Act 5 of Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare, is the last act of the play. This is when the last events happen, and where Romeo and Juliet die. Act 5 starts off on Mantua Street where Romeo is. Romeo foreshadows on line 6, when he says “I dreamt my lady came and found me dead”, indicating something that may happen in the future. Romeo never received the letter from John that was sent by Friar, because in the act before Peter got distracted by musicians. When Romeo’s messenger Balthasar came, he told Romeo that Juliet was dead. From the shock of the news Romeo is shocked and wild (line 28) “Your looks are pale and wild and do import”. Romeo is desperate to die along with Juliet and he goes to get poison for himself. When he meets the apothecary, he bargains with a beggar and offers him money in exchange for a deadly poison.
Friar Lawrence discovers that Romeo never got the letter he sent with his brother John. Friar decides to keep Juliet in his tomb until Romeo gets back to his cell.
In scene three, it takes place in a churchyard. When Paris says, on line19, “what cursed foot wanders this way tonight” it is ironic because if you think about it, Romeo’s “feet” or life is kind of cursed. Having such back luck with love, then after when he finds his true love, they only get to see each other for a few days, until they both die in a horrible way. Paris comes into the scene to find Romeo, who had killed his cousin Tybalt. Paris is furious at Romeo and wants to take vengeance on him. He calls Romeo a villain, but Romeo denies he is a villain and says “I love thee better than myself”, on line 64, which shows he is there to die, and he is truly a kind guy right from the heart. He doesn’t want to fight anyone; instead he just wants to be alone to dwell on his grief. Paris doesn’t see Romeo is suffering and urges him to fight, and in the end they end up fighting.
Balthasar , who stuck around saw them fight and called a watcher. Romeo kills Paris, and he lays him into a tomb. Romeo takes his poison and he falls dead right beside Juliet. When Balthasar and Friar come to the scene, they find Paris and Romeo lying dead in a pool of blood. Just then, Juliet woke up to not only find her fiancé dead beside her, but to find her beloved Romeo dead as well. She couldn’t handle the death of Romeo and she too then kills herself by stabbing herself with a dagger.
By now, everyone has gathered at the courtyard, the Capulets, the Montagues, and The Prince and the Chief. Friar then explains what had happened in the past few hours and the Prince tell the Capulets and the Montagues it was their fault. From lines 291- 295 the Prince says “Where be these enemies? Capulet Montague, see what a scourage is laid upon your hate, the heaven finds means to kill your joys with love. And I, for winking at your discords, too, have lost a brace kinsmen. All are punished”. What Paris is saying is that, because of their hatred to one another, it caused their children to die. This whole scene is ironic because in the past Acts, Friar agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet because he thought their marriage would end the hated relationship between the Montagues and Capulets, but instead, it is their death that ends it. And this concludes the story of Romeo and Juliet.
Friar Lawrence discovers that Romeo never got the letter he sent with his brother John. Friar decides to keep Juliet in his tomb until Romeo gets back to his cell.
In scene three, it takes place in a churchyard. When Paris says, on line19, “what cursed foot wanders this way tonight” it is ironic because if you think about it, Romeo’s “feet” or life is kind of cursed. Having such back luck with love, then after when he finds his true love, they only get to see each other for a few days, until they both die in a horrible way. Paris comes into the scene to find Romeo, who had killed his cousin Tybalt. Paris is furious at Romeo and wants to take vengeance on him. He calls Romeo a villain, but Romeo denies he is a villain and says “I love thee better than myself”, on line 64, which shows he is there to die, and he is truly a kind guy right from the heart. He doesn’t want to fight anyone; instead he just wants to be alone to dwell on his grief. Paris doesn’t see Romeo is suffering and urges him to fight, and in the end they end up fighting.
Balthasar , who stuck around saw them fight and called a watcher. Romeo kills Paris, and he lays him into a tomb. Romeo takes his poison and he falls dead right beside Juliet. When Balthasar and Friar come to the scene, they find Paris and Romeo lying dead in a pool of blood. Just then, Juliet woke up to not only find her fiancé dead beside her, but to find her beloved Romeo dead as well. She couldn’t handle the death of Romeo and she too then kills herself by stabbing herself with a dagger.
By now, everyone has gathered at the courtyard, the Capulets, the Montagues, and The Prince and the Chief. Friar then explains what had happened in the past few hours and the Prince tell the Capulets and the Montagues it was their fault. From lines 291- 295 the Prince says “Where be these enemies? Capulet Montague, see what a scourage is laid upon your hate, the heaven finds means to kill your joys with love. And I, for winking at your discords, too, have lost a brace kinsmen. All are punished”. What Paris is saying is that, because of their hatred to one another, it caused their children to die. This whole scene is ironic because in the past Acts, Friar agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet because he thought their marriage would end the hated relationship between the Montagues and Capulets, but instead, it is their death that ends it. And this concludes the story of Romeo and Juliet.
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