As For the Rest of Them...

  In the end of the tragic story of the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, they both die and fall victims to love's deceiving ways. But what happened to other main characters, such as Friar Laurence, Nurse, and Lord Capulet?
    For Nurse, her fate was difficult to decide. She had known of the secret marriage all along, but had said nothing. On the other hand, she didn't know about Juliet's fake death, until her real death. What would happen to her lied in the hands of Lady Capulet and Prince Escalus. With all do respect, Nurse kindly asked Lady Capulet if she could leave her job and find a way to be closer to Juliet. It had been hard for her to deal with Juliet's fake death, let alone her real one. When she found her in her chamber in the morning, she was panicking saying, "O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day! Most lamentable day, most woeful day, that ever, ever, I did behold! O day! O day! O day! O hateful day! Never was seen so black a day as this. O woeful day, o woeful day!"(Shakespeare 256). She became a keeper of the Capulet's achient vault, where she planted flowers, and kept the area beautiful looking while she waited out her days to join Juliet.
       Friar Lawrence had been guilty of everything; knowing of Juliet's fake death, and the secret marriage, which he conducted. At the end of the story, he explained the whole story to Prince Escalus, and the prince responded, "We still have known thee for a holy man," meaning that he believes him (300). Friar Lawrence's truth is also confirmed when the Prince reads the letter that was unable to be sent to Romeo. Prince Escalus decides that technically, Friar Laurence did nothing wrong, so he leaves him to his job as a holy man, where he lives for the remainder of his life.
     Then there is Lord Capulet. You could say he is the greatest victim of the death of Juliet, his own daughter, slain by her own hands. After he called a truce with Lord Montague, they made and agreement with each other. Montague: "For I will ray her statue in pure gold; That whiles Verona by that name is known, there shall be no figure at such rate be set as that of true and faithful Juliet" (302). Lord Capulet does the same for Romeo and builds a solid gold statue of Romeo. The two former enemies become friends, and honor their children who fell victim to their feud every year. Lord Capulet had proposed a day to honor Romeo and Juliet, with a ceremony in the center of Verona, around their statues.

                                          

Above is a photo of Juliet waking up in the Vault,                       

              only to find her dear Romeo is dead.

Above is a a photo representing all of act 5, showing Juliet's death, and the truce between the opposing families of the Capulets and the Montagues


Vocabulary:

Apprehend: To grasp the meaning of, understand.

Canopy: An overhanging protection or covering

Contempt: The feeling which a person disregards anything mean, or vile

Disperse: To drive, or carry off in any direction

Inexorable: No to be persuaded, moved, effected by prayers or entreaties

Interred: To place a dead body in a grave or tomb; bury

Penury: extreme poverty

Remnants: a fragment or scrap

Righteous: Characterized by uprightness or morality