Hold the torch, basically a servants job.
He goes to Verona with his trusty servant Balthasar, who he tells to wait outside the cemetery. He then goes up to the tomb by himself and kills himself not realizing she was faking her death
In the story of Romeo and Juliet, the character of Balthasar is Romeos trusted friend and servant. When Romeo approached the tomb to see Juliet, Balthasar was there and tried to stop him from entering.
What Romeo threatened to do to Balthazar if he he says with him at the tomb is Romeo will kill him.
After Romeo injured Paris. Paris told him "Lay me in the tomb with Juliet". Romeo agrees and put him in the tomb with Juliet.
It is chance that Romeo is the one who reads the list to the illiterate servant. It is chance that Friar John cannot deliver the letter from Friar Lawrence. It is chance that Romeo finds Paris at the tomb, and chance that Romeo dies before Juliet wakes up.
His servant Balthazar.
Romeo tells Balthasar that he is going into the tomb to retrieve a ring he left on Juliet's hand, so that Balthasar will leave him alone at the tomb.
He goes to Verona with his trusty servant Balthasar, who he tells to wait outside the cemetery. He then goes up to the tomb by himself and kills himself not realizing she was faking her death
In the story of Romeo and Juliet, the character of Balthasar is Romeos trusted friend and servant. When Romeo approached the tomb to see Juliet, Balthasar was there and tried to stop him from entering.
What Romeo threatened to do to Balthazar if he he says with him at the tomb is Romeo will kill him.
he wants to get the ring back from Juliet "A precious ring- a ring that I must use." 5.3.31
After Romeo injured Paris. Paris told him "Lay me in the tomb with Juliet". Romeo agrees and put him in the tomb with Juliet.
It is chance that Romeo is the one who reads the list to the illiterate servant. It is chance that Friar John cannot deliver the letter from Friar Lawrence. It is chance that Romeo finds Paris at the tomb, and chance that Romeo dies before Juliet wakes up.
Balthasar hides near the tomb even though Romeo told him to go away because he was frightened by the look on Romeo’s face and was scared of what his intentions might be.
Paris thinks that because Romeo killed Tybalt, he is one of those Montagues that has an insane hatred of Capulets and therefore has come to desecrate the tomb and the bodies within it.
Paris suspects romeo is attempting to desecrate the tomb.
It is unclear why Paris is at the tomb, but he is killed by Romeo in a duel. Paris dies defending Juliet's honor and seeking to stop Romeo from disturbing the tomb.