This act starts off with Romeo having a bad dream about Juliet finding him died. This dream got Romeo very disturbed. Romeo's servant, Balthasar came from Mantua from Verona to tell Romeo that Juliet has died. Romeo, who is deeply in love with Juliet, immediately goes to Verona to meet his lady Juliet with his own two eyes. Romeo, before going to see Juliet he goes to a house of a poverty men asking him for poison. 

On the other hand, Friar Johns tell Friar Laurence that his letter to Romeo didn't get sent. Friar Laurence comes up with an excuse that he wasn't able to get out of the house that's why. Soon enough, Friar Laurence panics knowing that his plan is  totally destroyed, so he get a crowbar to help Juliet get out. from the grave.  

Romeo and his servant Balthsar finally get to Verona where Juliet's tomb is located. Paris acting like a bodyguard does't allow anyone to rob the vault.  Paris sees Romeo and attacks him instantly, but gets killed during the scene, soon the watchmen's find out.   

Romeo walks inside oping up the tomb, and sees Juliet he sits next to her holding the poison in his hand. Romeo puts the poison in a cup and drinks it while kissing Juliet and dies. Friar Laurence soon discovers that Romeo had killed Paris. 

When Romeo dies Juliet awakens and sees Romeo died beside her with a cup of poison. She then decides to kiss Romeo's poisonous lips hoping that she too will die with him. Friar Laurence gets there asking Juliet to come out, but she refuses and kills herself with Romeo's dagger. 

At this point the watchmen, Prince, Capulet, and Montague arrives in the scene. Since Friar Laurence was the one who started their love story, he then began to explain the whole entire story as he knows it. Romeo's servant Balthasar gives the letter for the Prince to prove the case further on. After, the Montague and the Capulet makes promises. The Montague promises that he will create a beautiful  golden statue of Juliet for all the people in Verona to see, the Capulet promises the same to create one for their  deer Romeo, so they become friends and the play ends with Prince saying the few last words which is, "For never was a story of more woe / then this of Juliet and her Romeo."This meaning that never has there been a sadder story told  then Romeo and Juliet's story. 

 
In this scene, Paris tells the Friar that he is going to marry Juliet this Thursday. Juliet goes to the Friar and asks him if he could help her in all this situation that has come, he comes up with a brilliant plan. He gives her a poison that would make her appear as if she is dead while sleeping. The poison lasts for 42 hours and she will wake-up in the tomb. The Friar will write a letter to Romeo explaining him what will happen, so he could help Juliet get out of the tomb. Juliet then takes the poison and returns back home. 

Juliet tells her mother and father that she will marry Paris this Thursday. Juliet acts as if nothing is wrong and goes on with her plains, and she continues to make  the others seem as if she's really excited for this wedding. While everyone is busy preparing for the wedding, Juliet takes the poison that will make her appear as if she is dead and drinks it. The next day they find Juliet's  body. 
 
 This scene starts off with Mercutio, Benvolio, and the other man talking about the hot day which could often lead to anger management. Soon after, Tybalt and his men from the Capulet's side came over to Mercutio, asking him if he knows where  Romeo is hiding. Soon, Romeo arrives and Tybalt challenges him for a fight. Romeo doesn't talk the fight to heart so he rejects. However, Mercutio takes his sword out and tries to kill Tybalt, Romeo tries to stop the fight, but by accident he get s Mercutio wounded, so he dies.  Romeo was raging that he was nice to Tybalt but what did he do kill his cousin, so Romeo challenged Tybalt for a fight, and soon kills him (Tybalt). Therefore Romeo planes to leave the city of Verona for good. 

When Juliet hear's about the deaths that had occurred she gets emotional but fells better later on.  She decides to stand by Romeo, so she told the Nurse to find Romeo and tell him to see her once before he leaves the city.  

Romeo at this point of time could only think about dying. Soon, the Nurse finds Romeo and argues with him for killing the Tybalt and not having enough strength of patience inside him. Romeo gets angry with himself and tries to stab himself with a dagger, but the Nurse takes it away from his hands. Friar Laurence tells Romeo to stop crying and tells him to see Juliet, because shes waiting for him. Romeo leaves to go and see Juliet one last time. 

Romeo and Juliet spend there time together that night, then soon enough he leaves. Lady Capulet comes in and tells Juliet that her father (Capulet) has decided that she's going to get married to Paris that  week. Juliet gets enraged when she hears this.  The Capulet threatens Juliet in disowning her and gets really mad with her, the only way he will change his mind is if Juliet gets married to Paris. When he leaves, Juliet asks the Nurse what she should do or don't do. The Nurse says that she should just listen to her father and get married to Paris, plus the fact that Romeo might die anyways. Knowing that the Nurse her only hope will not help her, so Juliet decided to lie to her mother about going to Laurence's place for disobeying her Father.  

In my opinion, I find this scene very interesting and intense, because so much happened in so very little time. The act before this was going very well, then all of the sudden the scene changes the mood so fast to dark, gloomy, sad, and mad. I think Shakespeare did this for a reason. He mad the scene very interesting and making his readers to read more and more. The language that Shakespeare used way very well chosen and explained. 



 
In this act, Romeo arrives, and Friar asks how come and why has Romeo  waken up so early. Romeo answers the question of the Friar by saying that he's in deep love with the beautiful Juliet and wants him to help them get married. The Friar than makes fun of Romeo for the fact that he fell in love with Juliet so impulsively.  

Benvolio and Mercutio ask for Romeo after the night of the feast. Mercutio makes fun of Romeo for craving after Rosaline. Benvolio talks to Mercutio about the challenge that has been sent by Tybalt for Romeo. Soon enough Romeo argues with Mercutio about where he has been, then the Nurse and her husband Peter come in. Romeo asks the Nurse to help him meet Juliet this afternoon. Romeo offers money to the Nurse, but she doesn't take the money and tries to help him out. 

When the Nurse goes back home, she finnaly tells Juliet that Romeo is waiting at Laurence's call ( "Call" meaning room). The Nurse helps Romeo by  finding a ladder that he could climb on to get up to the room. 

In my opinion, the only reason why the Nurse is helping is, because she wants the best for Juliet, and since we learn in Act I that she loves and cares for Juliet like her own daughter. I feel like something bad will happen, because in order for someone to earn something you must lose something too. Life isn't always the way we wanted it to be, there will be some ups and downs in life but we learn to live with them, because we experience them over and over again. 

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    My name is Hosai Sadiq. I am in grade I0 and fifteen years old. My birthday is on November 30th. This is my blog on Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare. 

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