Chapter 31 act five

The first Mandoya.street Enter Romeo. If Romeo's vision in his dream can really represent reality, then my dream foreshadows good news to come; Flutter up.I dreamed that my beloved came to see me dead—strange dream, a dead man can think! --she kissed me, and breathed life into my lips, and I arose and became a king.well!The mere shadow of love already gives so much joy, how sweet it would be to possess love itself! Enter Balthazar. News from Romeo from Verona!Ah, Balthazar!Didn't the priest tell you to bring me a letter?how is my loveHow is my father?I ask you again, how is my Juliet Ann?Because as long as she is safe, everything will be fine.

Balthazar Then she is well, and all is well; her body rests in the Capulet's tomb, and her immortal soul with the angels.I saw her buried in the tomb of her kindred, so I galloped to tell you.Ah, sir!Forgive me for bringing this bad news, because this is what you told me to do. Romeo has such a thing!Fate, I curse you! --You know where I live; buy me pens and paper, hire two fast horses, and I'll start this evening. Master Balthazar, please be at ease; your pale and panic-stricken face may be an ominous sign. Romeo nonsense, you read wrong.Go and do what I tell you to do.Didn't the priest ask you to bring me a letter?

Balthazar not, my good sir. Romeo Well, go, hire the horses; I'll come to you. (Exit BALTHAZER) Well, Juliet, I will sleep by your side to-night.Let me figure out a way.Ah, evil thoughts!How quickly you will enter the heart of a hopeless man!I thought of a drug seller whose shop was nearby, and I once saw him in rags, frowning, picking herbs; bones; in his poor shop hung a turtle, a flayed crocodile, and hideous fish skins; scattered among his shelves were empty boxes, green earthen jars, some Cysts and moldy seeds, bits of twine, and bits of old dried roses were more than nothing.Seeing this shabby appearance, I said to myself that in Mantua whoever sells poison is killed immediately, but if anyone needs poison now, here is a poor slave who will sell it to him .what!Unexpectedly, this thought of mine will foreshadow my own needs, and this poor man will sell me his poison.I remember this is his shop; today is a holiday, so the beggar didn't open the door.Hello!Drug seller!

Enter the drug seller. Who is the pharmacist shouting? Romeo come here, my friend.I see you're poor, here's forty dollars, please give me some poison that kills quickly, when a man weary of life takes it, it spreads through the veins of his body, and immediately stops breathing and dies like gunpowder from the barrel of a gun as fast as it radiates out. The deadly poison of the drug-seller I have; but the law of Mantua prohibits its sale, and punishes it with death. Romeo Are you so poor that you fear death?The traces of hunger and cold are carved on your cheeks, poverty and persecution shoot hunger in your eyes, contempt and baseness weigh on your back; this world is not your friend, and the laws of this world cannot protect you , no one has laid down a law for you to make you rich; so why should you suffer poverty?Break the law, take the money.

Drug seller My poverty agrees to you, but it is against my conscience. Romeo My money is for your poverty, not your conscience. The drug seller puts this medicine in whatever drink, and even if you have the strength of twenty men, you will die instantly. Here's your money, Romeo, that's a worse poison for souls than your cheap medicines that are forbidden to sell in this wicked world; you didn't sell me poison, yes I sell you poison.Goodbye; buy something to eat and fatten yourself up. ——Come on, you are not poison, you are the elixir that relieves my pain. I will take you to Juliet's grave, and I must borrow from you. (Exit each.)

Second Verona.father lawrence's monastery Enter Father John. John hello!Where is brother? Enter Father Lawrence. Lawrence, this is the voice of Junior Brother John.Welcome back from Mandoya!What does Romeo say?If he means it in a letter, then give me his letter. John, when I was leaving, because I was looking for a fellow student to be my companion, he was visiting patients in this city, but the local patrolman saw us, suspected that we had entered a house infected with the plague, and blocked the door Stayed and didn't let us out, so my trip to Mantua was delayed. Lawrence Then who sent my letter to Romeo?

John I couldn't send it away, and now I'm bringing it back; for they're afraid of the plague, and no one will give it back to you. Lawrence sucks!This letter is not to be taken lightly, it is of a very important nature, delaying it may cause great disaster.Brother John, go find me an iron pick and bring it here immediately. Brother John, let me fetch it for you. (Down.) Lawrence Now I must go alone to the graveyard; and within three hours Juliet will wake, and she'll blame me for Romeo's ignorance of these things.I will now write another letter to Mantua, and tell her to stay in my monastery till Romeo comes.Poor living corpse, claustrophobic in a dead man's grave! (Down.)

