romeo purchases the poison from an apothecary (an apothecary is someone that prepares and sells drugs and medicines, like a pharmacist.) hope this helps! :D
It is never mentioned what poison he takes. However, some scholars think it was aconitine. Check out the Wikipedia page on it if you're curious about where it comes from and the symptoms.
Romeo is in Mantua and he pays an apothecary gold because the apothecary was poor. So the apothecary explains to Romeo that the poison will kill him the instance he takes it.
Friar Lawrence gives her the sleeping potion to drink.
a hungry pharmacists
Friar Lawrence to be exact.
At the shop of a poor apothecary.
With money. The apothecary was poor and would do anything for some spare ducats.
fast acting poison
He decides to buy poison, then go to the tomb and poison himself after being with her corpse. Which is what he does.
The person who sold the poison to Romeo was "The Apothecary."
Romeo thinks Juliet is dead Doesn't want to live without her The apothecary is poor, gets paid
With money. The apothecary was poor and would do anything for some spare ducats.
fast acting poison
The potion that Romeo buys is poison and he buys it because he wants to kill himself after thinking Juliet is dead.
He decides to buy poison, then go to the tomb and poison himself after being with her corpse. Which is what he does.
Romeo try to buy some poison for apothecary for some money, Balthazar is trying to stop him from doing it but, Romeo doesn't care.
The person who sold the poison to Romeo was "The Apothecary."
Romeo buys the poison from an apothecary in Mantua. The apothecary sells him the poison despite knowing its deadly purpose.
Romeo drinks poison.
Romeo buys a ticket to the Capulet party from the servant in scene 1 of "Romeo and Juliet." This ticket allows him to attend the party where he meets Juliet for the first time.
Romeo thinks Juliet is dead Doesn't want to live without her The apothecary is poor, gets paid
Romeo kills himself with poison bought from the apothecary and Juliet stabs herself with Romeo's dagger.
At first, the apothecary was not going to sell Romeo the poison because to do so was against the law and punishable by death. But Romeo convinced him by saying that he was so poor and starved that he should just sell it to him anyway. If he didn't sell him the poison, he probably would have died of starvation or disease. Romeo said that either way he might die, so he should sell him to poison to go buy some food. long story short; Romeo uses money to convice him since the apothercaray was a very poor man