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Romeo and Juliet Act 5 timeline

  • Romeo's Dream

    Romeo dreams that he is dead and that Juliet brings him back to life with a kiss upon his lips.
  • Balthasar tells Romeo about Juliet's "Death"

    Balthasar was supposed to deliver Romeo a letter from the friar, but he came back with different news. He tells Romeo that Juliet is with the angles because Juliet did not get to tell Romeo her plan.
  • Romeo plots to kill himself

    When Romeo finds out Juliet is "dead" he comes up with the idea to go to an apothecary and find a way to commit suicide.
  • Romeo visits Apothecary

    He goes to the Apothecary, and offers a lot of money to the poor man, and gets the poison
  • Friar John tells Friar Laurence that he was unable to send his letter to Romeo

    The Black Plague came around and put people into Quarantine, so he was unable to send the letter.
  • Paris visit Juliet's tomb stone

    Paris tells the person that came with him (Page) to put out the torch because he would rather not be seen and Paris sent him to go sit under some trees away from him and Juliet and keep a lookout for anyone trying to dig up graves and whistle is anyone tries.
  • Page whistles

    The Page Whistle to alert Paris that Romeo was coming, yet they could not tell that it was Romeo at the time.
  • Romeo heads to the tomb, and tells Balthasar to leave.

    Romeo hands Balthasar a letter to give to his father early in the morning. Romeo takes the things he needs and tells Balthasar to leave and not to follow him.
  • Romeo kills Paris

    Paris tries to arrest Romeo for coming to Juliet's tomb, which didn't work. They begin fighting which leads to Paris's death.
  • Romeo goes into the Tomb

    Romeo sees Juliet "dead", and he drank the poison he got from the apothecary and dies. Shortly afterwards, Juliet wakes up, sees Romeo dead, grabs the dagger and kills herself, she dies right next to Romeo. When the families find their bodies, they decide to end the feud.