Asked by Chuck Bass

How do most of the characters finally discover the truth about Romeo and Juliet’s love and marriage?

The Prince announces this truth in the benediction and epilogue of the play.

Juliet herself utters the truth as she lay dying within the crypt next to Romeo.

Friar Lawrence reveals the truth as everyone looks upon the two dead lovers in the crypt.

The Nurse speaks a soliloquy at the end of Act IV that is overheard by the other characters.

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Friar Lawrence reveals it. In Act V, scene iii, he explains to the Prince, the Capulets, the Montagues and the others what happened — including the secret marriage and the friar’s plan — as they stand over the dead lovers in the tomb.