Romeo has a dream that Juliet found him dead. Apparently Friar Lawrence's foreshadowing is rubbing off on Romeo. When Romeo awakes Balthasar has just arrived from a long travel. He informs Romeo of Juliet's "death", but does not tell him that it is fake. Romeo truly believes that Juliet is dead. He then convinces an apothecary to sell him illegal poison so that the can die by Juliet's side.
Back in Verona Friar Lawrence is told that the letter he sent to Romeo did not make it. Friar Lawrence rushes to Juliet's burial place, anticipating that Romeo will be heading there.
Romeo kills Paris because that is the logical way to deal with every variance in opinion or understanding. Romeo takes Paris into the tomb to let him die, and then sees Juliet. Standing over her he observes how alive she looks, despite being dead. Next thing you know Romeo is dead as well. Juliet awakes and sees that Romeo died. Without missing a beat, she ad-libs a speech and is out like a light - she stabbed herself with Romeo's dagger. Unfortunately, three watchmen, Balthasar, Paris' Page, and Friar Lawrence all seemed not to be present when these calamities transpired, but were able to show up the instant it became too late to save any of these young lovers. The Prince gets pissed that so many people died, and the Montagues and Capulets agree to be friends. They erect a statue of gold, because gold will last so long. It's too bad that they don't have any children left to keep the friendship alive.
Back in Verona Friar Lawrence is told that the letter he sent to Romeo did not make it. Friar Lawrence rushes to Juliet's burial place, anticipating that Romeo will be heading there.
Romeo kills Paris because that is the logical way to deal with every variance in opinion or understanding. Romeo takes Paris into the tomb to let him die, and then sees Juliet. Standing over her he observes how alive she looks, despite being dead. Next thing you know Romeo is dead as well. Juliet awakes and sees that Romeo died. Without missing a beat, she ad-libs a speech and is out like a light - she stabbed herself with Romeo's dagger. Unfortunately, three watchmen, Balthasar, Paris' Page, and Friar Lawrence all seemed not to be present when these calamities transpired, but were able to show up the instant it became too late to save any of these young lovers. The Prince gets pissed that so many people died, and the Montagues and Capulets agree to be friends. They erect a statue of gold, because gold will last so long. It's too bad that they don't have any children left to keep the friendship alive.
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