Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,Īnd death’s pale flag is not advanced there. Thou art not conquer’d, beauty’s ensign yet Have they been merry, which their keepers callĬall this a lightning? O my love, my wife,ĭeath, that hath suck’d the honey of thy breath, How oft when men are at the point of death This vault a feasting presence full of light.ĭeath, lie thou there, by a dead man interr’d. One writ with me in sour misfortune’s book!Ī grave? O no, a lantern, slaught’red youth įor here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes He told me Paris should have married Juliet.

(320 lines)Įnter Paris and his Page with flowers and sweet water and a torch. The Prince leads them away to discuss the matter further and decide on punishments for those deserving of them. Capulet and Montague unite in grief and swear friendship, promising to pay for golden statues of the lovers. The Prince refuses to accept this, and lays the blame squarely on the quarreling families, seeing that the deaths have punished everybody. Lawrence is brought in and explains all that has happened, shouldering the blame. The Prince appears, accompanied by the Capulets and Montagues. The Watch arrive and begin gathering up everyone they find in the graveyard. So she takes his dagger and stabs herself. Juliet realizes what has happened, but Romeo has drunk all the poison, and there is none left. Hearing the noise of the approaching watch, he loses his nerve and flees. Juliet awakes, and Lawrence tries to get her out without her seeing Romeo, but fails. Growing deeply worried, Lawrence rushes into the tomb, where he finds Paris and Romeo’s bodies. Friar Lawrence arrives and runs into Balthasar. He then bids farewell to Paris, Juliet, and Tybalt, drinks the poison, and dies. As he was requested, he lays Paris by Juliet’s side. Only once he is dead does Romeo find out who he is. The Page runs off to find the Watch, while Romeo kills Paris. Romeo warns Paris off, but Paris is insistent, and the two fight. Recognizing Romeo as he breaks into the tomb, Paris steps forward to apprehend him, persuaded that Romeo is trying to wreak some outrage on the tomb. Romeo orders his servant to leave him alone, but Balthasar, worried, only goes a little way off. Paris strews his flowers over the grave, and as he promises Juliet to do this every night, he hears the Page whistle. Wishing to be alone, he tells his Page to watch and whistle if anyone else approaches. Paris arrives at the Capulet tomb bearing flowers. (Paris Page Romeo Balthasar Friar Lawrence Juliet First Watchman Second Watchman Third Watchman Prince Escalus Attendants Montague) A churchyard before a tomb belonging to the Capulets.

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