Act 5

Scene 1 - Scene 2 - Scene 3

ACT 5, SCENE 1

Romeo hears abour Juliet's death in Mantua. Desperate, he goes to an apothecary and buys a poison. With that poison he wants to ride to Juliet's grave to see her for the last time.

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ACT 5, SCENE 2

Friar John meets Friar Laurence to tell him about the misfortune that has delayed his letter to Romeo. The two friars hurry to Juliet's grave to comfort her when she wakes up.

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ACT 5, SCENE 3

Paris comes to Juliet's vault to bring some flowers. In front of the vault he meets Romeo. They start to fight and Paris falls. Romeo enters the grave and drinks the poison. Some minutes later Juliet awakes and finds him dead. Desparation makes her take his dagger and kill herself. When their families, the Prince of Verona and the two friars arrive they are already dead. All of them are very sad, but their death puts an end the feud.

(John Everett Millais: The Death of Romeo & Juliet, 1848)

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