1 | Romeo has a dream about Juliet. |
2 | Balthasar arrives and tells Romeo that Juliet has died. Romeo asks for a pen, paper, and horses to go to Verona. |
3 | Romeo goes to an apothecary and buys poison to kill himself with. |
4 | Romeo leaves for Verona. |
5 | Friar John returns Friar Laurence’s letter to Romeo because he was stopped on the way out of Mantua. |
6 | Paris visits Juliet’s tomb to pay his respects. He tells his Page to keep a watch for anyone coming. |
7 | Romeo arrives with Balthasar. He tells Balthasar to leave. |
8 | Thinking that Romeo has come to do some dishonor to the corpses of Juliet or Tybalt, Paris confronts Romeo. Romeo pleads for Paris to leave him alone. They fight. |
9 | Romeo kills Paris and places him in the tomb with Juliet as his last dying wish. |
10 | Romeo finds Juliet in the tomb, still beautiful. |
11 | Romeo kisses Juliet, drinks the poison, kisses Juliet again, and dies. |
12 | Friar Lawrence arrives and encounters Balthasar. |
13 | Friar Lawrence enters the tomb alone and sees the bodies. |
14 | Juliet awakens and asks where her husband is. |
15 | Friar Lawrence, afraid of being caught at the tomb, leaves. |
16 | Juliet tries to kill herself by kissing Romeo’s poisoned lips. |
17 | Juliet stabs herself with Romeo’s dagger and dies. |
18 | The watchmen arrive and find the friar and Balthasar. |
19 | Prince and Capulets arrive. |
20 | Montague arrives and announces that his wife has died of grief over Romeo’s exile. |
21 | Friar Laurence tells the story of what has happened. He says that he will take the death penalty if blamed for what has happened. |
22 | The prince listens to Balthasar’s story and reads Romeo’s letter. He decides that the stories match up. |
23 | The Prince scolds Capulet and Montague, and reminds them that he has also lost two kinsmen. |
24 | Capulet and Montague clasp hands and decide to put their feud behind them. |
25 | Montague says that he will build a gold statue of Juliet, and Capulet will build one of Romeo. |
26 | The prince pronounces that there has never been “a story of more woe / Than that of Juliet and her Romeo.” |
Romeo and Juliet Act 5 Timeline
August 12, 2019