Romeo and Juliet Act 5, Scene 3

Act 5, Scene 3 of "Romeo and Juliet" is the last part of the play. In this scene, Romeo is told about Juliet's "death" and rushes to go see her and if she is dead, he will kill himself. While Romeo is visiting the tomb, Paris shows up with flowers to also see Juliet. They fight over Juliet and Paris dies. Romeo puts Paris in the tomb and sees Juliet "dead". This causes him to drink his poison and die with her. Friar arrives at the tomb after he realizes his letter explaining the situation was never delivered and awakes Juliet. Juliet remembers what is supposed to happen and then sees Romeo dead. This causes her to stab herself to death so she will be with him. Capulet, Montague, and the Prince arrive at the tomb and see what happened. Capulet and Montague decide they should stop the feud between them to honor their children. Act 5, scene 3 is important to the whole play since it is the last scene and ties the whole story together. The conflict between Juliet and Romeo not being able to be together is resolved through their death and Paris was killed so Juliet did not have to be with him as she wanted. Also, the conflict between the Montagues and the Capulets finally ends after they learn that their feud caused their children's death. This scene depicts the main point of the story, star-crossed lovers, since Romeo and Juliet are never able to live happily ever after and have poor fates in their life.