Balthasar sees the funeral taking place, and hurries back to Romeo in Mantua. The next morning, Juliet is presumed to be dead, and a funeral is arranged. Juliet, at home in her bedroom, ominously bids her mother farewell at night, before consuming the draught. However, when we see Romeo in the Mantuan desert, Father Laurence's letter notifying him of the plan has not reached him. He gives her the draught, and sends her away.
Afterward, she will escape with Romeo (who will be told of the plot as well) to Mantua. Father Laurence devises a plan: he will give Juliet an elixir that will render he unconscious for 24 hours, during which a funeral will be held for her. In Father Laurence's private quarters, Juliet extracts a gun from her purse and presses it to her forehead, announcing her wish to die. Juliet finds Father Laurence conferencing with Paris, who still intends to marry her. Juliet instructs her to tell her parents she has fled to Father Laurence's to confess. Genuinely fearing for Juliet's life, The Nurse advises her to marry Paris. Gloria says, "Talk not to me," and hobbles away. A crying Juliet beseeches her mother to delay the wedding. He tells Juliet she will obey, or he will throw her out in the streets to beg and starve.
When Gloria and The Nurse try to wrench Fulgencio off of Juliet, he strikes Gloria across the face, and shoves The Nurse away. When Gloria tells Fulgencio Juliet has refused, he becomes physically abusive, shoving Juliet asunder. Juliet refuses, becoming tearful and enraged. Gloria tells Juliet that she is to be wed to Paris on Thursday. Looking down at him, Juliet is overcome with a portentous feeling not unlike the one sustained by Romeo before the Capulet party. They share a parting kiss through the banister of the balcony, before Gloria steps outside and Romeo goes plunging into the pool below. Romeo quickly finishes getting dressed and is led out through the window just as Gloria Capulet enters the room. She pulls him back and they kiss and cocoon themselves underneath the white blanket, sharing an intimate moment together as Romeo pledges to defy the fate set before him, before The Nurse barges in. He leans over, kisses Juliet, and begins to dress. Upon waking, Romeo recalls the previous nights' events with a traumatic shock. The next morning, Romeo and Juliet lay naked next to one another. In Fulgencio's study, Fulgencio reassures Paris that he now feels comfortable arranging his engagement to Juliet, and makes Paris the promise that he will make it happen that Thursday.
They both begin to undress, and presumably consummate their marriage. Romeo climbs through Juliet's bedroom window and embraces her in a kiss.
Downstairs, Fulgencio and Gloria Capulet accept flowers from Paris, and dissuade him from visiting Juliet upstairs in her grieving state.
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