The third game is the same as before.The cemetery where the Capulet family tombs are located Enter Paris and page with flowers and a torch. Paris boy, give me your torch; go away, and stand at a distance; burn it out, I would not be seen.Lie down there under the yew-tree, and put your ear to the hollow ground, where many graves have been dug, and the soil is loose, and if any staggering footsteps come to the graveyard, you'll hear them; If you hear any sound, blow a whistle to let me know.Give me those flowers.Do as I say, let's go. BOY (Aside) I'm afraid to stand alone in this graveyard, but I'll try. (Stand back.)

Paris These flowers make your new bed; Miserable, a delicate red flower will always fall into the sand and dust! I will shed the waves with bitter tears, Irrigate your fragrant grave with perfume; I come to your grave every night to scatter flowers and weep, This lovesickness will never end! (boy whistles) This kid is warning me that someone is coming.Who the hell is here this night to disturb my mourning at my lover's grave?what!Are you still carrying the torch? ——Let me hide aside and watch his movements. (Stand back.) Enter Romeo and Balthazar, with torches and shovels. Romeo Give me the pick and the tongs.Wait a minute, take this letter; you will give it to my father at daybreak.Give me the torch.Listen to my orders, and no matter what you hear or see, you have to stand still at a distance, so as not to interfere with my business; if you move, I will kill you.Part of the reason why I am running down this grave is to visit my love, but the main reason is to take a precious ring from her finger, because I have a very important use.So go away now; if you don't believe me, and dare to come back to spy on my actions, then, I swear to God, I will tear your bones off joint by joint, and let this hungry cemetery Your limbs are strewn all over.My current state of mind is very wild, more ferocious and ruthless than a hungry tiger or a roaring sea, please don't provoke me.

Master Balthazar, I will go away and never disturb you. Romeo is like a friend.You take the money, I wish you a lifetime of happiness.Goodbye, good friend. BALTHAZER (aside) Still, I'll hide around and watch him; his face frightens me, and I don't know what he's going to do. (Stand back.) Romeo, you ruthless soil, devouring the loveliest person in the world, I want to break your greedy kiss, (open the door of the tomb) and let you eat another full! Paris This is that haughty Montague exiled, who slew my love's cousin, and she is said to have died in grief of his death.Now this guy is coming to the grave again, wait for me to catch him. (steps forward) Damn Montague!Cease your evil work, is it not enough for you to kill them, and wretch your hatred on the dead?Damn murderer, hurry up and arrest him, and go to the police with me!

