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In this scene, Paris comes to the graveyard at night to mourn Juliet, whom he believes his dead. There, he encounters Romeo, who has been exiled from the city. Paris holds Romeo responsible for the deaths of Tybalt and Juliet, and the two men fight. Paris is killed and uses his last words to request burial in the Capulet tomb with Juliet. Romeo then finds Juliet’s body and also believes her to be dead. He takes the poison he has purchased, rather than live without her. His body is then found by
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PARIS Give me thy torch, boy. Hence, and stand aloof.
Yet put it out, for I would not be seen.
Under yond yew trees lay thee all along,
Holding thy ear close to the hollow ground,
So shall no foot upon the churchyard tread,
Being loose, unfirm, with digging up of graves,
But thou shalt hear it. Whistle then to me
As signal that thou hearest
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