It's illegal to sell poisons and the apothecary is doubtful about breaking the law.
The apothecary says this when he sells Romeo poison.
With money. The apothecary was poor and would do anything for some spare ducats.
The person who sold the poison to Romeo was "The Apothecary."
Romeo actually says: "There is thy gold--worse poison to men's souls, doing more murder in this loathsome world than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell." Romeo isn't selling the apothecary poison: he's giving him gold which is worse than poison. It's a pretty good line, actually.
Apart from telling Romeo that Juliet is not really dead, giving the apothecary a whole bunch of money so he doesn't have to sell poisons in order to get his next meal might work.
The apothecary in "Romeo and Juliet" received a death sentence for selling poison to Romeo.
The apothecary says this when he sells Romeo poison.
Because ,in the town of Verona ,selling or buying posion is illegal.
Because the apothecary said that he would sell the poison to Romeo only because he needed the money so badly (selling poison is illegal in Mantua). Therefore, the apothecary's poverty (state/situation) is forcing him to take Romeo's offer, not because he wants to disobey the law. Romeo is paying the apothecary's need, not his want.
With money. The apothecary was poor and would do anything for some spare ducats.
The person who sold the poison to Romeo was "The Apothecary."
Romeo actually says: "There is thy gold--worse poison to men's souls, doing more murder in this loathsome world than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell." Romeo isn't selling the apothecary poison: he's giving him gold which is worse than poison. It's a pretty good line, actually.
Apart from telling Romeo that Juliet is not really dead, giving the apothecary a whole bunch of money so he doesn't have to sell poisons in order to get his next meal might work.
The apothecary is very poor. Even though the penalty for selling the poison in Mantua is death, Romeo is able to convince him by offering him a sum of 40 ducats that will allay his poverty.
He takes poison that he got from the apothecary in Mantua.
"My poverty but not my will consents." He does it because he is in desperate need of the money.
a poison to drink.