Romeo Damn me, that's why I'm here.Young man, don't piss off a desperate man, and go away from me; think of these dead, you should be terrified.Young man, don't provoke me to sin again; O, go!I can swear to God, I love you more than I love myself, because the purpose of my coming here is to fight against myself.Don't stay here, go away; save your life, and you can tell people later that it was a madman who showed mercy and told you to run away. Paris I don't listen to your nonsense; you're a criminal, and I'll arrest you. Romeo Must you provoke me?Well then, come on, friend! (The two fight.) Servant O Lord!They're fighting, I'll call the patrol! (Down.) Paris (falling down) Oh, I'm dead! ——If you are kind, open the door of the tomb, and put me by Juliet's side! (die.) Romeo, I am willing to fulfill your wish.Let me see his face; O kinsman of Mercutio, noble Count Paris!My servant once said something to me, as we rode along, which I did not listen to because I was disturbed; what did he say?Seems like he told me that Paris was going to marry Juliet; didn't he say so?Or did I have such a dream?Or was it that I was out of my mind, and hearing him say Juliet's name, caused this fantasy to happen?what!Give me your hand, you and I are in the black book of doom, and I'll bury you in a victorious grave; a grave?Oh no!Slain boy, this is a lighthouse, for here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes this catacomb a feasting hall of light.Dead man, lie there, a dead man buried you. (Puts Paris down in the tomb) When people are dying, they often feel happy in their hearts, and the onlookers say this is a flash of light before death; ah!Is this my reflection?Ah, my love!my wife!Although death has sucked the honey from your breath, it still has no power to destroy your beauty; you have not been conquered by him, your lips and face are still rosy and beautiful, and you have never let the gray death occupy.Tybalt, do you lie there too in your bloody shroud?what!Your youth was buried in the hands of your enemies, now I am here to avenge you, and I will kill the person who killed you with my own hands.Forgive me, brother!what!Dear Juliet, why are you still so beautiful?Could it be that the nihilistic death, that emaciated and hideous demon, is also a passionate seed, so he hides you in this dark cave to be his mistress?In order to prevent such things, I will always be with you, and never leave the palace of the long night; I will stay here with your servants, those maggots; ah!Here I will rest forever, And loose from my world-weary mortal body the shackles of doom.Eyes, take your last look!Arms, give your last embrace!lips, ah!Door of your breath, make an everlasting pact with all-snatching death, with a lawful kiss!Come, bitter guide, desperate pilot, now rush your storm-weary ship upon the rock!For my lover, I did this cup! (drinking medicine) Ah!Sure enough, the drug seller didn't lie to me, and the drug's properties took effect very quickly.I died in this kiss. (die.) Father Lawrence came up from the other end of the cemetery with a lantern, hoe, and spade. Saint Francis of Lawrence bless me!How my old feet keep stumbling over the grave tonight!Who's there? Balthazar is a friend and an acquaintance of yours. Lawrence bless you!Tell me, my good friend, what torch is yonder, That wastes its light on maggots and eyeless skeletons?As far as I can make out, the place where the torch is burning seems to be the tomb of Capulet's family. Balthazar is, Father; my master, your dear friend, is there. Who is Lawrence? Balthasar Romeo. Lawrence How long has he been here? Balthazar fully half an hour. Lawrence accompanied me to the grave. Balthazar I dare not, Father.My lord knows not that I am not gone; he once threatened me, that if I should stay here to watch him, he would kill me. Lawrence Then you stay here and let me go alone.Fear came upon me; ah!I'm afraid something unfortunate will happen. Balthazar When I fell asleep under this yew tree, I dreamed that my master was fighting with another man, and that man was killed by my master. Lawrence (coming forward) Romeo!Ouch!Alas, what blood stains the stone door of this tomb?Why are these two unowned, blood-stained swords lying horizontally in this quiet place? (Entering the tomb) Romeo!Ah, how pale he was!Who else?what!Paris is lying here too, soaked in blood?what!What cruel hours had brought about this sad accident!The lady woke up. (Juliet wakes up.) O Juliet, good priest!Where is my husband?I remember well where I should be, and here I am.Where is my Romeo? (Internal noise.) Lawrence I hear something.Make haste, madam, From this rotting lair of death; A force we cannot resist has thwarted our plans.Come on, let's go out.Your husband is dead in your arms; Paris is dead too.Come, I can find a place for you to become a nun.Don't waste time questioning me, the night watch is coming.Come, good Juliet, go. (Internal noise starts again) I dare not wait any longer. Juliet go, you go!I don't want to go. (Exit Lawrence) What's this?A cup, firmly held in the hand of my faithful lover?I see, the poison must have killed him.Alas, enemy!You drank it all together and didn't leave me a drop?I'll kiss your lips, maybe there's still some venom left on it, for me to take as a stimulant and die. (kisses Romeo) Thy lips are still warm! First Patrol (inside) Son, lead the way; in which direction? O Juliet, the human voice?Then I have to hurry up and get over it.Ah, good knives! (Grabs Romeo's dagger) Here is your scabbard; (thrusts himself with the dagger) Thou hast put it in, and let me die. (Flops on Romeo and dies.) Enter the Patrol and Paris's Page. Here is the page, where the torches light. First Patrolman, the ground is covered with blood; you guys, go and search around the cemetery, and arrest anyone you see. (Exits several patrolmen) What a tragedy!The count was murdered and lying here, and Juliet was bleeding from her chest, and her body was still hot as if she had died not long ago, although she had been buried here for two days.Go, report to the Prince, notify the Capulets' family, go and wake up the Montagues' family, and the rest search everywhere. (Several patrolmen continue) We saw these tragedies happen in this place, but we couldn't understand the truth of these tragedies until we got witnesses. Enter BALTHAZER, led by patrols. Second Watcher This is Romeo's servant; We saw him hid in the