From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
2007-01-13 09:13:34 · 8 answers · asked by Sabrinaa 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
The bad kind...?
2007-01-13 09:30:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
We don't know exactly because Shakespeare didn't say. All we know for sure was that Romeo got it from an apothecary in Mantua, and that it was illegal to buy and sell.
It has been speculated that the poison used was derived from the plant aconite (monkshood/wolfsbane). This poison is called pseudaconitine and causes cardiac arrest.
2007-01-13 09:45:01 · answer #2 · answered by EmeraldsAndPearls33 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare never specified what poison, but the swiftness of the death was typical of cyanide which was available then. Juliet could still taste it on his lips and that also suggests cyanide. You can eliminate arsenic because it doesn't work that fast and strychinine is a hell of a more painful.
2007-01-13 09:34:10 · answer #3 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aconite, at least that's what a few websites have said. They say it's sometimes held as aconite, so maybe Shakespeare didn't specify. It's probably a few historians' theory.
2007-01-13 09:21:58 · answer #4 · answered by GHartf4404 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The story never told us about what poison it was.
Plus it's not necessary.
2014-05-22 00:14:24 · answer #5 · answered by Chan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iocaine Powder....like in the Goldstein book or movie, "The Princess Bride."
probably not....just a hunch
2007-01-13 09:20:07 · answer #6 · answered by momopsims 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do people ever read before commenting or so they just copy and paste everyone elses answer
2014-07-02 04:32:54 · answer #7 · answered by Mark 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some potion he got from the apothecary while he was in mantua (?)
2007-01-13 09:21:43 · answer #8 · answered by mrsdhaniharrison 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