Juliet

"Juliet awakens from her faux slumber, sitting up to see Friar Lawrence standing there. She inquires about her husband. The friar points to where Romeo's and Paris's body lay, looking first to her cousin then next to her dear Romeo on the ground in an eternal slumber. She moves to Romeo, a stiffness in her joints, refuses to exhale another breath. She kneels beside the body and hovering, reaching out to touch Romeo's pale cheeks. She holds in a cry, her shock taking over. Her shaking hands caressing his skin as if her touch could wake him."

Juliet Capulet has now lost the love of her life. While contemplating following him into the great beyond, she decides that revenge on the two houses would serve as a better way to mend her broken heart, but succeeding in this task may prove difficult.

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