Question

In this excerpt from act V of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet are discovered in the tomb and Friar Laurence and Balthasar explain the events that led to their deaths. Which two statements explain why this event is part of the denouement?

Answer 1

Juliet had been given a mild poison to feign her death. When Romeo hears of this and goes to the tomb to confirm his doubts, he thinks that Juliet is actually dead. In his grief, he takes his own life. Juliet then wakes and delivers a monologue of her own grief upon discovering what Romeo had done, and takes his knife to take her own life as well, so that they may die together.