Once he arrives at the Capulet tomb, Romeo gets past Paris by killing him. He sees Juliet in the tomb, and is startled by how her beauty fills this dark tomb with light, "a feasting presence full of light" (Act V, Scene 3, line 94).
As Romeo lays Paris in the tomb, he reflects on how men have called the moment before death overtakes a body a "lightning," a brightness in the countenance before one dies. When he looks at Juliet, Romeo is amazed she looks so beautiful still: "Death. . . hath no power upon thy beauty" (Act V, Scene 3, line 102).
Romeo addresses Death, asking if he loves Juliet and desires her to be his paramour. Assuming this is so, Romeo tells Juliet he will remain and never part from this dark place; he will set up his everlasting place by his beloved Juliet. Romeo will remove from himself his own light, saying he will
shake the yoke of inauspicious stars
from this world-wearied flesh (Act V, Scene 3, lines 120-121).
Romeo is determined to join his beloved Juliet in death.
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