In act 5 scene 3, Romeo and Balthasar arrive at Juliet’s tomb, and Paris attempts to stop them and being to argue. Their argument escalates into a sword fight, and Romeo kills Paris. Romeo opens the tomb and finds Juliet's body. Thinking she was dead he sits next to his beloved and drinks the Apothecary’s poison, kisses Juliet, and then dies. As planned, the potion wears off and Juliet wakes up in the tomb, finding Romeo's dead body next to her. When she sees the poison, she realizes what happened and kisses Romeo in hopes that the poison will kill her too, but it doesn’t. Friar Laurence begs Juliet to exit the vault and flee, but she chooses to kill herself with Romeo’s dagger. Prince Escalus arrives, with the City Watchmen and the
