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Act V of //The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet// is the final act of the play and concludes the story of the two lovers. In scene 1, Romeo is in the city, Mantua, and is happy. The night before he had a dream that Juliet found him dead. However, Juliet kissed his dead corpse to attempt to save his life. Balthasar finds Romeo and tells him the news that Juliet has passed away. Romeo then tries to think of a plan to kill himself. He has an idea of using poison to kill himself. He thinks of the apothecary, a druggist, who would sell him the illegal potion. The reason he thinks of the apothecary is because he is extremely poor and he will do anything to make money. Romeo then rushes to the apothecary and receives the deadly poison. Friar Lawrence then writes a letter to Romeo let him know whole situation. Friar Lawrence then gives the letter to Friar John to deliver to the house of the Capulet's. The Friar returns the letter to Friar Lawrence saying that the house was quarantined because everyone believed that Juliet had the dreaded plague that spread around England. Romeo and Paris go into the tomb, not knowing either one was there. Romeo and Paris draw their swords and fight. Paris falls and dies. Romeo takes one last look at his true love and drinks the poison. The Friar is at another end of the churchyard and runs into Balthasar. Balthasar then explains that Romeo is in the tomb. He also explains Romeo's dream. The Friar rushed into the tomb and found Paris and Romeo lying dead. Suddenly, Juliet awakens confused with the whereabouts of Romeo. The Friar says Paris and Romeo are dead. He also mentions that the watch are coming and tells her to flee and get away. Juliet kisses her beloved Romeo to see if he has any poison on his lips to kill herself. It fails. The watch are approaching even faster. She then quickly takes Romeo's dagger and stabs herself and falls upon Romeo's corpse. The watch approach and hold the Friar and Balthasar behind. The Prince then enters with Montague, who enters saying that Lady Montague has killed herself over Romeo's banishment. The Prince demands to know what is going on. The Friar approaches and explains the marriage, the potion, and everything else relating to it. Balthasar gives the Prince a letter written from Romeo to his father which makes the Friar's story true. The Prince scolds the families and their conflict. The Montagues and Capulets have a truce. The Montagues promise to build a statue of Juliet made of gold and the Capulets promise to build a statue of Romeo made of gold and place it next to Juliet's. The families become allies which buries their everlasting conflict.

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Summary References: [|SparkNotes: Act V Scenes i-ii] [|SparkNotes: Act V Scene iii] //Shakespeare-ience Romeo and Juliet//

Picture References (In order of the slide show): [|Rose from Flickr] [|Romeo & Juliet Embrace] [|Romeo & Juliet] [|Statue of Romeo & Juliet] [|Romeo Departs] [|Romeo Dead] [|Juliet Kills Herself]

Song Reference: Alien Crime Syndicate- "Tripping Up to the Clouds"

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