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.

The first scene of act 3 is easily the most exciting scene in the play with the death of Mercutio (good riddance), Tybalt, and the exile of Romeo. Friar Lawrence directs Romeo to Mantua. Friar Lawrence hatches a plan in his egg-shaped head, or so I imagine him to have one, with a bald spot on top and brown fluffy hair around the sides. Meanwhile, Juliet tells her mother that she does not want to marry Paris, and would rather marry Romeo her enemy, when in truth, they are already married. She said her marital bed will be as her coffin, reminding us once again that her love is doomed. Upon hearing this, her father becomes a verbally-abusive whirling dervish of rage

            Juliet dips to talk to Friar Lawrence, who lets her in on his plan. He is going to give her a potion that will make it look as if she died in her sleep the night before her wedding to Paris, and then after being buried in her family’s mausoleum, she will escape with Romeo to Mantua. This plan is definitely fool-proof.

            Now we find our selves emerged in the frothing waters of scene 5 in the 4th act. Juliet’s nurse is being her usual self, talkative and irritating. She tried to wake Juliet, but to no avail. She begins her melodramatic wailing for help, as Lady Capulet and her husband enter. Capulet has his trousers in a twist for some reason or another. He is disappointed that Juliet is still sleeping, if I correctly understand these overly complicated combinations of words that are strung together to form a less than flowing sentence. Next thing you know, everybody sees themselves as welcome in Juliet’s bedroom, and this is including some musicians who refuse to play a consoling song the Lady Capulet. At this point, Friar Lawrence’s plan seems to be coming together well.