marriage to Paris, a kinsman of the Prince.
             In despair, Juliet seeks Friar Lawrence's advice. He gives her a sleeping potion, which for a time will cause her to appear dead. Thus, on the day of her supposed marriage to Paris, she will be carried to the family vault. By the time she awakens, Romeo will be summoned to the vault and take her away to Mantua.
             The Friar's letter fails to reach Romeo. When he hears of Juliet's death through Balthazar, Romeo procures a deadly poison from an apothecary and secretly returns to Verona to say his last farewell to his deceased wife and die by her side. In the Capulet tomb, Romeo encounters Paris, who has come to strew flowers on Juliet's grave. Paris challenges Romeo, and in the fight that ensues, Paris is killed. Then at Juliet's side, Romeo drinks the poison and dies. When Juliet awakens from her deep sleep, she realizes Romeo's error and kills herself with his dagger. Summoned to the t
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