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How Did Romeo And Juliet Commit Suicide

While talking to Friar Laurence Juliet says, "And with this knife I'll help it presently.", which means that she is threatening to kill herself with the knife if she marries Paris (4: i: 54). Friar Laurence now knows that Juliet is thinking of suicide and instead of doing the responsible thing and take the knife away from her, he tries to come up with a solution to help Juliet not marry Paris. Friar Laurence tells Juliet to "Take thou this vial, being then in bed," which he is giving her is a sleeping potion to help her trick her family in thinking that she is dead, so that she can later flee with Romeo (4: i: 93). By Friar Laurence giving Juliet the sleeping potion, it causes Romeo to believe that Juliet is dead in which creates a reason for Romeo to kill himself and he did take his own…

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