Oh Woeful Day...
Act 4 Scene 5, Act 5 Scenes 2 and 3


Alas, Juliet followed through with the plan and she was buried Wednesday afternoon. I sent Friar John to deliver the message of our plan to Romeo in Mantua. Now, I just wait quietly while the others in town mourn the loss of the innocent Juliet. 


Ay me! Friar John just arrived back to my cell. I asked if Romeo got the letter from him about our plan. He said that he got caught up in a quarantine situation where people in Mantua with the Plague were being quarantined and he could not get through. Oh what horrible, dreadful news. I immediately sent him to fetch me a crowbar knowing that now I must get over to the Capulet's tomb as soon as possible. 


I arrived at the graveyard to find Balthasar, Romeo's servant. I asked how long he had been there and he told me about half an hour. A sudden chill went up my spine as I felt something horrible must have happened in the tomb. 


As I walked into the tomb, I saw blood on the floor and two swords. Whose was the second sword. As I took a step forward I saw the blood-drenched body of County Paris. Oh no Romeo, what have you done now? However, as I went to the coffin in which Juliet was buried. I saw his body. His lips and cheeks still pink, but his chest, breathless. But wait, Juliet is stirring. As she woke up she immediately remembered where she was and frantically asked for the whereabouts of Romeo. I responded, truthfully, yet, regrettably, that he was lying lifeless right next to her.


Oh no, a noise! I told her that we must leave, but she insisted on staying so I left the tomb hurriedly, anticipating just what might happen when I left. However, I did not get far. One of the graveyard watchmen caught me and took me back to the tomb, where now the Prince, and both houses were present. I was soon bombarded with questions as to what had happened, so I gave a brief explanation of Romeo and Juliet's marriage. All of the faces were shocked as not only were their children married to the others' child, but also because I am a holy man that defied the law. They two houses soon realized that their feud should end and ended up deciding to erect golden statues of Romeo and Juliet. 


Although this is not exactly what I had in mind when I thought the feud would end as a result of the marriage, it did work. 


Goodbye for now,


Friar Lawrence ✝