Extract 8 Act 5 Scene 3

Prince Escalus: Capulet, Montague, see how your hate for each other has been punished. Love has killed your own children. And because I let this argument go on, I have lost my people too. We have all been punished.

Capulet: Oh, brother Montague, give me your hand. All I can ask you for is your hand in friendship.

Montague: [Taking his hand] But I shall give you more. I will put up a golden statue¹⁰ of your daughter. While Verona stands, nothing will be more precious than true and faithful Juliet.

Capulet: Romeo will be just as precious. I shall put a statue of him next to his lady. And they will stand there – Romeo and Juliet, who died because of our long argument.

Prince Escalus: Morning has brought with it a sad peace. The sun is too full of sorrow to shine. Go and we will talk more about these sad things. Some will be forgiven, and some will be punished. There has never been a sadder story than this story of Juliet and her Romeo.

¹⁰ statue an image of a person, usually large and made of stone or metal