ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How and where does Romeo commit suicide?
A
With a dagger in the orchard
B
With a sword in Juliet’s bedchamber
C
With poison in Juliet’s tomb
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Act 5, scene 3 Paris visits Juliet’s tomb and, when Romeo arrives, challenges him. Romeo and Paris fight and Paris is killed. Romeo, in the tomb, takes poison, dying as he kisses Juliet. As Friar Lawrence enters the tomb, Juliet awakes to find Romeo lying dead.

Detailed explanation-2: -Before entering the tomb, Romeo kills Paris in the graveyard. Romeo mourns over her body and then drinks poison because he believes that Juliet is truly dead. He falls next to her.

Detailed explanation-3: -When Romeo enters the tomb, he sees Juliet in a corpse-like state and launches into a long, sad speech, kisses her, and drinks his poison. Friar Lawrence enters, just a moment too late, and sees Romeo’s corpse lying beside not-dead Juliet. She wakes up, and Friar Lawrence attempts to convince her to flee the scene.

Detailed explanation-4: -At the end of the play, Romeo and Juliet both commit suicide. Although they killed themselves, there were other factors that led them to their demise. The three major causes of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were bad choices, adult interference, and bad luck.

Detailed explanation-5: -Romeo, carrying a crowbar, enters with Balthasar. He tells Balthasar that he has come to open the Capulet tomb in order to take back a valuable ring he had given to Juliet. Then he orders Balthasar to leave, and, in the morning, to deliver to Montague the letter Romeo had given him.

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