Question

In Act V, scene i of Romeo and Juliet, what role does the Apothecary play in the catastrophe?

Answer 1

The apothecary gives Romeo a poison that he requested, because he thought Juliet was dead.

Answer 2

In Act V, scene I of Romeo and Juliet, the role the Apothecary plays in the catastrophe was selling Romeo the fatal poison.

Shakespeare portrays the apothecary of Mantua as a skeleton - so he appears to personify and depicts Death itself. A poor man, he is easily convinced to sell Romeo the poison that he uses to kill himself.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families