cemetery. Patrol A took him into custody, waiting for the prince to interrogate him. Enter the Patrols with Father Lawrence. On the patrol, we saw the priest running out from the side of the cemetery, with a flustered expression, sighing and weeping. He still had a hoe and shovel in his hand, and we took them all down. First Patrol He's a serious suspect; put the priest in custody too. Enter Prince and Attendants. Prince What misfortune has happened so early, To interrupt my morning sleep? Enter Capulet, Lady Capulet, and others. What's the matter with Capulet shouting and shouting outside like this? People in Lady Capulet's Street called Romeo, Juliet, and Paris; and they all ran to our family grave. Why did so many people make such amazing shouts? Lord Patrol, Count Paris lies slain; Romeo is dead; Juliet, two days' dead, still hot, is slain again. The prince searched hard to find out the truth of this heinous murder case. First Patrol Here's a priest, And a servant of Romeo's slain, And they both have grave-diggers. Oh Capulet! ——Ah, wife!Look at our daughter bleeding so much!This knife is in the wrong place!Look, its empty scabbard is still on the Montague boy's back, and it's in my daughter's breast! Lady Capulet Oh!These horrific sights of death are like the thrilling bells, warning me that I am dying and will soon die. Enter Montague and others. Come, Prince, Montague, you rise early, but your son falls sooner. O Montague!My lord, my wife died last night because of my sad boy's departure; what troubles are there to do against my old man? Look, Prince, and you shall see. Montague, you unfilial thing!How could you go to the grave yourself before your father did? Prince, temporarily stop your mourning, let me interrogate these dubious facts, and when I know the details, I will lead you to cry again; perhaps my sorrow is far greater than yours! —Bring up the suspect. Lawrence, time and place, could be a witness against me; and I, though the weakest man, were the most suspect in this tragic murder.Now I am standing in front of His Highness, on the one hand, I have to confess my own crimes, and on the other hand, I also have to defend myself. Prince Tell all you know so quickly. Lawrence I'll tell the story as simply as I can, For my short days are not long enough for a tedious story.Dead Romeo was dead Juliet's husband, she was Romeo's faithful wife, and I presided over their marriage.On the day of their secret marriage, Tybalt died, and the bridegroom was banished from the city; it was for him, not for Tybalt, that Juliet was so sad and haggard.Because you want to relieve her troubles, betroth her to the Earl of Paris, and force her to marry him, she ran to me and asked me to find a way for her to avoid this second marriage, otherwise She is going to commit suicide in my monastery.So I gave her a sleeping potion, according to my medical knowledge; it did exactly what I expected, and she fell into a stupefaction as if dead.Meanwhile I wrote to Romeo, that he come here on this wretched night, and help to lift her out of the grave where she lodges, for the poison will wear off when it's done.But Father John, who was carrying the letter for me, was unable to get away because of an accident, so he brought my letter back last night.At that time I had to go alone to bring her out of her family's tomb, according to the pre-calculated time when she woke up, to hide her in my temple, and call Romeo when it was convenient; When she came here a few minutes before she awoke, noble Paris and faithful Romeo were both dead.As soon as she awoke, I sent her out, and persuaded her to bear this providential accident in peace; but then I heard voices, and fled from the grave in fright, and she would not follow in her despair. I'll go, it looks like she committed suicide.This is all I know. As for their marriage, her wet nurse also knows about it.If this unfortunate calamity were caused by my negligence, then my old life is punished by the most severe law, please let it be sacrificed some hours sooner. Prince, I have always known you to be a noble man.Where is Romeo's servant?What did he say? Balthazar I informed my master of Juliet's death, so he hastened here from Mantua, To the front of this tomb.He told me to send this letter to my lord early in the morning; and when he went into the grave he threatened me that he would kill me if I didn't leave him. The prince gave me that letter, and I want to see it.Where is the earl's page who called the watchman?Hello, what is your master doing here? The page boy brought flowers to scatter on his wife's grave, and he told me to stand at a distance, so I obeyed him; after a while, a man with a torch came and opened the tomb.Then my master drew his sword and fought with him, and I ran to call the watchman. The prince's letter corroborates the priest's story, and tells of their love affair and her death; To sleep with Juliet.Where are these two enemies? -- Capulet!Montague!See how much your hatred has been punished. Heaven has deprived you of your beloved by love; I have lost a pair of relatives to ignore your quarrels, and everyone has been punished. Capulet, Brother Montague!Give me your hand; this is your bride price for my daughter, and I can ask no more. Montague But I'll give you more; I'll cast her a statue of pure gold, And none more sublime than that of faithful Juliet, Till Vero's day shall not change its name. Capulet Romeo shall have an equally rich golden statue by his lover's side, these poor wretches sacrificed to our enmity! The Prince's morning brought a bleak reconciliation, The sun is too miserable to dodge in the clouds. Let's all go back and send a few words of emotion, Those who should be forgiven and those who should be punished will hear the sentence. How many joys and sorrows through the ages, Who has seen such sorrow and bitterness! (same below.) Notes: Echo, a nymph in Greek mythology, was annihilated due to the failed love of the beautiful boy Narcissus, and turned into an echo in the valley. Petrarch (Petrarch, 1304-1374), an Italian poet, many of his works are in praise of his lifelong lover Laura. That is "Rosemary" (Rosemary), is a flower commonly used in weddings. Phaethon, the son of the sun god, once drove the sun chariot for his father, but could not control his horse and strayed from the normal way.See the second chapter of Ovid for the story. Angelica is Lady Capulet's name.