Apothecary In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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In the end Romeo and Juliet's bodies were cremated and the ashes were released together into the ocean. The poison caused Romeo's body to decompose faster and the Capulet's and the Montague's wanted them to stay together. Paris's body was left in the Capulet vault. It turns out Paris was a fraud and was not actually from high society. They never found his parents. Mrs. Capulet was relieved Juliet did not marry him, for in the future it would make the family look bad. He was just after their money. The Montague and Capulet family forgave the friar and nurse for keeping such horrible secrets from them. The friar felt unworthy of title of being a friar and left the order. He ended up marrying an apothecary. They had a nice business where he

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