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The potion will make her stop breathing so she has no pulse. She pretends to be dead so that she can escape away from the people in Verona, and be with Romeo. But Romeo believes she is actually dead and kills himself. She then wakes to find him dead and stabs herself.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoJuliet drank the potion so she would appear dead and wouldn't have to marry Paris. However, it back fired when Romeo found her and thought she was dead and poisoned himself.
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∙ 11y agoThat was the plan. Take the potion. Get mistaken for dead. Don't marry Paris. Run off with Romeo.
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∙ 12y agoRomeo thinks that Juliet is dead when she is actually in a deep sleep because of the potion Friar Laurence gave her to avoid marrying the county Paris.
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∙ 13y agoBecause she wanted to fake her own death so when she awoke she could run away with Romeo.
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∙ 12y agoHer love for Romeo. Even when imagining the Horror of being locked up with Tybalt's corpse (and maybe his ghost) she thinks of Romeo. She says: "Romeo, I come! This I drink for thee!"
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∙ 11y agoStaging Juliet's death prevents her from marrying Paris, and buys Lawrence time to contact Romeo to effect her escape to join him.
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∙ 8y agoJuliet should have not taken the potion because Romeo was not dead. It was part of the play. In retrospect, it was the biggest mistake Juliet could have done.
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∙ 8y agoIt's either that or commit bigamy.
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When romeo says here's to my love what does he drink?
He drinks poison.
What did romeo drink that caused him to die?
He drank a poison which he got from the Apothecary in Mantua.
What did romeo buy from the apothecary?
With money. The apothecary was poor and would do anything for some spare ducats.
Explain the paradoxical phrases in lines 94-103 in act 3 scene 5?
It talks about a poison that romeo shall drink and die from. At the end, Romeo does die from a poison he drinks.
What poison did romeo use to kill himself?
She didn't. She did drink a sleeping potion, but it left her unharmed after a couple of days, so you cannot call it poison. She tried to get some poison out of the bottle that Romeo used, but it was empty.
When romeo says here's to your love what does he drink?
poison
When romeo says here's to my love what does he drink?
He drinks poison.
What does romeo drink the poison out of?
a vial that he got from an apothecary (medicine man).
What did romeo drink that caused him to die?
He drank a poison which he got from the Apothecary in Mantua.
What did romeo buy from the apothecary?
With money. The apothecary was poor and would do anything for some spare ducats.
Explain the paradoxical phrases in lines 94-103 in act 3 scene 5?
It talks about a poison that romeo shall drink and die from. At the end, Romeo does die from a poison he drinks.
What poison did romeo use to kill himself?
She didn't. She did drink a sleeping potion, but it left her unharmed after a couple of days, so you cannot call it poison. She tried to get some poison out of the bottle that Romeo used, but it was empty.
Why does Juliet kiss Romeo after his death in Romeo and Juliet?
Juliet kisses Romeo because she wants to see if there is any poison left on his lips so that she could drink some poison and also die , because there is no point in living now, now that Romeo is gone.
Romeo you come this do you drink to thee- what does that mean?
It doesn't mean anything. You scrambled it. Shakespeare has Juliet say,"Romeo, I come! this do I drink to thee."You see, Juliet thinks Romeo is dead. She wants to be with him in death. She tells Romeo she is coming, and drinks the poison, toasting dead Romeo with it.
Explain why romeo calls the poison a cordial?
Romeo calls the poison a cordial because he believes it will bring him peace and comfort, much like a pleasant-tasting drink would. He sees the poison as a remedy to his suffering and a way to reunite with Juliet in death.
How and where does Romeo commit sucide?
Romeo drinks a poison from friar Lawrence when he saw/ thought his Juliet was dead. Romeo had just drank the poison and died when Juliet woke up from the potion that made her seem dead. Juliet could not stand to be alive without Romeo so tried to drink the poison too, but there was none left so she stabbed herself with Romeo's dagger
What does Romeo want to do when he finds out about Juliets death.?
When Romeo finds out about Juliet's death, he decides to take his own life. He plans to go to her tomb and drink poison to be with her in death.
