Romeo and Juliet Act 5 Timeline

Jan 2, 1300

Romeo has a dream about Juliet
Jan 3, 1300

Balthasar arrives and tells Romeo that Juliet has died. Romeo asks for a pen, paper, and horses to go to Verona.
Jan 4, 1300

Romeo goes to an apothecary and buys poison to kill himself with.
Jan 5, 1300

Romeo leaves for Verona.
Jan 6, 1300

Friar John returns Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo because he was stopped on the way out of Mantua.
Jan 7, 1300

Paris visits Juliet's tomb to pay his respects. He tells his Page to keep a watch for anyone coming.
Jan 7, 1300

Romeo arrives with Balthasar. He tells Balthasar to leave.
Jan 8, 1300

Thinking that Romeo has come to do some dishonor to the corpses of Juliet or Tybalt, Paris confronts Romeo. Romeo pleads for Paris to leave him alone. They fight.
Jan 9, 1300

Romeo kills Paris and places him in the tomb with Juliet as his last dying wish.
Jan 10, 1300

Romeo finds Juliet in the tomb, still beautiful.
Jan 11, 1300

Romeo kisses Juliet, drinks the poison, kisses Juliet again, and dies.
Jan 12, 1300

Friar Lawrence arrives and encounters Balthasar.
Jan 13, 1300

Friar Lawrence enters the tomb alone and sees the bodies.
Jan 14, 1300

Juliet awakens and asks where her husband is.
Jan 15, 1300

Friar Lawrence, afraid of being caught at the tomb, leaves.
Jan 16, 1300

Juliet tries to kill herself by kissing Romeo's poisoned lips.
Jan 17, 1300

Juliet stabs herself with Romeo's dagger and dies.
Jan 18, 1300

the watchmen arrive and find the friar and Balthasar.
Jan 19, 1300

Prince and Capulets arrive.
Jan 20, 1300

Montague arrives and announces that his wife has died of grief over Romeo's exile.
Jan 21, 1300

Friar Laurence tells the story of what has happened. He says that he will take the death penalty if blamed for what has happened.
Jan 22, 1300

The prince listens to Balthasar's story and reads Romeo's letter. He decides that the stories match up.
Jan 23, 1300

The Prince scolds Capulet and Montague, and reminds them that he has also lost two kinsmen.
Jan 24, 1300

Capulet and Montague clasp hands and decide to put their feud behind them.
Jan 25, 1300

Montague says that he will build a gold statue of Juliet, and Capulet will build one of Romeo.
Jan 26, 1300

The prince pronounces that there has never been "a story of more woe / Than that of Juliet and her Romeo."

Romeo has a dream about Juliet

Balthasar arrives and tells Romeo that Juliet has died. Romeo asks for a pen, paper, and horses to go to Verona.

Romeo goes to an apothecary and buys poison to kill himself with.

Romeo leaves for Verona.

Friar John returns Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo because he was stopped on the way out of Mantua.

Paris visits Juliet's tomb to pay his respects. He tells his Page to keep a watch for anyone coming.

Romeo arrives with Balthasar. He tells Balthasar to leave.

Thinking that Romeo has come to do some dishonor to the corpses of Juliet or Tybalt, Paris confronts Romeo. Romeo pleads for Paris to leave him alone. They fight.

Romeo kills Paris and places him in the tomb with Juliet as his last dying wish.

Romeo finds Juliet in the tomb, still beautiful.

Romeo kisses Juliet, drinks the poison, kisses Juliet again, and dies.

Friar Lawrence arrives and encounters Balthasar.

Friar Lawrence enters the tomb alone and sees the bodies.

Juliet awakens and asks where her husband is.

Friar Lawrence, afraid of being caught at the tomb, leaves.

Juliet tries to kill herself by kissing Romeo's poisoned lips.

Juliet stabs herself with Romeo's dagger and dies.

the watchmen arrive and find the friar and Balthasar.

Prince and Capulets arrive.

Montague arrives and announces that his wife has died of grief over Romeo's exile.

Friar Laurence tells the story of what has happened. He says that he will take the death penalty if blamed for what has happened.

The prince listens to Balthasar's story and reads Romeo's letter. He decides that the stories match up.

The Prince scolds Capulet and Montague, and reminds them that he has also lost two kinsmen.

Capulet and Montague clasp hands and decide to put their feud behind them.

Montague says that he will build a gold statue of Juliet, and Capulet will build one of Romeo.

The prince pronounces that there has never been "a story of more woe / Than that of Juliet and her Romeo."