All Are Punished...

At the end of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet both turn up dead and their families lives are changed forever. We never know what happened to Nurse, Friar Lawrence, or Lord Capulet. These are my own versions of their fate.

Nurse:

Since Nurse, didn't have her own children she though of Juliet as her daughter.  Nurse was one of the closest people to Juliet; Juliet often confided in her. When Nurse discovered Juliet when she staged her fake death she moaned, "O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day! That ever, ever, I did yet 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).  Nurse is so upset after Juliet's real death, that she dies of shock that Juliet would deceive her and not confide in her of her plans.

 Friar Lawrence:

Friar Lawrence is ready to take the blaim for his actions and rightly so.  When found, at the site of Romeo, Juliet, and Paris's death he readily admits to his part in the plot saying,"...if aught in this miscarried by my fault, let my old life be sacrific'd, some hour before his time, unto the rigour of the strictest laws" (Shakespeare 300). Prince Escalus demotes Friar Lawrence of his status as a friar and  he is now a commoner.  He is exiled for a year because of his part in the secret marriage plans. 

Lord Capulet:

Lord Capulet doesn't show affection for Juliet throughout the book and before her death disowns her and yells at her because of her unwillingness to marry Paris. When Juliet fakes her death, he feels guilt over his last words to her. He says, "O child! O child! My soul , and not my child! Dead art thou! Alack! My child is dead; and with my child my joys are buried" (Shakespeare 256).  In response to her real death, he feels guilt about the feud and does erect the statue to Romeo. However, he soon forgets about the recent events and gets into a fight with one of the Capulets and is killed.

VOCABULARY:

Apprehend: to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority
Canopy: a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.
Contempt: the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
Disperse: to drive or send off in various directions; scatter
Inexorable: unyielding; unalterable
Interred: buried; shut in
Penury: poverty; destitution
Remnants: remains; leftovers
Righteous:virtuous; moral