I be general of your woes And lead you even to death. Meantime forbear, And let mischance be slave to patience. The Prince tells everyone to hold their grief for a minute while they figure out what happened. Then he tells his guards to bring in the suspicious parties, namely the Friar and Balthasar, who they found creeping around the crypt.
Friar Lawrence says he knows how things look, and it makes sense that he's the prime suspect here. But really, he's both responsible and not responsible Then comes she to me, And with wild looks bid me devise some mean To rid her from this second marriage, Or in my cell there would she kill herself.
Then gave I her so tutored by my art A sleeping potion, which so took effect As I intended, for it wrought on her The form of death. But he which bore my letter, Friar John, Was stayed by accident, and yesternight Returned my letter back. She wakes, and I entreated her come forth And bear this work of heaven with patience. All this I know, and to the marriage Her nurse is privy.
And if aught in this Miscarried by my fault, let my old life Be sacrificed some hour before his time Unto the rigor of severest law. The Friar says he'll be brief, and fifty lines later, he's given them the whole scoop. Romeo and Juliet were married by him shortly before Romeo killed Tybalt. When Juliet was grieving, it wasn't just for Tybalt—it was for her husband, too.
When Lord Capulet decided to "help" by marrying her to Paris, Juliet came to the Friar desperate, and he helped her fake her death. He tried to keep Romeo in the loop, but Romeo didn't get his message.
By the time the Friar got to the tomb, Romeo and Paris were already dead. Juliet killed herself when the Friar heard a scary noise and left her alone in the tomb. To his credit, he's ready to be executed for his role in all this, but not before outing the Nurse. He makes sure everyone knows she knew all about Romeo and Juliet's mariage, too. What can he say to this? This letter he early bid me give his father And threatened me with death, going in the vault, If I departed not and left him there.
I will look on it. Anon comes one with light to ope the tomb, And by and by my master drew on him, And then I ran away to call the watch. The Prince calls Balthasar forward to get his take on things, and then he reads the letter Romeo wrote for his father. Finally, he gets some testimony from Paris' Page. All are punished. Satisfied that he has all the facts, the Prince chastises Capulet and Montague for their age-old feud.
It's their hatred that brought this all about, and the Prince says he is partly to blame for not taking action to put an end to it sooner. Now, everyone has been punished. They've all lost people dear to them. Capulet and Montague make up. Capulet gives Montague Juliet's dowry, and Montague says he'll have a golden statue of Juliet made so she'll always be remembered.
Capulet says he'll have a statue of Romeo made to go beside it. The sun for sorrow will not show his head. Go hence to have more talk of these sad things. For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. The Prince has the last word. He says though they finally have peace, it's under such gloomy circumstances that the sun won't shine today. He also says that as they talk about this more, some people will be pardoned and some will be punished, but we never find out who gets what—just that there's never been a sadder tale than this one.
So whaddya think? Is the Nurse going to prison? Will the Friar be put to death? This one's ripe for some fan fiction Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
Cite This Page. Logging out…. Logging out You've been inactive for a while, logging you out in a few seconds I'm Still Here! W hy's T his F unny? Enter Paris and his Page. Enter Romeo and Balthasar. I will go call the watch.
He exits. Enter Friar Lawrence with lantern, crow, and spade. Which way? PAGE This is the place, there where the torch doth burn. We found him in the churchyard. Stay the Friar too. Enter the Prince with Attendants. The Prince comes in and demands to know why he's been awakened. Enter Capulet and Lady Capulet. Enter Montague. The Prince tells him to get to the point. Just before he dies, he begs Romeo to place him in the tomb next to Juliet.
Romeo is filled with compassion and grants his wish. Paris' page, who has watched the fight, goes to call the night watchman. Romeo is dazzled by Juliet's beauty even in death. Without hesitation, he kisses her, drinks the poison, and dies at her side. A moment later, the Friar arrives and discovers the dead bodies of Romeo and Paris.
Juliet then wakens from her death-like sleep and looks for Romeo, saying, "Where is my Romeo? The Friar tries in desperation to convince Juliet to leave as the night watchman approaches, but Juliet refuses.
The Friar flees, and Juliet is alone with Romeo and Paris dead at her side. She tries to drink poison from Romeo's vial. Finding it empty, she tries to kiss some poison from his lips.
Hearing the night watchman approach, Juliet fatally stabs herself with Romeo's dagger. The night watchman and the Prince arrive shortly, accompanied by the Capulets and Lord Montague.
Lady Montague has died of grief at Romeo's banishment.
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