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Post by arelicg on Apr 15, 2011 7:20:18 GMT -5
At first, the Apothecary is not sure he should sell Romeo the poison. What does Romeo say to convince the Apothecary to give him the poison?
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Post by jonahk on Apr 16, 2011 8:56:38 GMT -5
The apothecary doesn't want Romeo to kill himself or anyone else. However, he is poor and Romeo has money. The apothecary says that it is illegal to sell the drugs. Romeo says, "I pay thy poverty, but not thy will." which means I will pay you because you are poor, not because you want me to buy the poison. This is why the apothecary consented. He needed money.
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Post by nathanf on Apr 17, 2011 14:34:53 GMT -5
The apothecary doesn't give Romeo the potion willingly. However, he's dirt poor and starving, and he needs the money Romeo gives him or else he'll starve to death. Therefore, in a way, he has no choice but to give Romeo the poison. My question is how a penniless apothecary has a valuable and highly illegal poison. I wonder if he will get caught in the investigation following Romeo and Juliet's death.
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Post by hannahh1 on Apr 18, 2011 15:02:00 GMT -5
Romeo says to the Apothecary "I pay thy poverty, but not thy will". I think Romeo is trying to tell the apothecary that he is only trying to help him out and is only buying it from him because he understands this man is poor and hungry. He is pretty much persuading.
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Post by sashar on Apr 19, 2011 9:54:20 GMT -5
He bribes him with money. The apothecary is clearly not a man of wealth, and was doing anything he can to get some income. Romeo had the money and the apothecary knew he couldn't pass up the offer even though he knew it wasn't the right thing to do, but so desperately needed the money that he gave Romeo the poison.
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Post by Walter Y on Apr 19, 2011 12:39:57 GMT -5
Romeo offered the poor apothecary a lot of money. Since the man was incredibly poor, he had to accept.
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Post by harrisonb on Apr 19, 2011 22:06:58 GMT -5
The Apothecary is a drug seller who is very poor. He is hesitant on selling the poison to Romeo. Romeo replies, "I pay thy poverty, but not thy will." In this quote Romeo states that he will pay the apothecary because he is poor, not only for the vial. The poor apothecary cannot resist the sale, and lets Romeo buy the poison.
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Post by celinas on Apr 20, 2011 22:59:26 GMT -5
Romeo takes advantage of the Apothecary's neediness as a way to convince him to sell the poison. Although this is clever, to me it seems like it would be a terrible thing to subject someone to. The Apothecary essentially has to decide between accepting Romeo's money and helping himself to survive, or refusing to give Romeo the poison and, in doing so, try keep Romeo alive (although either way, Romeo would probably have found another way to kill himself). Since, either way, Romeo was probably going to die, I think Romeo should have bought something off the Apothecary as an excuse to give him some money and then found another way to kill himself. This way, he would have still helped the Apothecary (which appears to have been part of his intention all along) and still died (somehow). If Juliet could stab herself, so could he.
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Post by jackl on Apr 21, 2011 9:04:07 GMT -5
Romeo says "I pay thy poverty, but not thy will" Even though the Apothecary knows it is illegal and morally wrong to give him the poison, he is poor and desperate for money. So he gives in to Romeo's bribe and gives him the poison.
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Post by janicet on Apr 21, 2011 18:28:23 GMT -5
Romeo knows that the apothecary is very poor and needs money or else he would starve. The apothecary, however, rejects his offer at first knowing that its against the law in Mantua to sell poison. But, when Romeo said to him "I pay thy poverty, but not thy will", he tells him that he's not only paying him for the poison, but also the fact that he is poor. And because of this great offer, the apothecary accepts.
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Post by Nate Berman on Apr 23, 2011 13:57:25 GMT -5
Romeo knows that the apothecary is poor and starving. Romeo uses this to his advantage. The apothecary, at first, does not give Romeo the poison because he is afraid that Romeo will kill himself, or others. But Romeo has the money, so the apothecary gives in, knowing how much he needs it.
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Post by Ian G on Apr 24, 2011 14:56:51 GMT -5
Romeo bribes the Apothecary with money and manipulates him with his status in society. "I pay thy poverty, but not thy will" Romeo will pay the Apothecary for the poison, and the Apothecary is so poor that he cannot refuse the money Romeo is offering.
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