Throughout the play, Romeo shows signs of being depressed through his actions and his words. However, in Act 5, he gives off more clues that he is planning on committing suicide. Perhaps, if others picked up on these hints, Romeo’s suicide could’ve been prevented. One way it was evident that Romeo was going to commit suicide, is that in Act 5 scene 1, he says to Balthasar, “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight. Let's see for means. O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!" (Act V, i, 34-36). He is basically telling Balthasar that he wants to lie with Juliet. He also says that mischievous thoughts come quickly to desperate men, meaning that he will do anything to be with Juliet. After Balthasar leaves, Romeo goes to the Apothecary to buy poison. After purchasing the poison, he tells the Apothecary, “Farewell. Buy food, and get thyself in flesh.– Come, cordial and not poison, go with me to Juliet’s grave, for there I must use thee” (Act V, i, 84-86). He tells the Apothecary to go and buy food with the money Romeo gave him. Then, he …show more content…
One of these times was when Romeo told Balthasar, “Give me the light. Upon thy life I charge thee, Whate’er thou hearest or seest, stand all aloof and do not interrupt me in my course…Therefore hence, begone. But if thou, jealous, dost return to pry, in what I farther shall intend to do, by heaven, I will tear the joint by joint and stew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs” (Act V, iii, 25-36). Basically, Romeo tells Balthasar to go away and to not look at what he’s doing at Juliet’s tomb. He threatens him by saying he will rip him up, limb by limb. Romeo’s abnormal behavior and also his threats scare Balthasar, so he goes to hide away from the tomb. If Balthasar had noticed that he was acting strange, he could’ve spied on Romeo and maybe could’ve stopped him from drinking the