Act 5, Scene 3

Prompt C

"Here's to my love. Oh true apothecary,
Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die."

Romeo states these lines when he is about to drink the potion and kill himself next to Juliet. I cringed when I read these lines because Juliet is not actually dead! He does not know that she is just sleeping, and will awaken shortly. He has killed himself in the false idea that Juliet is dead, which she is actually not. It is fascinating how one can another human so deeply, to kill himself is he is without her.