Scenes in this act
- Scene I Romeo buys poison in Mantua
In Mantua, Romeo wakes from a dream in which his love found him dead and brought him back to life with kisses, until he became an emperor, and feels a joy he takes as a good omen.
- Scene II The friar's letter does not arrive
Friar John returns to Friar Laurence's cell with the returned letter: he was locked in a house suspected of plague and could not go on to Mantua or find anyone to carry the message.
- Scene III Deaths in the Capulet tomb
In the cemetery, at night, Paris orders his page to stay far off, lying under a yew tree, and to whistle if he hears anyone approaching.
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