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Brief Summary Of Act 1 Scene 5 Of William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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The night before her wedding with Paris, Juliet takes the potion when she’s alone and in the morning when the nurse goes to wake her up, she finds Juliet “dead”. The Capulet family goes nuts and hosts a funeral for Juliet. Benvolio, cousin of Romeo, sees this and goes straight to Romeo with the news. Benvolio gets to Romeo before the messenger gets to him that Friar sent. When Romeo gets to Verona, he kills Paris before going to see Juliet’s body. On the way back to Verona, Romeo had bought a death potion from a poor man. He takes the potion right after kissing Juliet and right after she opens her eyes. He’s awake and alive just long enough to see this and kiss her one last time before he dies. Juliet, shocked, takes Romeo’s dagger and kills
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