How does balthasar disobey romeo

As a matter of fact, Romeo wants Balthasar out of the way, so he won't interfere. Romeo also lies about what he's up to, saying that he has come to Juliet's grave mainly to retrieve a ring that he needs. Then Romeo threatens Balthasar, telling him that if he comes back to find out what Romeo is up to, he'll tear him apart.

Suitably impressed, Balthasar says, "I will be gone, sir, and not trouble you" 5. In saying "his looks I fear" Bathasar isn't expressing a fear of Romeo, but a fear for him; Balthasar rightly guesses that Romeo is going to do much more than take a ring from Juliet's finger. After Balthasar withdraws, Paris tries to arrest Romeo. Friar Laurence asks Balthasar to go with him to the grave, but Balthasar is afraid to disobey Romeo's command to stay away, so Friar Laurence goes on alone, but with a foreboding of "some ill unthrifty [unlucky] thing" 5.

Perhaps Balthasar is lying; he might want to avoid responsibility for doing nothing when he saw the fight between Romeo and Paris.

Thoughts on Act 5, scene Again accident has proved the enemy of the lovers, for just as the messenger was about to depart for Mantua, the doors of the house at which he stayed were sealed because of the pestilence. As Friar Laurence hastens to the tomb to be present when Juliet awakes, there is a hope that he may arrive in time to meet Romeo and stay his death. Notes on Shakespeare Ale beer made with a top fermenting yeast was the drink of choice in Shakespeare's day.

Everyone from the poorest farmer to the Queen herself drank the brew made from malt, and a mini brewery was an essential part of every household. Shakespeare's own father was an official ale taster in Stratford — an important and respected job which involved monitoring the ingredients used by professional brewers and ensuring they sold their ale at Crown regulated prices.

Beer, however, eventually became more popular than ale. They draw their swords and fight. When Romeo enters the tomb, he sees Juliet in a corpse-like state and launches into a long, sad speech, kisses her, and drinks his poison.

She wakes up, and Friar Lawrence attempts to convince her to flee the scene. Why does Balthasar stick around and disobey Romeo?

As the friar takes in the bloody scene, Juliet wakes. Juliet asks the friar where her husband is. Hearing a noise that he believes is the coming of the watch, the friar quickly replies that both Romeo and Paris are dead, and that she must leave with him.

Juliet refuses to leave, and the friar, fearful that the watch is imminent, exits without her. Juliet sees Romeo dead beside her, and surmises from the empty vial that he has drunk poison.

Hoping she might die by the same poison, Juliet kisses his lips, but to no avail. The watchmen discover bloodstains near the tomb; they hold Balthasar and Friar Lawrence, who they discovered loitering nearby. The Prince and the Capulets enter. Romeo, Juliet, and Paris are discovered in the tomb. Balthasar gives the Prince the letter Romeo had previously written to his father. He scolds the Capulets and Montagues, calling the tragedy a consequence of their feud and reminding them that he himself has lost two close kinsmen: Mercutio and Paris.

Capulet and Montague clasp hands and agree to put their vendetta behind them. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet occur in a sequence of compounding stages: first, Juliet drinks a potion that makes her appear dead.

Thinking her dead, Romeo then drinks a poison that actually kills him. Seeing him dead, Juliet stabs herself through the heart with a dagger.

Social and private forces converge in the suicides of Romeo and Juliet.